There has been some speculation that while officially neutral, the Ontario Liberal government was secretly hoping the electoral reform proposal would fail this October.
That may or may not be the case, but it was good to see 2 members of the Mcguinty Cabinet are now listed as supporters of the MMP proposals, and not some junior Cabinet Minister either:
Nothing against Stompin’ Tom, but when the Health Minister (and Smitherman is well known) and the province’s Attorney-General get on board the electoral reform bandwagon, those are significant endorsements.
Partisan? I'm merely pointing out that its very good to see 2 high profile Cabinet Ministers come out and endorse an electoral reform from a party some have hinted want this measure to fail. It gives credibility to the MMP reform proposal and in the voting electorate I feel when such high profile ministers from the government come out and show that's not the case.
You're sure eager to paint me as a partisan Aaron at all times… but that's not the case here.
You're in the partisan box again, Scotty. Can you think of anyone who has said "gee, I wasn't in favour of MMP before, but since Michael Bryant and George Smitherman are, I am"?
Yeah, didn't think so.
This referendum is going to fail or pass on its merits, not who endorses it.
Great to see these endorsements. Hopefully people will take note.