http://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1075936210614&call_pageid=968332188774&col=968350116467OTTAWA—The new Conservative party released its first set of policies yesterday and at the same time asked the Liberals to put off the expected spring election to give it more time to get ready.
"We're building, we're scrambling and we're doing quite well but we're not ready to fight an election," Conservative Senator Noël Kinsella said. "Therefore Canadians don't have a choice."
Kinsella yesterday called on the Liberals to delay the creation of seven new ridings until June and effectively postpone the expected spring election until the fall.
"It's tremendously important for the Conservative Party of Canada to complete the work we're doing. I think it's a question of fair play," he said in an interview yesterday.
The Liberals want the new ridings to take effect April 1 in order to go to the polls in April or May. That's just two weeks after the Conservatives are slated to pick a new leader. And it gives little time for the new party to formulate policy, Kinsella said.
-That's right folks, get the excuses out early, just in case you elect that totally unelectable candidate. Or the other unelectable candidate. Or Stephen Harper. In the words of that great US social commentator, Nelson Muntz - Haw haw!