Red Tory is right to dismiss Lawrence Martin's musings about Stephen Harper leaving Canadian politics voluntarily within the next year. But the problem with Martin's theory goes far beyond mere wishful thinking.
Indeed, Harper could hardly ask for a greater gift than speculation like Martin's. After all, what better way to soften what should be a stark clash in values when Parliament reconvenes than by suggesting that if the opposition parties just leave Harper alone, he might get bored and wander off on his own?
The reality, of course, is that none of Harper's actions in power are those of somebody who's willing to exit gracefully. And one need not go back as far as RT does to find reason to doubt Martin's theory.
Surely nobody paying attention to Canadian politics has forgotten that Harper's main goal in the fiscal update was to cripple the opposition parties for the next election cycle, or that in the midst of the Harper-engineered prorogation crisis he and his party vowed to do whatever possible to cling to power.
Which should point to the more plausible conclusion that Harper will only leave 24 Sussex kicking and screaming. And given the damage he and his government continue to do while in power, there's no reason for the opposition parties to put off that result.
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