05 June 2010

Somewhere, deep in the bowels...

...of the House of Commons... Stephane Dion is laughing his derriere off...
Liberal MPs have forced Michael Ignatieff to swallow his words and scuttle a brewing bipartisan deal on major refugee reforms, jeopardizing the bill and revealing the leader’s shaky hold on his caucus.

Mr. Ignatieff’s office insists Tory claims of a deal were premature; the Liberals were trying to get concessions. “There was never a deal. There were discussions,” spokesman Mario Lagüe said.

Either way, the deal-making died Wednesday, when Liberal MPs revolted against what their own immigration critic was negotiating: a bill with a safe-country list.
Et tu, Mikey?