First hinted at by former Prime Minister Paul Martin in 2004, the Hidden Agenda has remained exactly that, hidden through three federal elections and almost four years of Tory government.
However that did not dissuade many reporters to continue to seek the Holy Grail of Canadian Journalism.
And now at last it has been discovered. Uncovering the Hidden Agenda was as you can imagine no easy task, at a rally for Conservative supporters attended by just several hundred people and only known to several thousand, a freelance reporter managed to tape Prime Minister Stephen Harper unveiling the super secret Conservative agenda. Secretly taping the Prime Minister by use of a camera phone from the front row pointed directly at the Prime Minister the entire shocking speech was recorded, occasionally with the Prime Minister talking directly to the camera, apparently blissfully unaware the Hidden Agenda was soon to be hidden no more.
Among the shocking revelations breathlessly reported on by the CBC soon after it received the incriminating evidence - perhaps number one is that the Conservative Party is seeking a majority government! Both the CBC and the Globe and Mail reported the grisly truth about the Conservative Party - they want to be in power for at least another four years without an annual trek to the polling booth. Formally that sort of unbridled quest for power was reserved for the Liberal Party, but now the Conservatives have revealed they will seek a majority mandate as well. The CBC and the Globe and Mail of course condemned the Tories for their hubris.
That was only the beginning; also contained in the speech was the Prime Minister's rejection of large government bureaucracies and a left leaning judiciary, both are ideas that most people are surprised to learn the PM rejects. Yes it is true the PM has in the past written and commented extensively on his small government/libertarian ideology but never before have those thoughts been caught on camera and leaked to the CBC.
Liberal Party insiders say this just goes to show the Conservatives can't be trusted, when despite what they've been saying all along their real goal is to go out and form a stable government.
