Hey Canadians, about Harper

So, I get most of my Canada news via LJ or Filibuster Cartoons. Something of an uneven sample. My impression is that Harper's majority has been just vaguely unpleasant, not the cartoonish villainy of the UK coalition government, Mayor Rob Ford, or the Republicans. Is this true, or have I been missing the horrorshow? What has he done or tried to do?