One thing I’ve always found a bit of a pain about soap operas are their rather long drawn out plot (or lack thereof). Someone deciding to create a soap of the latest goings on in Ottawa might just get my attention. So let’s see, the story to this point…..

On October 14th, Canadians granted the Conservatives yet another minority government in the general election. At the same time that was taking place, the world’s economy (including Canada’s) was going to hell in a handbasket at a rate that few even mused about. The Liberals and the NDP both campaigned with promises of economic stimulus while the Conservatives don’t worry, be happy approach until the polls showed them dropping hard over their lack of notice to the economy. All three parties declared that Canada would not run a deficit under their watch.

On Nov 18th, Parliament opened with the ‘kinder, gentler’ Prime Minister Harper indicating that this session would be more civil. For the first week or so that actually seemed like it was going to happen. He had even gone so far as done a little reach out to the Opposition parties. He seemed to indicate that this session would be focussed on the economy. He’d even reportedly indicated to his MPs that they needed to tone down the idealogy and partisanship in the house. Read the rest of this entry »