If Harper aims for majority, promising tax credits on tax hikes ain't gonna do it

I write in the paper's today:

The majorities of conservative prime ministers Macdonald, Borden, Bennett, Diefenbaker and Mulroney were transformative ones for the country. If Harper is to take his place among those Conservative leaders, what legacy will he strive for? Does he seek to match any of their accomplishments?

And yet, the Conservative campaign does not seem to understand the significance of the stakes for which they themselves say they are playing.

The campaign script so far has been an uninspiring pablum of items from their stillborn federal budget. One of the budget highlights Harper singled out last week called attention to a tax credit to businesses to cover the extra costs of his own employment insurance premium hike. A tax credit for his tax hike. Thanks. That ought to go down in history.

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