The Harper trifecta: undemocratic, hypocritical, and illegal

Andrew Potter has a long ways to go to atone for his consistent efforts to undermine the efforts of the impending Liberal/NDP coalition. But this isn't a bad start:

(T)here has been speculation that Harper would try to attach conditions to the (Senate) appointments, for example that his appointees would agree to step down after 8 years. Or as Bob Fife reports today, “it appears Harper hasn’t completely backed away from his previous policy. An insider said Harper would ask anyone he appoints to agree to step down and run in a Senate election if new legislation is ever implemented.”

It is worth pointing out that any such agreement qualifies as inducement, and is therefore completely illegal.