Seriously? This is GREAT news for Canada!

Imagine my joy when I read about a political situation in Canada that could bring down the government of environmental-enemy and scientist-censor Prime Minister Stephen Harper. We can only hope.

Here are two articles about it:

A few selfish Senators [Canadian] do not a scandal make
(this article does not actually sound that promising)

Stephen Harper's carefully constructed house of cards comes crashing down
(this one sounds more promising)

There's this:
"When the history of this tawdry episode is written, this decision — whether it was made by PMO officials, or Conservatives in the Senate, or Harper himself — to seek to cut Duffy, Brazeau and Wallin loose, without pay and without due process, may well go down as the very worst in a cascade of catastrophically bad decisions. Harper must now address allegations of corruption, conspiracy, and strong-arming by his office, tantamount to blackmail. The base, one suspects, will not be pleased."

and this:
"Here’s where this leads: If Duffy’s story is true, and he can indeed prove it, then the entire senior Conservative power structure in Ottawa is on trial. And if, as Bayne has hinted, there’s evidence the prime minister knew of the Wright-Duffy deal before May 15 — when he has said repeatedly he did not know — then Harper himself will be irreparably damaged."

The story is that a few of the Senators -- who are appointed, apparently, which is new to me, as I haven't studied the Canadian government much -- basically made a lot of money on the taxpayers by claiming travel and domicile upkeep expenses for summer homes and for places they didn't live very much (if at all).  The political problem is that the Senators claim that they got approval for everything they did.  That sounds bad (and probably is).

OH, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE...