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This article was published 24/11/2010 (5720 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It is becoming more and more obvious that Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff may not be cut out to lead a national political party.
Case in point, his wishy-washy stance on whether to put to a Parliamentary vote Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s decision to extend Canada’s mission in Afghanistan until 2014.
The Conservatives believe they do not need the approval of Parliament to extend the mission in Afghanistan because it will be a training mission not involving combat, and thus far the Liberal leadership has played along and supported the government’s contention.
But on Monday, Ignatieff said he’d be willing to go along with a vote in Parliament, though he said he would not be the one to push for such a vote.
Having taken a substantial amount of criticism from other opposition parties and from members of his own party over his support of the Conservatives, it’s clear with his recent comments he is attempting to sit on the fence.
While he may think it politically expedient to do so, in reality it only makes Ignatieff look weak. A man who can’t make a principled stand is not a man to lead a party, or a nation.