I must say I was shocked and dismayed when I was informed that Stephen Harper was going to return to parliament as an MP. Even Mexico's past presidents have had the good grace to leave the country, with their ill-gotten gains, upon losing their grip on power. But not Stephen Harper! He has the audacity to slither right back into parliament.

To understand his motivation one must know some of his history. Stephen Harper the child was born with a gold spoon in his mouth, a gold spoon engraved with oil and gas corporation logo. Stephen Harper the school boy probably goofed off a bit while day-dreaming about becoming the richest and most successful oil and gas corporation lobbyist ever. During his post secondary years the budding lobbyist masqueraded as a student. He then moved on to masquerading as a politician.

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A few years later he was gifted with the job of Canada's leader by the oil and gas industry. He then masqueraded as Prime Minister and inflicted the most grievous environmental damage on Canada that has been done by any Canadian Prime Minister.

In ten years of repaying his corporate sponsorship he handed over every valuable Canadian asset to the corporate world, most notably our oil and gas reserves. There is not enough room here to list the rest of the damage he did. Stephen Harper, oil and gas corporation lobbyist, is now being employed to masquerade as an MP.

Perhaps Stephen Harper is child at heart. If so he must be a very happy child. For him Halloween never ends.

— Ed Pitt, Dawson Creek