People made a lot during the last election campaign of the fact that Stephen Harper wasn't scary and that he had in fact changed his spots from the driven idealogue who had previously worked for the controversial National Citizens Coalition to become a small c fiscal conservative. Well, this morning's Globe and Mail highlights the latest attack by Steve on the independence of the judiciary. None less than Beverley McLachlin, Canada's Chief Justice, along with a group of the country's top judges issued an unprecedented rebuke yesterday to Justice Minister Vic Toews for hatching a plan to arbitrarily change the way judges are chosen.
On the very same page, after the federal government has spent time and effort cultivating relations with China for the last fifteen years, the Chinese are not returning Steve's calls because he has ignored and insulted China and not sent over any high level delegations in his year in office. When he discovered that they are the economic powerhouse of the next decade, with no forward planning, they politely told him they would get back to him to see if there was time in the Chinese President's schedule at the next APEC meeting. No forward planning and ideologically driven policy - worked for Bush didn't it.
Imagine if he had a majority...scary.
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