Modeling Journey

Having persuaded Ignatieff that the coalition government was a bad idea, and having gained Ignatieff's support for his budget, Harper just cannot resist showing Ignatieff just who is boss on Parliament Hill.

True to form, the prime minister whom Ignatieff said MPs could not trust, is going to force Ignatieff to eat crow and vote for his decision to give the Treasury the right – without consulting Parliament and without any input by the majority MPs in the House – to spend up to $3 billion on a fast track stimulus implementation.

And the Liberal reaction?

"Liberal Finance critic John McCallum called the fund a “blank cheque” and his NDP counterpart Thomas Mulcair likened it to a “slush fund” – a charge that made Mr. Harper bristle yesterday while talking to reporters in Vancouver."

A toothless reaction, akin to the countless times the Liberals were forced under Dion to kowtow to the bullying Tories and vote to keep them in power.

How sad.