What's perhaps most interesting about the Cons' decision to bypass the usual selection process and nominate Justice Cromwell for the Supreme Court of Canada just days before calling an election is the boost it'll give to the anti-Con push coming from Newfoundland and Labrador.
Granted, Danny Williams certainly didn't figure to be anything but a thorn in Harper's side no matter what happened (or didn't happen) with the Supreme Court vacancy. But it's still noteworthy that Harper seems to have gone out of his way to further anger a provincial government which been lobbying for its first-ever Supreme Court appointment. And the most recent snub, combined with Loyola Hearn's decision to step down, may make it all the more likely that the Cons will get completely wiped out in the province - not to mention giving Williams another reason to take his grievances national.
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