In all my main issue with the Harper government has less to do with policy (because he has really been rather moderate or at least tolerable for the most part) and more to do with attitude. There's a sort of smugness and general conceit about the government. I know that is a knock that people will have on Chretien....but a) this thread is about Harper; (b) just because the guy was doing something before you doesn't give you carte blanche to act that way and (c)things are going "OK" now, not amazing (do you get the right to act smug when you win two consecutive minorities?)
Some of the members of parliament have been downright pathetic and embarassing now matter which party you prefer. Leaving classified documents at your girlfriends house, prorogation of parliament, the long-form census debacle, failing to quash the gun registry, doing exactly what he campaigned against regarding the senate and the list goes on. All of that being said, the latest allegations are to me the absolute worst. Altering documents that have already been signed is really going way too far. I hate to have to point this out, but that is the kind of thing that a child does when then change the "B" into a "D" on their report card. I mean honestly....the ^ with NOT written above it? This is how a cabinet minister allocates millions of dollars? What a complete joke. It makes no difference what party you support either; its deceit plain and simple.
So while I actually don't find anything all that objectionable policy-wise (save for some arm-twisting to spend during the recession), its the overall disdain for proper procedure and basically the institution of parliament and government that I find distasteful.
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