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Originally Posted by markbarbera
I'm afraid it is your counting that is wrong in this case. The committee chair is Marlene Catterall, a Liberal MP. It is common in minority government situations for committees to be chaired by a member of the opposition so that the governing party retains majority votes in a committee. Voting membership for this committee is in favour of the current governing party.
http://www2.parl.gc.ca/CommitteeBusi...&Parl=40&Ses=2 |
Chair
Gary Ralph Schellenberger
Vice-Chairs
Carole Lavallée Pablo Rodriguez
Members
Charlie Angus Rod Bruinooge Dean Del Mastro Ruby Dhalla Shelly Glover Nina Grewal Roger Pomerleau Scott Simms Tim Uppal
I don't know which committee you are talking about, but the Heritage committee membership is listed on the Parliament's site is what I have posted above.
While you have selectively chosen low points for the Liberals in declaring their high priority for Hamilton Cabinet ministers, you ignore that many times in close proximity to these elections, solid Liberal slates were returned. Witness the 90's and early 00's. Now that the Liberals know they only have decent chances at a maximum of two local ridings (ADFW and Hamilton East-Stoney Creek) they might not be so willing to hand over a cabinet post (especially if Liberal veterans and stars win in nearby ridings).
On a side note the Liberal prospects in 3 of the 5 Hamilton ridings are very low. Hamilton Centre will stick with Christopherson for the foreseeable future, and likewise with Niagara West-Glanbrook and the Conservatives. Hamilton Mountain would normally be fertile ground, but a strong NDP MP and a surprisingly resilient Conservative campaign forced Banham into third place last time, despite extensive friendly media coverage. It is for that reason I seriously doubt liberal fortunes on the Mountain.