I don't know how I missed it before, but I have become a big fan of Andrew Steele's blog over at the Globe in the last 24 hours. His post yesterday about Harper's options is clear and well thought out.
Today, he reports on some curious Question Period responses provided by the government yesterday:
"Today's Question Period saw a reversion to the age old Canadian political tactic of saying one thing in English and another in French.
In English, the Conservative Finance Minister Jim Flaherty attacked the Liberals as part of “the separatist coalition” who will betray Canada.
In French, the Conservative Quebec Lieutenant Christian Paradis attacked the Bloc Quebecois for giving a blank cheque to the Liberals and “betraying independence.”
How can a separatist coalition betray independence?"
Indeed, good question. Another good question might be how long the Conservatives believe they can continue to treat Canadians like idiots and get away with it?
The answer, at present, appears to be: longer.
