Who are Layton's Lawyers? (Part II)

Back in May, shortly after Jack Layton made his deal with Paul Martin, In a post entitled Who are Layton's Lawyers?, I commented on how poorly thought-out the deal was from the Layton camp and how strategically unwise it was for Layton to deal with the wholly unprincipled Paul Martin.

To support my arguments, I linked to Andrew Coyne's citing of an article by Terry Corcoran. One of Corcoran's comments is that the money from Layton's budget deal won't be available until August 2007. I explained that what would happen is that any money left over in the bank on August 2007 would be spent by the PM and cronies where he saw fit, guided by a few flimsy "guidelines" set by Jack.

Well, it seems that Jack Layton didn't know any of that. In fact, he's shocked to learn that the money won't be available for another two years (August 2007). He thinks Paul has "outfoxed" and "double-crossed" him.

This really shouldn't happen. Misfits who post on POI shouldn't understand legislation better than an author of that legislation, who is armed with a team of lawyers to help interpret it. But, clearly, in this case, Layton didn't understand better. So, I'm going to ask again,

Who are Layton's lawyers and why don't they point these sorts of things out to him?