Having been embarassed for his failure to vote against the budget and leading the Conservative Party to nowhere in the convention, apparently Tory leader Stephen Harper thinks he has found a spine within his own corporeal form:
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper said Thursday the party will vote against the budget if the government goes ahead with an omnibus budget bill that includes an amendment allowing environmental legislation to be used to control greenhouse gas emissions. “This is an attempt by the government to get unlimited power to impose multimillion-dollar fines on any basis, without any parliamentary approval or discussion, whatsoever. It is completely unacceptable,” he said.
Apparently it is now unacceptable unlike two weeks ago when he let the budget pass unchallenged even though it included Kyoto funding. I hope Martin calls his bluff and makes Harper have an election over this. Harper has shown he cares nothing for the constitution and has the gall to say what have the Liberals done in a convention speech moment that made me think of that moment in The Life of Brian when it is asked “what have the Romans done?” Other than balancing and surplussing the budget, protecting the Charter of Rights, removing us from the 80s and 90s Tory nightmare of unending division of power disputes and settling the Quebec issue all the while balancing military participations and health care – and staying out of that missile defence as 60% of Canadians want.
Make the election now Harper and lose ten seats in Ontario and a few out East. You will have the same result in the West and the same Quebec. Almost a Liberal majority. Go on. Pull the trigger. Then resign after, you dull git. If Martin calls the bluff and Harper falters, he might as well quit then and there.