Once again, a sad election where one must vote against, rather than for!
Harper is a conservative, and I use the word pejoratively.

Medicare, Arts Funding, everything wholesome that sets us apart from the Yanks will suffer.
Our tax system, thanks to Brian M is now incredibly regressive; George's pal Steve will only make it worse.
And he might even follow the Yanks into their next random military looniness.

It's easy to document all this; instead I'll tell a tale with a "personal" touch. Two years ago, my friend Torril Kove won the Oscar for best animated film, "The Danish Poet". She was, as a result, invited to a fancy "do", with Steve also in attendance. He came up to congratulate her.

Steve: "I'm eager to see the film."
Torril, proudly: "Well, it's an N.F.B. film..."
Steve looked horrified: "Oh..." (long pause) "...well, I'll... ..look at it anyway..."
...and scurried away.