Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Partisanship run amok

It doesn't seem to be getting all that much attention in the midst of the glitz and glamour of an Agriculture Committee meeting, but Kady points out a remarkably partisan ministerial statement from Gerry Ritz. But now that it's clear that ministers under the Harper government don't have any role other than to attack the opposition in their areas of supposed responsibility, what is there left for the Cons to turn into a conduit for their talking points?

With that in mind, and knowing that we probably shouldn't be giving Korn Kob Kory any ideas, here are a few which I fully expect to see by the time the next federal election rolls around:

- New Government of Canada logo suspiciously matches that of the Conservative Party.
- Product labelling standards include a government-approved estimate of how much more all goods would cost under a carbon tax.
- New immigration rule: any Republican Party member willing to move to Canada gets first priority.
- All CBC programming now required to include an overlay of a smiling Stephen Harper. Global follows suit voluntarily.
- Cons decide to prorogue Parliament after all; new throne speech consists solely of Michaelle Jean thumbing her nose at opposition benches.
- New Canada Food Guide suggestion: replace 6 glasses of water with 6 glasses of Harper Kool-Aid.
- Canadian Armed Forces television ads rewritten to include "Fight Taliban Jack".

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