Steve's Thought police are in da House

The amount of control that the current PMO exercises is in sharp contrast to the previous Paul Martin PMO. However, there are signs that it is bordering on the extreme.

This afternoon, according to canadian Press, ex-Tory MP Garth Turner promises to provide 'disturbing insights' into the workings of Steve's PMO.

Independent MP Garth Turner is threatening to expose what he terms "disturbing insights" into the workings of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's
Conservative government.

The former Tory member of Parliament has scheduled a news conference for today, promising to reveal what's contained in correspondence between his staff and the Prime Minister's Office since he was ousted from caucus.

"The big issue right now is not me, but rather some disturbing insights into how the 'new' government is actually working," Mr. Turner wrote. "I think we should talk about it. This matters a lot more than the fate of one homeless MP."

This follows the decision of the Harper government to make the words "innovate", "competitiveness" and "Innovation" forbidden in government documents as reported in the Toronto Star.

Outlawing the word innovation hardly inspires confidence in Canada's new and exalted Conservative government.*

* Somehow my word processor replaced Tory with "new and exalted Conservative"...I'll have to look into that...