Jack Layton- The Ultimate Flip-Flopper

Jack Layton flip-flops are notorious. This campaign he is for the clarity act and against a estate tax. But the biggest flip is his position on Belinda Stronach. Without Belinda's help the NDP budget would never have passed but this election the NDP is pretending to take the high road by saying Belinda's defection hurt Canada's democracy.

"This is something that can be welcomed and maybe now we can finally have a House of Commons that can get something done" Jack Layton immediately after Belinda defected to the Liberals.

Seven months later ....

"The next time Belinda Stronach decides to change leaders, she'll have to go back to a byelection to see if her voters agree," Jack Layton during the first debate of the 2005-2006 election.

Complete 180 degree shift in less than 7 months. How can Layton claim to be a champion of government integrity by boasting the NDP's role in getting the budget they wanted and at the same time smearing one of the MP's that helped the "NDP get results". If the NDP was so outraged over Belinda's defection they should have voted down the budget and brought down the government. They all stood up with Belinda Stronach to narrowly pass the budget and now their making a bigger issue of Belinda's defection then even the conservatives. Without Belinda the NDP budget would never have passed and the NDP has to come to grips with reality, and stop pretending that the liberals and conservatives aren't the only ones spinning mixed messages.