Prime Minister Harper took the time to address his caucus today and subject them to a vapid, mindless speech. Prime Minister Harper made sure to mention "Adscam" in his speech but failed to mention Nigel Wright, Mike Duffy, or anything remotely related to the controversy that caused the speech to begin with. He then called for Senate reform and called on Tory senators to put through senate reform "regardless of any opposition they may face" implying that the Tory senators are standing on the high moral ground in this scandal. It felt like the Prime Minister was scolding the other political parties for not playing by the rules, not like he was dealing with a major scandal caused by his own appointed senators, his chief of staff and the PMO. Harper also cheerleaded himself as having the most accountable and transparent government in the world, and then he promptly refused to answer questions from the media that had been invited to watch the spectacle in a move that was directly contradictory to the bullshit speech he had just given. After this, PM Harper skipped out on Question Period and flew to Columbia, stopping only to have his photo taken with a saluting naval officer as he boarded to attend a meeting that many of the political pundits have called meaningless leaving angry journalists, angry opposition members and even angrier voters behind.
I think what might be the most insulting thing about this whole drama is that we're expected to believe that the man that used tax dollars to spy on CPC backbenchers had no idea what his Chief of Staff was up to, or maybe it's the idea that Nigel Wright, a man with two law degrees, wasn't aware of the ramifications of providing that money to Senator Duffy, a move which was a glaringly obvious ethical violation. Or maybe, possibly, the most insulting thing is that Stephen Harper has used this incident to make himself the moral victor, the hero of accountability and push his Senate reform agenda. Using a scandal caused by your party to benefit your party is smart but it's also disgusting.
It has since come out that the two "independent" institutions that will be investigating the matter are Mary Dawson, the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of Canada appointed by PM Harper, and the Senate itself, proving once again that the CPC seemingly has completely different definitions than the rest of Canadians for terms like "independent," "accountable," and "transparent." (This has still not been stated officially as John Baird skirted the issue multiple times during Question Period).
Also in the news today it has come out that Harper appointed people to the EI board that had previously donated to the Conservative party, a big patronage no-no.
This man who touts himself as being "accountable" and "transparent" continuously breaks the trust of the Canadians that voted for him (all 39%) and reaffirms the criticisms the majority of Canadians have about him and his government. 3.1 billion dollars missing, money spent on ads for a program that doesn't exist and will not exist for at least a year, crooked appointments to the Senate and the EI Board, and that's just this month. The Harper government has crossed a major line, it is time for them to go. Which is a great dream, but will not happen unless the 39% of voters that voted for them finally wake up and stop following a partisan line to the detriment of themselves and their country, until they stop defending his actions and justifying them to themselves by repeating "Adscam" over and over and over. The fate of the country rests in the hands of people who seemingly have no ability to think analytically, people who are so blinded by partisan madness that they can't see the shit that's being smeared right in front of them.
I almost feel like it's time we should be mourning our country, for as long as elections can be won with such a small percentage of the country, and people keep on ignoring the hard truth about PM Harper, or remain apathetic to the hundreds of articles criticizing Harper's actions, nothing is going to change. The media will be stifled or used as a propaghandic mouth piece, elections will be stolen again, and laws will be violated all while we're being told it's all okay because they say it is, trust them.
To paraphrase the Wizard of Oz: "Don't look at the man behind the curtain, he's not doing anything important".
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