So after campaigning on the Green Shift plan for the entire summer and usually highlighting the plan when asked about the economy and environment, all of a sudden, its no longer a major part of Dion’s platform. 

Dion’s explanation to reporters: “You have said it was but never me.” 

The plan isn’t polling well but is diminishing the significance of the green-shift platform a wise political move a few weeks before voting? Unlike conservative bloggers, I don’t think its backpedaling, Dion clearly thinks the green-shift is important and would be good for Canada. However, this stumble in messaging is just one more sign that the central Liberal campaign isn’t on top of its game. Blaming Harper for not being able to communicate your message isn’t likely to win a lot of sympathy votes either. Dion would have been better off just sayings it is a major part of his platform because it clearly is. Its his platform on the economy (cutting income taxes) and its his platform on the environment (taxing carbon emissions). There is no denying that it is a major part of his overall platform. In fact, its his central platform that impacts almost everything that is important to Canadians, saying anything less than that and you risk playing right into Harper’s main argument against Dion; leadership. At this point in the election, Dion should stand firm behind his ideas regardless if they poll well or not, its too late to change them now.