Monday, December 01, 2008

The Grand Coalition Government of Canada

It has a better ring than Canada's New Government




Let me be the first to say that I am impressed by politicians for the first time in a long time. But I would like to thank Stephen Harper for making this all possible. His lazy economic policies, his strange and vindictive attack against his political foes, and his bad overall governance have put is in a situation for a coalition government to take a shape and form very soon.

How did we get to this? It's quite easy... The Conservative Government has sat on their hands for the past 2 years, they have done nothing to help create jobs for Canadians. Flaherty has offended Ontario, Harper has been partisan when he should have been a Prime Minister, and they tried to govern like a majority in a minority situation. They have only thought about themselves and have failed to address the issues that we face as a country. In typical Conservative fashion, they deny there is a problem, just as they did during the election. But now the signs are there, and the media has finally grown a pair.

This coalition has come out of the Conservative mismanagement, and will be up against a powerful Conservative propaganda/leak machine that has already tried to derail the agreement with the Ignatieff story, and the NDP tape leak. The Coalition will have to be open and transparent to have success, and I think this new era of cooperation will help foster this transparancy in all 3 parties.

Credit for this coalition has to goto Stephane Dion, Jack Layton and Gilles Duceppe. I for one have not exactly been the biggest fan of the NDP, but Jack has really shown me a new side of him. The idea of puting people first in tough times shows how the 3 parties have matured in the face of Harper's juvenile antics. Dion has taken the lead, and his goal to raise decorem in parliament might be possible under this coalition.

Leadership for our economy is what we need as a country. Look at the example of Unemployment cases rising by 90% in Oshawa in November, and its safe to say we are in a recession, in Jim Flaherty's riding! I don't know how he can face his consitituents who are hurting and need help. The stimulus plan will help Canadians shore up their savings and retirements in a direct injection to the economy, another thing the Conservatives seem to have forgotten about.

So now, the spin cycle goes beserk. The Conservatives are going to demand a $300 million dollar election, and make up all sorts of outrageous claims about Jack wanting to nationalize everything, and the Liberals bring back a carbon tax. So i decided to give a head start.

So lets get it out of the way, Conservative arguments of the future

-Stephane Dion is evil and wants to carbon tax you to death
- Jack Layton is an evil socialist who wants to tax business to death
- We already addressed the economic crisis with tax cuts 2 years ago before it happened
- We won the election 38% of Canadians vote for us, Stephen Harper is the leader?
- Its not fair, we should be the government......
- Stephane Dion is not a leader (oh crap, we already used that one)

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

ya forgot : that all Quebecois are separatists! *sigh*

Jamie Callingham said...

oh crap, I knew I missed one!

Canajun said...

Oh yeah, can't forget the SEPARATISTS!
Pea-brained Polievre on The Current today must have used that term 50 times in a 10 minute piece. Gawd he's stupid - no, I take that back. Gawd he's a well-trained harp seal...

Beijing York said...

When the Conservatives get defensive, they really do show their true colours and it's quite ugly.

Poilievre was equally repetitive on CBC Newsworld yesterday. My favourite was "secret, shady meeting". I guess he doesn't know the meaning of redundant.

This is a great day for Canadians, whether some realize it or not. There is more talent among the opposition MPs than in Harper's party.

Even Harper, who has been dubbed the economist and genius, couldn't get his sh*t together to put together a plan to tackle a looming recession. In fact, the first time he acknowledge a need for one, he basically plagiarized what Dion had proposed during the election.

Anonymous said...

From the preamble of the Accord:



"a belief in the role of Government to act as a partner with Canadians and Quebecers."



You have already partitioned the country! This is the first government ever to have agreed to such a thing. Woe, Canada!



This is treasonous behaviour. Shame, shame, shame. Liberals will regret the day that they undermined our country for the sake of power.



JC Kelan