Senator Duffy feels sorry for Ignatieff
Posted By BOB VAILLANCOURT, THE SUDBURY STAR
The Federal Liberal party has lost its way and is now allowing others to fish in its electoral pond, Senator Mike Duffy said this weekend in Sudbury.
Duffy, a former CTV news personality who was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, was in town for a party fundraising dinner in support of the party’s Sudbury riding candidate Fred Slade.
Duffy said there is a growing segment of the Liberal party that would like to see leader Michael Ignatieff dumped.
A lot of people who are good Liberals and who support the leader because they are team players are now shaking their heads, he said.
“I kind of feel sorry for Mr. Ignatieff. I think he is a decent person, I think he is a sincere person, but the Liberals have to get their act together,” he said.
Bob Rae has a plan to grow the Liberal party by subsuming labour and Green Party support, while Ignatieff is trying to keep the party in the centre, but that is where the Conservatives are, said Duffy.
“The Conservative party, which I joined in January, has moved to the middle of the road and are fishing in Michael Ignatieff’s pond. The Conservatives now occupy the centre,” he said.
That leaves the Liberal party in a battle over where it can go, he said.
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