Tyrannical Opposition

For those of you claiming that Harper is a tyrant acting against the will of Parliament, ask yourselves this...if the electoral situation were reversed and it was a Harper led opposition passing motions to force a Liberal or (dare I say it?) NDP government to release classified documents, would he then be a hero of democracy?

Somehow I don't think so and yet those who claim Harper is a tyrant now would only be defending the hypothetical Liberal government as tenaciously as those Conservative supporters do so now.

If you ditch your ideological posturing and look at the situation with fresh eyes, you'd notice that there has never been a situation where a Canadian government was legislatively forced to act contrary to its interests by the Opposition, not including a vote of non-confidence. Arguably, allowing the opposition MPs to force government action violates the principle of responsible government in the Canadian parliamentary tradition. Only the government of the day is held to account, not the Opposition.

You may not like Harper and his minions - I certainly don't - but the Conservatives are the duly elected government of Canada until the day Canadians say he isn't, a day that can't come too soon.