Gazette: Taxpayers shouldn't pay for Tories' boasting.

The Montreal Gazette is on to the Conservatives. As has been noted on this blog quite recently, Harper's Conservative government is acting inappropriately with its tactic of turning government announcements into highly partisan events.

Today, the Gazette published an editorial suggesting that the Conservatives should reimburse taxpayers for their blatantly partisan and self-congratulatory announcement on the GST.

A small, but telling, excerpt:

'But this ad certainly blurs the distinction between the government and the political party in power. For starters, the "less than two years," as it happens, coincides precisely with the tenure of the Conservative government.

And with a minority government in office, and another election widely expected within the next few months, and almost certainly sometime this year, this kind of chest-thumping proclamation of virtue seems to us to be particularly odious.'

The full text of the editorial can be found here.

Friday's Partisan Bits and Bites

In honour of International Women's Day, I'd like to draw your attention to this bit by Janet Bagnall in today's Gazette which features an interview with our fun, tireless and indefatigable Me. Linda Julien. I especially appreciate the bit about nominations vs. appointments. Well done, Linda!

A sweet, if belated, bite is that Jean Charest finally sees things my way: Too right: ADQ = no friend of the Anglo Quebecer.

And thinking about the fun M. Dion, Compton-Stanstead Liberals and I had at the Cabane in Bulwer on Sunday last .... This coming Sunday we will finally learn just who the candidate is for Boss Harp's (or is it Peter MacKay's?) CPC in Compton-Stanstead.