Harper May Not Be Breaking His Election Law But He is Breaking Another Promise

There was an idea I explored in this Blog a few days ago that the Governor General should make her Prime Minister prove his allegations before calling an election. Harper is going to submit that he can no longer govern due to a dysfunctional Parliament and that the House of Commons lost confidence in his government is getting some heavy weight support. I think he should be required to prove those allegations befor any election proceeds.

A recent newspaper story is showing some other heavyweight policy thinkers are on the same wave length.


It is an open question if Harper will have broken his own law around fixed election dates. For sure the “fix is in” and he want an election now, on his terms for his advantage and on his timing. Silly citizens who think elections about them have to realize they are the not focus of any Harper election scam.


Maybe there is a legal issue around Harper’s attempt to call an election on such unproven grounds and with no relevant evidence to support this claims in the face of his fixed date election law. Maybe we need to have that question of law put as a Reference to the Supreme Court for a ruling.

The Supremes recently dealt with the BCE privatization matter very expeditiously. No reason to believe they couldn’t do it just as expeditiously. This time it would be for the sake of preserving the Rule of Law and an effective democracy in the land.

In any event we don't know for sure if Harper is breaking the law in his attempt to force an election now. One thing for sure his actions are a breach of trust with the spirit and intent of the fixed election dates law. One thing for sure is that Harper is a promise breaker - and he is about to do that again.

Sarah Palin and Alaskan Independence Party (AIP)

Maybe Governor Palin was not a member of the Alaska Independence Party and only her husband was. I think the record is clear abouot him but fuzzy in her regard.

According to a clip in this video some folks in the AIP seem to remember that she was a one time member. But what do they know and what does that prove? No much. Only thing for sure is a smoking gun.

It is kind of like the half truths and diversionary tactics that Harper uses on things like his Quebec-centric IN-OUT Campaign Advertising Scams and the Cadman Insurance Affair...then there is the BS about a dysfuntional Parliament. It is about being shifty and not straight up and fessing up. Straight up and fessing up is not Harper's style.

I suggest that if she ever was an AIP member, so what. People change and learn and adapt and move on. If she still is an AIP member that is a problem. Given that she is now a Republican Vice-Presidential Candidate running under a campaign theme of Country First, that is a problem.

Alberta Socialist Meets Alaska Separatist

I love this photo for its cognitive dissonance. Alberta NDP Leader, Brian Mason is a Facebook Friend and a real friend. He is a hardworking and long suffering socialist politician in Alberta. He is a good guy...even if he is often wrong on the issues ;~)

Repubican VP Nominee, Sarah Palin was a one-time member of an Alaska independence political movement. That was before she went mainline as a moose eating Republican Governor in Alaska.

Some people wonder how I can be a proud Alberta Progressive Conservative and a staunch fan of Federal Liberal LeaderStephane Dion at the same time. Some even think it requires mental gymnastics to even be a progressive and conservative at the same time. They are usually harrow minded ideologues who tremble at the thought of uncertainty and would rather be wrong than curious or informed.

Looking at this photo of Alberta NDP leader Brian Mason and American Republican Vice President Candidate Sarah Palin shows me Mason "gets it." I also makes me smile and refreshes my memory as to why I love politics. It even helps reaffirm my faith that we can attract quality people into politics and for the right reasons - public service...not personal political power.

My guess is Brian understands how a citizen can engage in active politics and not be hampered by rabid adherence to a narrow ideology. He is going to have a lot of fun with this picture, especially amongst the staunch socialist in his party. Some of the more serious socialists in his circle will be praying this picture has been Photoshopped. Nope. It's the real thing according to Brian.

H/T to another Facebook Friend: Marisa Etmanski - who also gets it.

Three Cabinet Ministers Resign on Harper...Here is Why.

The CAITI Blog shows us more of Prime Minister Harper’s true colours as a conniving control freak. This post details reasons why three of his Cabinet Ministers are resigning. Small wonder they no longer wish to be part of his megalomania.


Good work CAITI - the truth about Harper has to be told just like it is. Harper is a bad leader. He is a one-trick phony who cannot be trusted and he has to go. He must be defeated before his slippery and sly schemes do some serious long lasting harm to the nation and its citizens.



New reports say he admitted, under oath, his culpability in the sad and shameful Cadman Insurance Affair last week. The tainted meat deaths will soon be shown to relate to his reckless cutbacks of funding and staffing of government food inspections. He did that so he could save a bit of money and brag about it as an example of his sound fiscal management skills.



