In the next couple of days, the Speaker of the House of Commons will rule on the question of whether the Government of Canada is in contempt of Parliament
Two tory senators face their day in court for some sleazy money maneuvering in the last Federal Election. I've lost count of how many Ministers of the Crown are being called upon to resign for "questionable acts." The billboards promoting the governments economic recovery program ... Plan d'Action Plan .... sport a logo that is very similar to that of the Conservative Party of Canada. The tories are under attack in the House and in the media for being the biggest collection of slime balls since Mulrooney was PM. However, they are doing well in the polls; and if an election came tomorrow, they would increase their presence in the House and move from a minority to a majority position. It's not that Candians are blind to the government faults; it's that the economy is sound and getting stronger. We have come to expect the scandals and the dubious honesty of politicians. We tune it out. If the economy is fine, who gives a flying you-know-what about a little cheating and lying.
On the local level: if the streets and sidewalks are plowed, if the potholes are fixed, if the streets are safe, if the fire department arrives on time, who cares about what else the council does.