Today the federal Conservatives released three attack ads aimed at discrediting Stephane Dion by questioning his leadership abilities, and his credentials as champion of the environment, among other things. It would seem that in the absence of well crafted and comprehensive public policy, Harper's Conservatives feel that name calling is a more appropriate tool in fulfilling their role as stewards of the public trust.
Will this accomplish anything positive for the environment, clarify the role of Canada in Afghanistan, meaningfully address the crumbling public healthcare infrastructure, or deal with any other issue of importance to Canadians? Nope. At best the only things gained are gained by the Conservatives and amount to a few percentage points in the ephemeral public opinion polls and a modest but temporary bump in majority status probability. And after this immature publicity stunt we're supposed to look to Harper and company for increased integrity and accountability in public office? That's the sound of me laughing all the way to indifference.
I'm just going to tune out for the time being and hope against hope that our government decides to actually govern instead of playing opposition politics with the power they were given by the Canadian public in the last election (by a minority of Canadians, it is worth remembering).
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Tuning out for the time being sounds right. I feel as if I'm in a zone of impatient and contemptuous silence myself. "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the greenest one of all?"
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