The fun begins

The PM has continued his campaign of lies by calling an election one year before the date established by his own law.  He uses as an excuse his assertion  that Parliament is not working and he needs a new mandate.  What does that mean?

In the past two Parliamentary sessions there have been 69 bills passed through the Commons AND the Senate AND proclaimed into law.  Parliament is not working?  When Dion met Harper prior to the election call, he (Dion) showed Harper the list of the 36 bills currently in committee or in readings and the three in Senate.  He asked which ones of these would not be proclaimed after being passed during this Parliamentary session?  He (Harper) gave no answer, but the truth is, because he dissolved parliament, NONE of the those 39 bills will go through because a dissolution means the death of all bills in process.  Parliament is not working because Harper killed it.

A bit less that three years ago, Harper took over as PM in a country that had a $12.5 billion surplus.  He has successfully driven it to the verge of deficit.  In fact the first couple of months of this year we were in deficit.  How can the Cons be trusted to see Canadians through the hard times when then cannot even see us through the good times.  Think I am kidding?  We are on the edge of fiscal problems and the eve of an illegal election, and what does Harper do?  He doles out $96 million per day to buy votes, especially those in Quebec.

Can we believe the Cons?  Finance Min Flaherty refuses to support Ford or GM until the election looms then all of a sudden $80 million appears.  Election ploy?  You bet.

Why an election now?  There are four answers that come to mind.  1) Cons were about to get thumped in three by-elections.  By calling the election the by-elections were called off.  2)  Elections Canada was about to enter evidence into the In and Out lawsuit that the Cons launched at them.  The evidence, which cannot be released during the election campaign, was about to put a death nail into the Cons case.  3)  Evidence contradicting Harper's assertion that he has nothing to do with the Cadman affair was about to be made public.  4) Finally, Max Bernier's paramour, Julie Couillard, has a book being launched on October 14, the same day as the election (go figure),

 If ever a government deserved the boot.  This is the one.