The political economy of energy resource development and export is the biggest and most important issue to hit Canadian politics since the fight over Quebec secession and battle over free trade.
Now that Harper has his majority and passed the Omnibus Budget Bill to get unfinished business out of the way, he has taken on the huge and risky task of implementing his Conservative government’s agenda to create a national energy economy. He lost the battle over a national security commission when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against him but he really did not present a very strong case to the Court. He likely feared winning hands down because it would have forced him to go up against the premiers of Alberta and Quebec, both of whom strongly opposed a national security commission.
Now that Harper has his majority and passed the Omnibus Budget Bill to get unfinished business out of the way, he has taken on the huge and risky task of implementing his Conservative government’s agenda to create a national energy economy. He lost the battle over a national security commission when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against him but he really did not present a very strong case to the Court. He likely feared winning hands down because it would have forced him to go up against the premiers of Alberta and Quebec, both of whom strongly opposed a national security commission.