Harper exploits Japan quake to fear-monger against snap election

[JBoy]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/harper-links-japanese-quake-opposition-threat-of-snap-election/article1943122/

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the economic impact of the earthquake in Japan offers a warning to MPs thinking of triggering an election.

During a news conference in the midst of a two-day visit to British Columbia, Mr. Harper ruled out direct economic impacts to Canada linked to the disaster but noted drops in the stock market will be felt.

“All of these things should remind everyone, should remind everybody in Canada, should remind all the parties in Parliament, that the global economy remains extremely fragile. It does not take very much to make us all, not just in Canada and the United States but all around the world, very worried,” he said.

“The fact of the matter is this should be a wake-up call that we cannot afford to take our focus off the economy to get into a bunch of unnecessary political games or, as I said, an opportunistic or unnecessary election that nobody was asking for.”

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Stay classy, Stevo!

You can always tell Harper is about to lie when he prefaces it with "the fact of the matter is".

[Very_Boring_Name]

1. Why is he afraid of an election?

Last I checked he was 10 points+ ahead in the polls.

[glarius]

2. I'm always suspicious of anything he says following "as you know"

The guy is just so damned smarmy!