It’s been a good week for the Conservative Party of Canada

As this week comes to an end, I can only sit back and say that it’s been a good week for the Conservative Party of Canada.

Who could have expected so many confidence motions to pass without any fuss from the Liberals.

I had thought the 2008 budget would be the most likely cause of an election; however, it turned out to be a really solid budget that was small on spending. Basically, there wasn’t anything in the budget that the Liberals could force an election on; therefore, they will be abstaining from the vote. Now you can understand why it’s no wonder the budget’s tax-free savings account is getting better coverage!

The next big possibility was around the Afghanistan motion. This is where the Liberal party seemed very opposed to the notion of increasing the time lines and staying in a combat role. However, soon after the Liberal’s proposed some minor changes, a revised motion was created and is now expected to pass with the support of the Liberals.

The last news item was the Crime bill passing in the Senate. This decision occurred only days before the Prime Minister threatened to call an election if the bill was delayed.

The highlights of the bill are as follows:

• Tougher mandatory prison terms for serious gun crimes.
• Stiffer penalties for impaired driving.
• Tougher bail laws.
• Tougher rules for repeat offenders.
• Increasing the age of sexual consent to 16 from 14 in certain cases.

The Liberal’s had also abstained on the motion calling on the Senate to pass the bill.

Make you wonder what the Liberal’s actually do in Ottawa eh?

Keep that in mind the next time a federal election actually occurs – hopefully as planned in the fall of 2009.