Most significant characteristic of most severe political crisis in decades? All parties’ lust for power

It was the lust for even more power that drove Prime Minister Stephen Harper to believe that he could use the financial and economic crisis to cripple or even destroy at least some rival parties by eliminating the quarterly subsidies they have been receiv

The most significant characteristic of Canada's most severe political crisis in decades (which has been in process since the Harper government's "Economic Statement" of Nov. 27, 2008) is the overwhelming stench of the lust for political power. It was the lust for even more power that drove Prime ...

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