Charlatan

So Stephen Harper and his cabinet have been sworn into office. What is the first thing they do...

1. They encourage an MP that was elected as a Liberal, just two weeks ago and by a wide margin (the conservative in the riding came in a distant 3rd), to cross the floor and join the Conservative caucus. He is now a member of the cabinet.
2. They appoint a new member to the senate and then make him a member of the cabinet.


Wow. One cabinet member who was not elected as a Conservative and one cabinet member who was not elected at all. Please remind me again, who was it that was so up in arms when Belinda Stronach and Scott Brison crossed the floor about a year ago?

I am astounded at the audacity of Harper. This is a ballsy move given his stance on these sorts of issues in the past.

Is this just a Matador's red cape trying to distract us from the reality that his cabinet is actually very, very conservative. Distract us so we waste energy chatting about this rather than looking at Jim Flaherty as Minister of Finance. The same Jim Flaherty that was a key player in the Harris government and finance minister under Ernie Eves... the same government that ended up running massive deficits?

Or, is this Harper trying to reach out to the urban centres in Vancouver and Montreal, where he doesn't have representation... trying to build bridges and mend fences?

All I know is that this move doesn't smell very good.

If he was honourable, he would have these to men fave elections, one for his seat as an MP under the Conservative party and the other as an elected Senator. As it stands, neither has been elected.

What are your thoughts on this?

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