With all the errors of judgement committed by Cdn PM Stephen Harper in his cabinet appointments, it's hard to know what else could possibly go wrong now. There's Liberal David Emerson crossing the floor days after the election to join the Conservatives, appointing unelected campaign buddy Michael Fortier to the Senate in order to allow him to be Public Works minister, putting a defense lobbyist in the Ministry of Defense portfolio, and a unilingual English speaker Ted Menzies to be parliamentary secretary for official languages. And all this from a party that was touting itself as the only way to clean up corruption and lax ethical standards in Ottawa.
As I've said on previous occasions, some of these problems can be seen in the approach of Jupiter, representing the government since it is 10th lord in the Canada chart, to natal Saturn. Saturn is placed in the 8th house of scandal so having Jupiter approach that point and then station just minutes away on March 3 guarantees that Harper's woes are certain to continue in the coming weeks. I expect his problems to get worse with the probability of Emerson to resign since he is currently seen as the most egregious example of Tory hypocrisy.
Harper will gain some respite once Jupiter begins its retrograde motion away from scandalizing Saturn around mid-March. New troubles will emerge in the summer, however, that will precipate an early exit of this government, most likely in November.
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