Stephen Harper is giving a speech to the Conservative Party’s candidate school in Mississauga, Ont. this weekend. If you’re looking for a hint about what he’ll use as the ‘trigger’ to call an election, try this passage:
“We took action to introduce mandatory prison sentences for gun crimes, a crackdown on violent, dangerous offenders and reverse onus on bail applications involving firearms offences.
Our opponents continue to obstruct these bills.
They do so at their own political peril.
We are willing, and we are ready, to put these issues to the voters at the next general election and be accountable for our positions. Are they? I don’t think so. We are. We’ll take it to them!”
I guess that it's one way to see that the election isn't about the environment. I'd rather see the election be in 2008. I'm encouraging other Canadians to say not yet, and tell their politicians to get back to the business over governance.