Harper's little love-in with Unca George was possibly the most revolting thing that Canadians have had foisted upon them in years.
At a news conference, we have George and Stephen practically fawning over each other's "wonderful virtues" and "steely resolve". *Gag* *Retch*
I've said for a long time that Canada won't get anything out of the United States until after BushCo has been replaced with something more moderate. I still stand by this. My guess is that whatever "agreement" gets cooked up by Harper on Softwood Lumber will be little more than a colossal cave-in to the demands of the American side. (Of course, completely ignoring the fact that no significant trade dispute ruling under NAFTA on the matter has gone the way the Americans want it to)
Oh yes, one of Harper's back-bench MP's popped up with this little gem about jailing reporters who write "distorted articles". Using that logic, we'd have to throw every reporter in prison - it's a little difficult to write anything without some kind of bias coming into the mix. (I suppose on the positive side, it would shut down Ezra Levant's Western Standard in short order...)
However, along with the recent muzzling of Harper's Cabinet, this kind of "suggestion" coming from the back benches merely reinforces my opinion that the CPC still has significant wing-nuts, and apparently doesn't like the public questioning them:
In his column, he writes that he was “perturbed” by the media's reaction to Mr. Harper's attitude to reporters.
“The media has blatantly painted a picture that our government is not open and transparent,” he writes. “We were elected just two months ago to run the affairs of the country for the people, not to accommodate the media.”
Newsflash for the bonehead that wrote this: The Media is how most of us assess and measure your government. If you aren't accessible to the media, you aren't open and transparent.
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