Its a Sunday - thus a slow news day and the blogging world tends to lose its buzz on this day of rest. But alas, Harper may think otherwise from taking a break this Sunday. It appears Harper in a rare move of real transparency into his government feels that an election at this time would not be beneficial for his government.
OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he has no incentive to engineer his government's defeat and trigger an election during the spring session of Parliament that starts Monday.
After all, Harper told The Canadian Press, there's little imminent prospect of a Conservative majority government. LINK
Ill be honest, I was taken aback with such a bold statement by Prime Minister Harper. I mean, this is a Prime Minister who has been in Campaign mode since January 23rd, of last year. Perhaps all the dealing to gain votes through "patchwork politics" has failed. Maybe Harper's realized that you don’t win broad support by coaxing opposition MP's and one-trick policies aimed at a particular voting demographic.
So does this mean that Harper has backed himself in a corner? Hardly, but his statements essentially end the 2006 election campaign - This lazy Sunday could very well mark the start of the race for the 40th Canaidan Parliament
Picture Care of REUTERS
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