Stephen Harper said the era of bickering with the provinces and territories of Canada was over. But of course, he has no reason to bicker if he's not going to even bother meeting with them.
Care to guess how many times Harper has actually bothered to sit down with the Premiers -- all 13 of them -- since he took office seventeen months ago? Once. And it wasn't even a full blown First Ministers' Conference, just a working dinner at 24 Sussex Drive.
When he drops in on a province, no advance warning to the Premier. And even if they do meet, how long is it for? Fifteen, twenty minutes?
What kind of a Prime Minister do we have when it's a man who can't even be bothered to admit that Canada is a federal state, and cooperation with the provinces is essential to keep this vast nation going? Harper can't even be bothered to set aside just one day to meet with the Premiers? What's going on?
Could it be that Harper is just ... chicken?
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Would you want to meet with the Premiers if you were going to downoad everything on them, and decentralize. I think not.
What about the New American Union. He would not dare..people may find out.
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