What's Harper thinking?

The Prime Minister is violating the spirit (if not the letter) of his own fixed-elections legislation if he asks for the dissolution of Parliament, according to James Bow. Andrew Coyne, meanwhile, suggests that the Governor-General can just say no - assuming Harper asks for the election in the first place.

Coyne thinks Harper is bluffing, and so do I. If he really wanted an election, he'd introduce controversial legislation, declare it a confidence vote, and (presumably) lose. As long as the Dion Liberals won't defeat the government, however, who needs the election to begin with?

Damian P.

Posted by damian at August 25, 2008 06:44 PM