Thanks for links to and comments about the current happenings in Canada's politics, particularly those comments about the behind the scenes reasons why Canadians think this is happening. It's unlikely that I would have found these opinions by just reading articles.

I'm not sure I understand the Canadian political system, but I'm trying to get a sense of how it works.

Special thanks to Peter for sharing information about that British Parliamentary slang term "dished". It seems to me that Stephen Harper may have "dished" himself and other people are "dissing" {dissin'} him because of his actions.

Then again, "dissing" has a connotation that the putdowns are unwarranted, but it seems that's not the case with Harper.