[. . . . Key] areas of federal responsibility - defence, transportation, justice, immigration and our relationship with the U.S. - remain as broken and neglected as ever. That the judicial inquiry he promised to get to the bottom of the ad sponsorship scandal won't even start hearings until fall.

[. . . .] It now seems the Martin brain trust has concluded that things are only going to get worse, so better to have the election now. [. . . .]

Yet our health care system remains a mess, the military is on its knees and post 9/11 our national security system is a disaster waiting to happen - literally - according to both the auditor general and a Senate committee report last week.

Meanwhile, Canadians are fed up with political corruption and the wanton misuse of their tax dollars by Ottawa.

And who is the culprit behind every one of these failures?

Liberals - first led by Chretien, now by Martin.

[. . . .] if Paul Martin is serious about firing up the campaign buses, voters should have only one response. That is, to blow him and his party out of the exhaust and consign 11 years of dictatorial Liberal rule to the dustbin of our history.