"Users have to be better educated about the risks of opening Office-style documents with macros in them without virus-scanning on their desktop, " says Neil Farish, a consultant with The Devon Group in Ottawa.
It also might seem to set limits to the scope of Mr Harris and his Common Sense Revolution. (After all, in Ottawa his party has fewer seats than a rival right-wing group, the Reform Party.) But in Ontario's election, at least, he and his revolution have been the main issue.