Lest we forget, Harper was the panderer who bought off the Bloc in the 2007 Budget

Budget 2007 was the budget that contained the income trust tax that defrauded Canadians of $35 billion of their retirements savings, based on the government’s policy lie that income trusts cause tax leakage. Even though the Finance Committee of the elected Members of Parliament called upon the Harper government to disclose its proof of tax leakage and separate the trust tax legislation from the Budget itself, Harper refused. Harper needed the support of the Bloc in order to pass the highly contentious and destructive 2007 Budget. As such, Harper pandered to the Bloc and the Bloc extracted an additional $2 billion in transfer payments, that came at the expense of all other Canadians.

It is typical of Harper to accuse his opponents of the very things that he himself is most guilty of, to wit:

Wkipedia: Budget 2007

Quebec Premier Jean Charest had applauded the budget, as his province would receive over $2 billion dollars in additional equalization payment. However, Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald and Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams argued that Harper broke a written promise to shield revenues from oil and natural gas revenues that the two provinces are receiving;