Andrew Coyne on the Accords.

Andrew Coyne nails the absurdity of our fiscal federation...AGAIN. Check it out at his website. Its a thing of beauty. I'm a big fan of Stephen Harper, and the shots at his government hurt, but sometimes truth hurts. Its too bad that Canadians don't maintain these 'long memories' when the Liberals are running the joint.

Maybe its a case of the Conservatives getting power so rarely, that when they're actually elected to govern this country, they're held to higher standard, simply because we've become so accustomed to a lower one.

On the other hand, you could pick any governing party in power - provincially or federally - and dig up quotes from two or three years back that contradict what they're doing now.

I think part of the reality of our parliamentary system is its predicated on adversarial politics, which makes it very difficult for opposition MPs to be critical, without giving the people the ammunition to paint them as liars or hypocrites, if they're ever given the chance to govern later on.

As much as I think politicians shouldn't make promises they can't keep, and Harper has done that on Equalization, I'll have a hard time voting for anyone else when the next election rolls around. Ultimately I think he tried to do what was best for the entire country, and as is the nature of politics in this country, is going to pay a higher price for that, than previous governments who did much worse.