Happy Festivus. I have grievances to air about Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Stephen Harper has become just like his predecessors. On foreign policy, he has lost the moral foreground leaving a suspected Canadian terrorist, Khadr, to the U.S. and their suspect instruments much as his predecessors left Maher Arar to the U.S. and their rendition policies. On Afghanistan, Harper wants to abandon the people to whom we have made an implicit moral commitment just as the Liberals want. On the economy, Harper has become the big spender that Mulroney was. Harper wants to bail out those who failed to run their companies well with the tax dollars of ordinary citizens and companies that did manage themselves well. On the environment, Harper’s baby steps are only a little better than those of Chretien and Martin. On democratic reform, Harper will play political tricks (prorogation) to save his own skin and has…
