why write a law, steve? why not build a plaque? a statue, with an engraven image? future mps could gather around the stephen harper memorial on national tax freedom day and take a moment to honour the inscription. children could go on field trips.

the law is impermanent, steve. granite is forever.

www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-harper-tax-lock-1.3243973

he can't walk this back. and, i suspect he doesn't want to. this is the direction the ndp will continue in until he is removed from power, regardless of consequences.

"just a dip in the polls, stay the course."

rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/michael-stewart/2015/09/ndps-rightward-drift-strategy-destined-to-fail

it's interesting how humans learn to adjust to whatever the biggest fraud of the era is. speculators. stocks. whatever. now, we've got youtube hits as the easy money game

i have a better idea: why don't we get rid of citizenship ceremonies?