Two messages in one action

It is very interesting to see how the press sees the politics that unfolded this week on the federal scene.

On Monday, Iggy told Harper that he had four issues of national importance that he wanted to negotiate with Harper (after all he is the only one that has any clout in his dictatorship). On Tuesday Iggy finally got a meeting with Harper. The meeting when into the evening and continued on Wednesday. In the end Iggy got what he needed to support Harper and Harper got to gloat that he saved Canadians from another election.

But how did the press see the events?

The Toronto Star says this: "In staving off an election neither of them wanted, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff have shown that it is possible for a minority Parliament to work constructively."

The National Post says this: "On Monday, Ignatieff defined himself as the weakest Liberal leader since, well, since Stephane Dion. His laying out of four conditions for supporting tomorrow's supply motion was a disaster in every respect. It was easily the worst moment of his leadership, demonstrating that neither he nor the Liberals are ready to govern."

Welcome to Canada where freedom of speech was guaranteed by a law passed by a Liberal government.