Give us the election, Stephen!

[jbailey]

In A recent CBC article, Stephen Harper is quoted as saying that his plan for the national child care program is simply a part of the budget. Failure to pass a budget is seen as a failure of confidence, and triggers an election.

This puts the opposition parties in a tight place. Specifically, the Liberals aren't ready to head to the polls yet. Paul Martin hasn't been officially replaced, with a successor not expected to be chosen until October or so. An election in May would go very poorly for them.

Since getting elected, Prime Minister Harper has managed to trigger an ethics inquiry into his government, and is already taking a hard line that risks bringing it down or screwing the opposition party. He told us that he would bring new things to our government, and certainly he has. This type of maneuvering can only be described as "incredible" for what, the second week of parliament?

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, Stevey-baby.

Comments

too bad he won't leave

[(Anonymous)]

Harper surprised me. I figured it would be a whole six months before he proved that he was an ass. So much for accountable government. That lasted all of two days. No party can defeat this budget. On one hand no one wants another election. Especially the Liberals. And on the other the media will rip apart any one who opposes "money for children."

The Liberals were not a good government, but Harper won't be any better. The PC-Alliance merger was the worst thing to happen Canada in a decade.