The beginning of the winter olympics got me thinking of past games, past events, and in correlation with the inauguration of the Conservative Government, false starts. Lets turn our attention to track events, specifically running. In events like the 100m to and through the the 5000m, a runner is only allowed one false start. Any false start that occurs after the initial costs the runner the race, they are automatically disqualified. Politicians on the other hand rarely ever taste the sour sting of the rule book. One might argue that the people hold them accountable on election day, but we've seen time and time again politicians who have broken the rules get elected back into the house of commons.
I must say it was a bit unexpected, not even a day after Harper became the Prime Minister he started to mess up. The issue at hand is the appointment of David Emerson and, Michael Fortier. Many of you have probably heard a lot about David Emerson recently, and I'm pretty sure none of it......
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