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Originally Posted by malcolmk14
Does anyone really think Stephen Harper, about as meticulously calculating as you can get in politics, hasn't carefully planned all of this out?
I'll stick to my position that Harper saw this coming, knew exactly how it would play out, and took the lowest-risk possible route to destroying the Liberals and getting his way.
Call him self-serving, call him an ideologe, but you certainly can't call him an idiot.
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I think its a stretch to suggest that everything is playing out as he anticipated. He has made critical mistakes before. For example, the arts funding fiasco in Quebec that may have cost him his majority government.
Sure one could conjecture that in the long run the Liberals may pay a price for the coalition, but I think Harper's recent moves may really hurt him also, especially in Quebec.
I think it's time for Harper to start showing that he has the character and ability to lead the nation, by hopefully mending some fences and presenting a budget that his party and enough members in the Opposition can accept.