Influential British magazine slams Canada's Prime Minister Stephen
Harper's suspension of Parliamenthttp://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i3ob0pXMJ10RaXcZoyLFEs25CWqg...
The magazine's print edition has published both a critical story about the suspension of Parliament and a scathing editorial denouncing what it calls Harper's "naked self interest."
The editorial likens Canadian ministers to hapless former U.S. president Gerald Ford "who could not walk and chew gum at the same time."
Harper's government, says the magazine, "cannot apparently cope with Parliament's deliberations while dealing with the country's economic troubles and the challenge of hosting the Winter Olympic games."
It suggests, tongue in cheek, that Harper should simply shut down Parliament altogether until the economy is running at full throttle.
The editorial opines that Harper may in fact be correct that "Canadians care more about the luge than the legislature, but that is surely true only while their decent system of government is in good hands" - and Canadians "may soon conclude that it isn't."Well, at least we're making international news.
Thanks, Mr. Bush, er, I mean Mr. Harper.