If any 3 people have the power to persuade the public to distrust the Harper Government, it is this trio.
Image 1: Rachel Notley. This woman is the future premier of Alberta. The NDP, a left of centre party swept Harper’s home province with a majority government win and ended 44 years of Progressive Conservative Rule. Alberta is also the province with the strongest federal support for the Conservative Party.
Image 2: Omar Khadr. The Harper government’s appeal of Omar Khadr’s bail failed, and he was finally released (on bail). Stephen Harper and his government continue to paint him as a as an unrepentant murderer and a terrorist, despite the fact that in a recent interview he came across as friendly, happy and polite. Khadr was imprisoned and tortured for 13 years in Guantanamo and other prisons, and was coerced to plead guilty to crimes (which the only proof they have is his coerced confessions). He was captured at 15 years old; a child soldier.
Image 3: Mike Duffy. Mike Duffy is at the centre of a massive spending scandal in the senate in which the senator was bribed by a top member of the Prime Ministers’ Office to quietly pay off his overspending bills. Harper claims he wasn’t aware of this going on. Which is a bit hard to believe considering how much of a control freak the PM is. Information coming out of his trial continue to paint Harper’s government in a bad light.