The Prime Minister's speech was not what I had hoped for. I felt he should have taken the occasion to be a bit more conciliatory, but instead he carried on with the trademark arrogance that led to this crisis of confidence in the first place. It was a very short speech that attacked the other parties and attempted to paint them as anti-democratic for pursuing an option that is well within the legal framework of our parliamentary system. His rhetoric about the Liberals uniting with separatists was just hollow fear-mongering and his statement that he hoped to work with the opposition parties was pure baloney. I'm guessing that there a lot of conservatives out there who are starting to see Harper's killer instincts and inflexibility as a liability, and if anything he is less appealing to Canadians of all stripes tonight than he was a week ago.
That said, I hope that the Governor General will allow him to prorogue parliament and give the Conservatives the opportunity to produce a real budget that is free from the incendiary proposals that poisoned the "economic update" the government delivered last week. Despite the Free Press's stated thirst for another election this would be the worst possible result. Both major parties need time to consider the future of their leaders since one has been totally rejected at the polls, while the other has proven through his actions as Prime Minister to be a total reject. Let the Conservatives get to work on something constructive with the knowledge that anything as radical and mean-spirited as what they have presented so far will result in the formation of a coalition that will rule in their stead.
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