PM Harper is a prisoner of his own ideology

PM Harper is a prisoner of his own ideology. His support within his party are from two sources: Alberta and the Harris left over MPs in Ontario. Harper is held captive to these two groups. Any move to the left of them towards the centre, may cost him his political life.

Harper is constantly trying to sell the party to his MPs in other areas. In addition, he has to sell his party to Canadians. Harper will eventually fail to constantly reconciling the Reformed-Harris left overs with the centrist MPs. He will eventually fail and the CPC will disintegrate into two or more parties, thus ushering the end of the Stalin-Conservatives era, Canada has been experimenting with.

Harper's contribution to Canada

This is a sad day in Canada. It is a sad day because the polarization of Canada has started and it is playing itself in the main streets of Canada. Harper has successfully thrown Canada in a dangerous path.

Each camp now has entrenched into a position with only one possible outcome, and that is, there have to be one clear loser and another clear winner. Today's rallies that was called by the Conservative party wiped any chances of healing or a compromise or nation building.

There can be only one winner and whether Harper stays in power or loses power to the coalition, it is clear that Canada will suffer for years or possibly decades to come.

This is Harper's contribution to Canada.

Harper role in the Conservative Party of Canada

The Conservative party of Canada owes its existence and its eventual demise to Harper. Harper has been able to unite the party by depending on the Western MPs (ExReformed) and Ontario's Harris leftovers who are paying their debt to him for delivering the reigns of government to the new and improved Reformed-Harris type Party. Depending on this group (Ont + Alberta), the other Conservative MPs are outnumbered and outvoted.

The demise of the Conservative Party will come when a MP from Ontario takes over the leadership and start taking the party to the ideological centre and therefore his inability to communicate on the same wavelength with the Western caucus. At that time, the party will split and the right will weaken again.

Harper may not be liked by his MPs but he is able to unify them and to him, they owe their paycheques.

Harper calling on "federalist" to work together

Again, Mr Harper leaving the GG, excluded the will and the desire of the Canadians who voted for the Bloc and asked the "federalist" parties to work together in creating a plan for Canada. What in effect he is doing is excluding all those Canadians who voted Bloc from even asking their opinion, or their representatives' opinion for a plan.

His "divide and reign" policy is not only aimed at his political rivals but also at the structure of Canada. Harper's desire to hold on power is an utmost goal for him with no consideration of the cost the country has to pay. His suppressed Reformed ideology takes the best of him and clouts his vision as a national leader.