My Point of View: Harper and Conservatives wrong again about John Baird

Thinking he wouldn’t smash up anything too badly, PM Harper moved John Baird to the Transportation Ministry after it became obvious he was a poor fit in the Environment Ministry.

Wrong again.


“We are seeing some positive economic signs, but they are fragile... the last thing we need is the political instability an election would cause,” he said (while berating Liberal leader Ignatieff for suggesting an election wouldn’t cause political instability).

(Link to news article as in London Free Press)

Wrong again.

The majority of Canadian voters can attend political debates, read political flyers, watch Conservative attack ads on TV, walk to the polls to cast a ballot for a different party and still finish a day’s work without falling apart.

If we can survive John Baird, we can survive an election.

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Can you handle a fall election? Will you suffer from instability?

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