From The Truly Awful Government (TAG) File

It's no secret that I consider Stephen Harper's government to represent a new low in Canadian governments.

Today, the news is particularly depressing on this front.

(1) Afghanistan Prisoner Transfers

The decision to do this was made not by Ottawa, but by mission command on the ground. In short, the Harper Conservatives would have quite cheerfully allowed transfers to continue, and intend to resume the practice as soon as they can get away with it.

(2) France asks the US to drop charges against Omar Khadr

Does it not strike you as the greatest of ironies when a foreign power is intervening on behalf of Canadian citizens who are being held in questionable circumstances? Especially while our own government is sitting on its thumbs on the matter. The Harper government has shown itself less interested in the welfare and well-being of our citizens held in foreign prisons than any I can remember.

(3) Gary Lunn's inept handling of the Chalk River situation

As more and more information comes out, it is increasingly clear that the "crisis" here was not a matter of public health, but instead has more to do with the Conservatives looking to make a partisan point. Firing Ms. Keen in the middle of the night was the act of a coward looking to silence a critic, not a minister with a legitimate reason to terminate an official.