Parents, take note! Your search for clarity in the education debates is finally over.  The Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE) commissioned a report a few weeks ago that set out a fairly bleak picture of general dissatisfaction with public schools and then concluded with a series of recommendations about how to "fix" the problem.

Speaking out in defence of the Harper Government, a defiant spokesperson for Alberta's Labour Department says "criminal employers are employers too and deserve to be treated with the same respect as any other employer."

"That's the way we do it in Alberta, anyway," said the spokesman, who cannot be identified because he was not authorized to talk about what he was talking about.

The Prime Minister pushed reboot on his government with prorogation, a new throne speech and a daring and brilliant trade deal with the EU.

Then he put the Senate scandals behind him, with that fair and balanced motion to suspend the three bad guys. A vote on that should come any day now.

Now, Stephen Harper can happily go to his party’s convention in Calgary to bask in the admiration of his fellow Conservatives and boast about his majority government’s lasting achievements.

The convention speech will afford the Prime Minister a chance to freshen his image, to show his more relaxed, "human" side.

He and his advisors have tried this before

Remember the now famous blue sweater?