I never thought Stephen Harper was out of line in trying to revoke the relatively new (in Canada) public financing of political parties, perhaps because I hated the idea when it was first floated and was furious a few years ago when then-prime minister Jean Chrétien steered it unto law.Well, apparently... not all of us.
In my simple mind it went like this: If this was something Mr. Harper believed in doing, then why was doing it so wrong? Wasn't that why he wanted to win, to try stuff he wanted to try?
And didn't we all sort of understand that the guy who won the election probably would try to bring in his ideas?
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FROM THE COMMENTS:
"An even simpler way to skewer the Opposition ... put the issue of public financing of political parties to the public in a referendum ... it could not be more democratic than that!"*
