Driving home, I learned Michael Fortier is not an elected MP, but rather turns out to be Harper's first appointment to the Senate.
Michael Fortier is a long time organizer for the Progressive Conservative Party, and acted as "co-chair" of Harper's campaign this past election.
Please tell me how this is an improvement in democracy and representative accountability? For a party that campaigned on accountability and honesty, this looks an awful lot like a recycle of the Mulroney era to me.
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My first question for Mr Harper is...
"Could you please explain how Micheal Fortier was elected to the Senate?"
and my second question for Mr. Harper is...
"Were you trying to set a new record for the speed in which an elected Prime Minister can break election promises?"
http://www.conservative.ca/1738/35233/
Simply stunning performance there Steve! What are you going to do for an encore?
Stephen Who?
On his very first day as PM, Stephen Harper showed clear signs of following in the footsteps of the bungling Joe Clark, who not only lost his luggage but succeeded in losing his bearings in Parliament as well. Like Joe, Harper seems to have forgotten that his is a minority government, not a majority one, and seems to have assumed – at great risk to his fledgling government – that the Liberals, NDP and Bloc will not oppose him and force another election for 12 to 18 months.
We shall see if that assumption is valid.
If an election is held soon, the Tories will start off with egg on their faces, due to Holier-than-thou Harper’s baffling judgment on Day One.
Why on earth did Harper harpoon his own left foot?
He did it once, with his turncoat-conversion and the Liberal into the cabinet before anyone can see it sleight of hand.
He did it twice, with his appointment of – among others – Stockwell Day to his cabinet, instead of more women, and more women it important posts. Does the other half of the population – women – not count in Stephen Who’s world?
He did it thrice, with his U-turn on an elected senate. Principles dumped for expediency?
He did it fourthly, with his appointment of a former lobbyist – and then breathtakingly wants to legislate against others being allowed to do the same.
He did it fifthly, with his introduction into Canada of the Karl Rovian doublespeak. Thanks to Stephen Who, Canadians can now also spend delightful hours parsing the speeches of politicians, to decipher just how they are being bamboozled.
What a beginning!
I wonder if he will last as long as Joe Who....
O Curious Cat,
Harper has to last 12-18 months. It's going to take the Liberals that long to replace Martin and for a new leader to establish themselves in the house.
I don't see the NDP being a credible alternative to the CPC, and an election in the short term would likely give HarperCo. the majority they are lusting after.
The current state of the Liberals means that they probably won't be too interested in triggering an election for a while.
Besides - somewhere around about 20 months in is when I expect the radical reich wing to poke their heads up and start screaming for various changes - reminding Canada of just what factions lurk beneath the surface unity of the CPC.
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