A Novel Communications Approach

I won't quibble with the support that PM Harper appears to command currently. However, the positive accounts we are given of Harper require some explanation. He is lauded for his unapologetic self-confidence, drawing comparisons to Chretien, etc.

This raises a question: If Mr. Harper is as assured of his self and government as we are instructed to believe, why does he feel compelled to do this?

A scientist/author/bureaucrat, employed by Environment Canada, was instructed not to make a promotional speech about his novel. Novel.

A synopsis, from the publisher's website:

"When desperation for fresh water finally becomes so critical that anarchy erupts throughout the major cities of America, Eastland is mysteriously assigned to scout Canada. The country has long resisted opening its taps of fresh water to its neighbor and ally to the south. Eastland finds both friends and adversaries in Canada. As well, he finds the world's largest supply of fresh water.
Canada's resource causes a crisis in the American-Canadian relationship until the countries are at war..."

This is a pseudo sci-fi novel of an imagined future.

I had planned a serious post about the value of a multitude of voices in the business of governance, but I'm not sure I'd be able to take myself seriously anymore. Instead, I will suggest that if this government seeks to keep the fiction of our imaginations 'on point', then it is likely to be crushed under its own weight.