Stephen Harper. the current Prime Minister of Canada, has always been quite the politicial animal. In the wake of a scandal that ousted the Liberal Party from power and put his own Conservative Party in place of it the man has talked repeatedly about accountability. Harper’s also been able to sweep several blunders he’s made under the carpet, including mixing up Indians from India and Indians from Canada (Who insist on being called First Nations rather than Native-American or Indian) as well as sending people a questionnaire where the answers were only ‘yes’ and ‘yes.’ Still, Harper has lowered the GST and kept a decent amount of his campaign promises, at least to some degree. He’s a love-hate kind of a guy, who at the same time endorses his party running rather scathing ads about how the current leader of the Liberal Party, Stéphane Dion, is ‘not a leader.’ A bold move as while an election may be coming due to the fragile nature of a minority government one still isn’t set in stone as of yet.

Now, much like a knee in the metaphorical crotch, Harper’s coming down on the Liberal Party like the wrath of ten-thousand suns. Why? The Liberal Party, on their official website, has a couple of articles asking Harper, who talks about accountability, to clarify what he knew about an affair involving Chuck Cadman and supposed bribery by the Tories, something reminicent of what happened with Paul Martin and the Gomery Report which lead to Martin looking the election to Stephen Harper and the Conservatives. Harper’s response? He’s suing the Liberal party for libel, and has threatened to sue Stéphane Dion in particular. The official opposition is talking bad about Harper and the Conservatives, which is their job (something I’m sure americans can understand what with all the slander that goes on between democrats and republicans), and they’re being sued for it. What’s more is this is Harper’s official response to allogations when there’s an audio tape that hints at his involvement.

As someone who’s watched Harper do a decent job as PM, certainly manipulating the minority government better than Paul Martin ever did, I’m thinking this might be the first time he’s ever made a huge blunder. As I’ve pointed out Harper has done some stupid things before (name a politician that hasn’t), but now he has a large target painted on his back and while Stéphane Dion might not dare leap at it the NDP and Bloc, the two other major political parties, have no clear reason not to. Time will only tell just how much of an impact this lawsuit will have on Canadian Politics.

From Canada, I’m Busterman Zero. Good luck, you’re going to need it.