Mutiny
For Canadian eyes
What exciting times we live in! Ever since the last election I found myself pondering the thought of “What would a Conservative majority look like?” Thankfully Stephen Harper didn’t make me wait for another election to see it. With last weeks announcement that in a world economy with governments preparing to offer billions of dollars in stimulus packages, the Harper government decided the trim the fat from their political opponents (because 28 million a year will save our economy!) Now that the other elected parties in the House of Commons were reminded that opposition parties oppose and not appease the Tories are back peddling and crying foul.
They’re accusing the left of committing a “power grab” or the more stylish coup d’etat (which is clearly an attempt to sway the French vote.) What Harper and his cronies seem to forget is that the opposition parties are exercising their constitutional right. Harper himself did this back in 2004 when he dropped Adrienne Clarkson a note reminding her she could hand power to him in the event Paul Martins minority government lost the confidence of the house.
Let’s be clear here friends, Harper didn’t appear to have a plan during the election on how to solve this economic crisis and after last weeks economic statement it’s now obvious he has no plan. He accuses the left of being power hungry but then, through the guise of belt tightening, stifles the opposition by taking away their funding. With fixed election dates, private funding for public office, an elected senate we might as well become the 51st state of the union. Oh and speaking of Unions! If you belong to one, you should know that Harper was trying to take away a Union’s right to strike after he was going to legislate a cap on wage increases.
If you are on the same page as Harper and think that this is a socialist take over being supported by separatists you’re less than half right. Three ideologically different political parties have set aside their differences in an act of solidarity to take a stand for Canada and considering one of those parties has a separatist platform this is a once in a lifetime occurrence. Given that the vast majority of Canadians did not vote for Stephen Harper it is the responsibility of the opposition parties to, in a time of economic crisis, take control when the leader of the minority government is more akin to partisan politics than looking out for the best interests of all Canadians.
Harper may have a steady hand on the tiller but he’s so blinded by the chance of having a majority government, he didn’t realize his ship had no keel when he put it in the water. (just to belabour the maritime analogies) Harper caused this mutiny himself.
YAR!
What exciting times we live in! Ever since the last election I found myself pondering the thought of “What would a Conservative majority look like?” Thankfully Stephen Harper didn’t make me wait for another election to see it. With last weeks announcement that in a world economy with governments preparing to offer billions of dollars in stimulus packages, the Harper government decided the trim the fat from their political opponents (because 28 million a year will save our economy!) Now that the other elected parties in the House of Commons were reminded that opposition parties oppose and not appease the Tories are back peddling and crying foul.
They’re accusing the left of committing a “power grab” or the more stylish coup d’etat (which is clearly an attempt to sway the French vote.) What Harper and his cronies seem to forget is that the opposition parties are exercising their constitutional right. Harper himself did this back in 2004 when he dropped Adrienne Clarkson a note reminding her she could hand power to him in the event Paul Martins minority government lost the confidence of the house.
Let’s be clear here friends, Harper didn’t appear to have a plan during the election on how to solve this economic crisis and after last weeks economic statement it’s now obvious he has no plan. He accuses the left of being power hungry but then, through the guise of belt tightening, stifles the opposition by taking away their funding. With fixed election dates, private funding for public office, an elected senate we might as well become the 51st state of the union. Oh and speaking of Unions! If you belong to one, you should know that Harper was trying to take away a Union’s right to strike after he was going to legislate a cap on wage increases.
If you are on the same page as Harper and think that this is a socialist take over being supported by separatists you’re less than half right. Three ideologically different political parties have set aside their differences in an act of solidarity to take a stand for Canada and considering one of those parties has a separatist platform this is a once in a lifetime occurrence. Given that the vast majority of Canadians did not vote for Stephen Harper it is the responsibility of the opposition parties to, in a time of economic crisis, take control when the leader of the minority government is more akin to partisan politics than looking out for the best interests of all Canadians.
Harper may have a steady hand on the tiller but he’s so blinded by the chance of having a majority government, he didn’t realize his ship had no keel when he put it in the water. (just to belabour the maritime analogies) Harper caused this mutiny himself.
YAR!