Dog-whistle warning

If you haven't read this post by Cathie, you should.

... we already see Harper and the Conservatives trying to use ridicule rather than substantive debate against Dion and the Liberals.
Listen for dog whistles.

And the dog-whistles have already started when Harper is telling his base that a minister exceeding his authority is performing "beyond the normal call of duty".

That's a message to the faithful that, should he ever get a majority, no arms-length institution in Canada will survive a right-wing authoritarian slaughter.