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Originally Posted by terrynorthend
Well the better off they play up the province's books now, the harder it will make it for them to back off from their (well Rodney's at least) commitment to the new Trade Centre. Because I have been thinking that surely the most political thing for them to do would be to walk away from the Rank development citing, "We support it in principle, but there just isn't the money at this time..." (Political = coward)
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The NDP own the Halifax area in votes. It has for many years. Its the rural nova scotia that put this government into a majority state. If they don't cater to the rural then they will certainly be at a political disadvantage come election time. The recent problems in southwest nova, and cape breton needs to be address if they wish to hold their position. They need to maintain a majority position come next election or they will repeat just like the great Bob Rae in Ontario as going down as a one term government.
Therefore to support the Trade Centre will do nothing but hurt them in respect to political security.
I believe what will happen is the NDP will support it in principle, but say that funding from the Federal Government is unavailable and in that way spin it that the PC's hurt Halifax, not the NDP.