Cleaning House
Filed Under: Canada
In response to Stephen Harper’s news conference yesterday, University of Toronto political scientist Nelson Wiseman warned the Conservatives against “picking” old fights with the Liberals.
“It wears off after a while… Piling on is a penalty in football and politics,” he said yesterday.
What a load of turkey feathers. Harper vowed to enact his Federal Accountability Act as part of his campaign platform. If even more Liberal discrepancies are uncovered is that “piling on”? There is still $40 million unaccounted for. Is holding the Liberals responsible for that “piling on”? Are we suddenly supposed to turn a blind eye to everything simply because the Liberals lost the election? I don’t think so. There are still many questions which need answers and I want those answers. And I want those who engaged in criminal activities to be held accountable. Losing the election was only the first step. This is not over, not by a long shot. If that bothers you Mr.Wiseman than don’t watch. It won’t be pretty.
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Alberta Pat
What Wiseman is saying is that there’s a set of rules we play by, rules that we wrote and that have allowed us (Liberals, Toronto Politics Professors, and other self-anointed members of the elite) to hold power for decades. You, Harper, must respect and be bound by these rules or else we won’t let you play with us.
What overweening arrogance! What a self-indictment!
I think Harper is ushering in a Canadian Quiet Revolution. He has the guts and the patience to fundamentally change the way we do politics in this country. It will take time. It will not be pretty for the likes of Wiseman and crew. But it will resurrect the real Canadian values over the next decade or so.
Jan 27th, 2006
Len Kutchma
It certainly will be interesting to see how all of this unfolds. Remember, Harper also wants to make fundamental changes to the Senate.
Jan 27th, 2006
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