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Originally Posted by Martian
I'm anticipating that this is going to become a major point of political contention, but I'm not sure I trust my countrymen to be socially liberal enough to allow this to go the way I would like to see it go (tax and regulate). I wonder if this is going to serve to further erode Harper's power base, or to strengthen it.
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Are you kidding me? I can't think of anything more motivating to get potential Tory voters to the polls than Harper's support to appeal the ruling or to come up with some new overriding legislation---except maybe the continuing story of the long-gun registry. (Now put the two together.)
Unfortunately, I think the will of conservative voters to have this struck down is stronger than the opposition's voters' will to uphold it.
This is going to be better than the long-gun registry in terms of shaking things up. With a potentially damaged NDP and an uncertain Liberal base, this could be another point of leverage for Harper's dream for a Tory majority. *shudder*