Dion is Making a Coalition Attempt More Difficult

When voters cast their ballots this October, there was a resounding feeling across the land. That was of course that Stephane Dion was not good enough.

The Liberal Party of Canada has enjoyed more time at the top of the Government Food Chain than any other party in the democractic world. The reason?

The Liberals have always had a knack for producing and choosing the best leaders possible considering the time.

One of them very leaders was a man by the name of Alexander Mackenzie, a Sarnia-Lambton resident and Member of Parliament. He was the first Liberal Prime Minister ever and let's look back at those to follow.

Wilfrid Laurier, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Louis St. Laurent, Lester B. Pearson, Pierre Trudeau, John Turner, Jean Chretien and Paul Martin all carried the Liberal banner into the PMO. Dion, sadly, just doesn't measure up.

There is no doubt that he has the mind to be an incredible asset to any government but to be the leader you need more. You need to have a clear vision for Canada that Canadians can understand and accept. In this, he fails miserably.

The environment, while of massive concern, is not an issue to produce to Canadians as your main electoral point when the economy is on the verge of stalling. We want comfort in knowing our leader can put it all together for us.

He is now talking about how he can create a stable situation as leader of a Coalition Government. As a matter of fact, I have no doubt that those around him could get it done. Paul Martin is still in the House and was, in my opinion, an incredibly gifted Finance Minister. I would suspect that Jean Chretien is also bouncing around on Parliament Hill these days seeing what he can help out with. There are positives.

The only negative is Dion himself. You could say that he didn't really put this type of situation on himself. He was running a distant fourth at the Leadership Convention that saw Gerard Kennedy 'crown' Dion as leader by moving his 3rd place delegates over to the man from Quebec.

We now see a new leadership race underway. The choices are there and the choices are better than Dion. He should have never been produced as leader in the first place. The delegates failed the party.

Dion may pull this out and avoid being the only Liberal Party leader never to be Prime Minister but his time is up, thank goodness.

I hope he stays on in Parliament to help govern, but the Liberals need to get back to their roots of picking the right man for the job.

If you don't believe me, here you go:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081204.wparlliberals04/BNStory/Front