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Beyond The Commons

Aaron Wherry covers all the goings-on in and around Parliament Hill. Follow Aaron on Twitter: @aaronwherry

BTC: Reserving the right to change one's mind

by Aaron Wherry on Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:43pm - 0 Comments

Canadian Press reports from Huntsville. “Harper says Liberal Leader Stephane Dion was against the idea of a carbon tax for years and the fact he’s made an about-face shows he has no credibility.”

If you assume that Mr. Harper is a smart man blessed of at least average self-awareness, a fair assumption no matter your political or partisan position, it is impossible to believe he truly believes this. Absolutely, entirely, wholly impossible.

Why? Because if changing one’s mind on taxation policy permanently undermines one’s credibility as a leader, this Prime Minister is sunk.

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  • Chris B

    One could almost say that policy positions evolve over time as new and better arguments and facts emerge. But that is far too mature an outlook for anyone in Canada’s New Government to ever take. Much better to just insult.

  • dan in van

    If you’re thoughts and policies ‘evolve’, that is evil.
    But if you think your policies as ‘receding creations’, than its devine.
    But let’s leave past tarnished conservative saskatchewaners out of this…

  • 300baud

    Well ya gotta admit, he sure showed those other parties what it was he wouldn’t let them do.

  • Chris B

    Mayhap he wouldn’t let them do it because he wanted to do it first! Like I used to not let my brother eat any ice cream because I wanted the ice cream.

  • Clover

    Good that someone remembered this. Mike Duffy apparently forgot about this as Jason Kenney talked today on his program about broken promises. Don Newman didn’t, worth watching on the Politics website.

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