>Well, to be fair, in spite of the Conservative rhetoric, the scandalous government was gone when Gomery caused the corrupt folks to be turfed out. I know Harper liked to quote bits and pieces of the Gomery report, but he seemed to always forget the part about how Martin (and his current cabinet) were all absolved of any wrong doing. Or is this another one of those "I believe in the Gomery report - except for this bit here and that bit there that I don't like."

I'm not so sure Canadians believe all the bad apples are gone. Especially after several new scandals hit the news after Gomery.

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>So, if I understand this correctly, the reason we need change is that our greatness is rooted in our history and our values?

No I didn't link the need for change to the quote I provided. I was countering Evan's rather specious 9 year-old quote about how Harper feels about Canada.