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And then there is the issue of deporting American war resisters, which goes against Parliamentary votes.
It's clear Harper is playing politics, and he values staying on the good side of the American government and military despite the wishes of parliament, the judiciary, and the Canadian public (and despite the decisions of other members of the Commonwealth with regard to foreign nationals in Gitmo). I don't know why Harper would otherwise go against the grain on these matters. I hope this eventually becomes his undoing.
We can only speculate what Chrétien or Martin would have done.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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