afransen
Senior Member
Do you think Harper's tenure has been beneficial for our democratic institutions? So far, he's muddied the water on how our westminster parliamentary democracy works, prorogued parliament to avoid a confidence motion he was imminently going to lose, abused confidence motions by making every bill for two or three years one and created a handbook for shutting down committees. He's also refused to comply with parliamentary orders to produce documents and persons on three different occasions.
Do you think it's hyperbole to say that he's done harm to our institutions? I think it's apt.
You can say you admire him for 'getting stuff done', and his 'resourcefulness', but then you're tacitly acknowledging that the ends justify the means, and that is one hell of a slippery slope into a moral quagmire. So, I have no qualms about criticizing politicians on the way they go about achieving their goals.
Do you think it's hyperbole to say that he's done harm to our institutions? I think it's apt.
You can say you admire him for 'getting stuff done', and his 'resourcefulness', but then you're tacitly acknowledging that the ends justify the means, and that is one hell of a slippery slope into a moral quagmire. So, I have no qualms about criticizing politicians on the way they go about achieving their goals.