Meet the new boss, same as the old boss...

(Thanks to The Who for the post title)
After riding into power on an anti-corruption message, it has now come out that "Steve" Harper is dubiously invoking national security to basically pork-barrel new defence procurements. The wording of the new spending arrangement specifically allows the West, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada to get guaranteed alotments of defence spending. Given that the North really doesn't possess heavy manufacturing capabilities, this is basically a screw job for Ontario when the high dollar is already proving to be a challenge for my home province's large manufacturing sector. Given that we already have a former defence industry lobbyist as the Minister of Defence, I think it's not an unfair prediction to say that military contracts are the new sponsorship deals in Canada. Except that one can buy an awful lot of golf balls for the price of a Boeing C-17 Globemaster.
Tags: Canada, Defence, Stephen Harper, Pork Barrel.