When he was warned about the potential danger and consequences of the cutbacks, Harper fired the civil servant whistleblower to told the truth to his power. Remember last election when Harper turfed a local nominated candidate so he could run the Adscam whistleblower in Ottawa instead? The former Conservative candidate had to sue the Prime Minister to make good on his promise to his own candidate. At least that candidate was not part of Harper's too cute by-a-half IN-OUT advertising scheme of his own making last election. If Harper treats his own supporters so shabbily, just imagine what he would do to an ordinary person who got in his way or told him the truth.



Well the Adscam whistleblower is not running for Harper in this election I'll wager. In fact he is pretty peeved with the Prime Minister for firing the food inspector whisleblower after bragging about how open, transparent and accountable his new government was going to be when it cleaned up Ottawa. Harper disregards and shows disdain for those principles he promoted last election. It would be bad enough if such situational ethics were merely disappointing but I actually find them to be disgusting.



The lowering of governments ability to perform is role and responsibility to protect the public, like ensuring we have independent professional and sufficient food inspections, does not save money Mr. Harper. It costs Canadian lives. Fifteen lives so far Mr Harper. Such short sighted and mean spirited actions by this Conservative Prime Minister proves that he is dishonourable, untrustworthy and inadequate to serve in our highest office. He seems indifferent to his duty to act in the best interests of the citizens of Canada. His purpose is not peace, order and good government. His agenda is absolute personal political power. His numerous proven and documented character flaws make him unworthy of our consent to govern us. He must be stopped and defeated in this election.

Harper Will Have to Blow Smoke at the Governor General and NOT Say Why He Really Wants an Election

So Prime Minister Harper is meeting the Governor General on Sunday to ask for an election. His official reason is that Parliament is dysfunctional and the opposition has lost confidence in his government. The facts are that Harper has led one of the longest lasting, if not the longest lasting, minority governments in Canadian history. He has stated publicly that he has accomplished all five of his policy priorities.

Parliament has clearly not been dysfunctional and since it is not sitting it is a puzzle how he can say it is dysfunctional now. That is unfortunately a logical concern and logic has nothing to do with political expediency.

Harper says the opposition has lost confidence in his government. Again how do we know that? Just saying it does not make it so Mr. Prime Minister. Parliament is not scheduled to sit until September 15 and it is impossible to know what the Prime Minister’s legislative intent is. Mr. Harper has met with the other party leaders and demanded compliance but did not say to what proposals or public policy ends. Harper has not said anything about those inconvenient details to the citizens of Canada either. How does he know that? How can he be certain he has lost the confidence of Parliament without actually testing it in the House of Commons?

Harper wants an election now purely for his own sly and slippery reasons. He wants the voters to pay over $400,000,000.00 just so he can push for personal power and then expect us to forget and forgive him for this waste of our time and useless squandering taxpayer money.

I hope the Governor General does not take Mr. Harper at his word about the loss of confidence in his government. I hope she demands he prove it by opening Parliament and then presenting a real non-confidence Bill. Please don’t insult Parliament and Canadians again with a phony piece of superficial legislation that he personally deems to be a confidence matter. We have seen say too much of that insipid game of political chicken Harper he has played for the past Parliaments.


Without proof, I think the Governor General is within her rights to tell her Prime Minister that she refuses the ruse. I hope she asks for some real proof of his self-pronounced non-confidence in his government. That will only happen in Harper losing a vote on a serious matter in the House of Commons. That has not happened yet. That means Harper is premature in his push for an election.


Respect for the Rule of Law and our Constitutional Conventions are critical issues for Mr. Harper to earn and sustain the respect of the citizens of Canada…who are after all his true political masters. His wanton disrespect for the real concerns of citizens along with his pointless waste of taxpayer money on an unnecessary election will be at his peril! It proves he is not fit to govern us if he can't even govern himself.

Citizens will not look kindly on Harper spending $400,000,000.00 of their hard earned money just because it is to his advantage in seeking more power. That is serious money that could go into improving health care access or protecting our food supply or fixing climate change. It is not public money that is well spent just to feed his personal partisan hubris and help him preserve and promote his passion for political bullying.

I implore the Governor General to take her Prime Minister to task on Sunday and require that he actually proves, beyond a reasonable doubt, with substantive evidence, that he has actually lost the confidence of the House of Commons. Tough to do when the House is not even sitting.

If she is satisfied there is actual proof of non-confidence on the basis of substantive evidence, when the meet this Sunday, then let the "games" begin. If she is not so satisfied, then I implore her to stop the gamesmanship and insist that her Prime Minister govern until he actually loses the confidence of the House in a real vote of non-confidence on a matter of substance - not superciliousness.