Canadian Election Call. Harper's not so level playing field.

To kick off the end to summer vacation, Stephen Harper and the Conservative government announced today that Canadians will be heading back to the polling stations on October 14th, 2008. The third election in Canada in 4 years.

Harper's election call comes in striking contrast to his previous election stance and the legislation he supported fixing our election dates (our next election was supposed to October 19, 2009).

"Fixed election dates prevent governments from calling snap elections for short-term political advantage. They level the playing field for all parties and the rules are clear for everybody."
But fixed election dates stop leaders from trying to manipulate the calendar simply for partisan political advantage." Stephen Harper May 26, 2006

It feels good to set rules that even the playing field, now why doesn't Harper want to play by his own rules?