All Three Leaders Should Resign

Now that the Governor General, Michaëlle Jean has prorogued parliament the leaders should take this time to reflect and hopefully resign, none are fit to represent the Canadian people.

It’s very apparent that this whole political crisis that has been created in the midst of this global financial meltdown is nothing more than political infighting and the furtherance of individuals political careers. Mr. Harper, Mr. Dion and Mr. Layton, have disregarded what is best for this country to further either themselves or their personal vendettas.  The only leader that has stayed true is Gilles Duceppe, who basically is looking after the interests of Quebec at the expense of Canada’s but that was his mandate.

Mr. Dion was the architect of one of the largest Liberal defeats, after the election it became apparent he was solely responsible, would not take advice or listen to anyone.  The Party, rightly so, basically forced his resignation.  The party found him lacking to lead, now these same party members are asking the Canadian public to allow him to be their leader.  The election did not provide a majority government but it was very clear that the Canadian voters rejected Stephane Dion as leader of this country.  During the campaign Mr. Dion clearly stated that he would never form a coalition with the NDP, further stating that their economic policies would hurt the country.  Here we are on the eve of Stephane Dion asking to be the Prime Minister of this country after forging a coalition with the very party that he said would be dangerous for the economy of this country.  Fellow Liberal’s such as Dalton McGuinty, the Premier of Ontario, do not back this coup saying “The political uncertainty in Ottawa with opposition parties forming a coalition to try to topple the minority Conservative government is not helpful in the current economic crisis” and “he has warned Dion not to look for support for his coalition with the NDP from the Ontario government.”  The time has come Mr. Dion do the right thing and step down now.

Jack Layton is nothing but drunk on the thought of getting some power.  This man is actually going to have a large say, 6 cabinet seat to start.  This despite only receiving 18% of the popular vote and holding only 37 seats.  The NDP has never even come close to being elected to form a government.  Jack Layton was the architect behind this coup, it was obvious that he had no intention of working with the conservatives.  Since the election he has been the busy little beaver hatching this scheme with the Quebec separatist party The Bloc.  Jack Layton is looking out for himself, like Jack has always done since serving in on the Toronto City Council.  Jack step aside let someone who can put their country first above their own aspirations.

Stephen Harper, unfortunately played petty politics, by trying to lay the financial crisis at the feat of federal workers and removing their right to strike, no other industry can address their financial difficulties by passing legislation against it’s workers, neither should the government. Then he had to go a take away the public election funding, it maybe the right thing to do but it was definitely at the wrong time.  Stephen Harper squandered his sizable lead going into the election with many silly partisan decision that really had little to no effect on the economy but had drastic consequences on the election.  He didn’t rain in Jim Flaherty, with his stupid comments regarding Ontario.  Stephen Harper had he makings of a majority but he blew it, then he blew the stronger minority that he was give, step aside let someone else lead who doesn’t have your baggage.

All one has to do is look at what this has done to the Canadian market, we have now had our 4th straight day of losses.  Thanks guys, that money that is being lost while you bicker, belongs to tax payers, it’s jobs and it’s retirements.

Call It What It Is

The media keeps calling it a coalition between the Liberals and the NDP, the last I looked neither had enough seats to form a government. The Liberals had 77 the NDP has 37, for a total of 114, which on my calculator is less than 50% of the 308 seats.  So call it what it is, its a coalition between the Liberals, NDP and the Bloc.  The coalition needs the Bloc’s 49 seats, the second largest member of the coalition in fact, these seats give the coalition 52.9% of the 308 seats. So who’s going control this coalition.  The NDP is getting six cabinet post, they have never even came close to forming a federal government in Canada.  The Bloc, the separatist, what are they getting for their participation, they are getting something.  The Canadian public deserves to know what back room deal was hatched to get the Bloc to participate.

Here’s a solution why doesn’t Harper strike a deal with the Bloc, he could let them separate, that would reduce the number of seats giving him a majority government.  There’s other benefits to, it would stop Quebec from holding the rest of the country hostage, the Liberals would be relieved of Stephane Dion he either stay in quebec or go home to France.

The Canadian Coup

Well I guess Stephane Dion found away to be Prime Minister even when the majority of Canadians rejected his party and his party even rejected him.  The first step for a Canadian coup is you get in bed with a socialist with no scruples and a separatist, then you fake that your upset about a government policy when really your upset that the government has just ripped the feed sack from the feeding pigs.

This is really outrageous and has nothing to do with the economy, as you can see what their behaviour did to the economy yesterday sending the market crashing 9%.  This is nothing more than a pure and simple power grab by greedy Liberals, upset that public funding was going to be removed.  When public funding was introduced the Liberals basically stopped even trying to raise money for their party, they sat back and fed from the public trough along with the NDP and the Bloc.  The only parties that went out and still raised money were the Conservatives and the Green Party.

Just over a month ago the Canadian people spoke, the only clear thing from the election was that the Canadian people didn’t want Stephane Dion to be Prime Minister.  Before all the votes were counted many in his own party didn’t want him to lead even that.  Here we are about to have this lack luster leader, who can’t even effectively communicate with the vast majority of the population of this country, forced upon us.

Stephen Harper for his part needs to get his knuckles rapped. He just had to go and rub their nose in the crap they made.  Resting the needs of the economy on the backs of federal employees by removing their right to strike, was just pure lunacy.  Private industry can’t and shouldn’t be able to do this and nor should governments.

Then you have the NDP whining about their secret conversations being recorded, as a taxpayer I say good.  I don’t want to be governed coalitions with agendas worked out in secret little meetings.  I want to know what the Bloc has been promised.  Gilles Duceppe is not going along with this out of the goodness of his heart he’s been promised something.  What was the Bloc promised, the taxpayers have a right to know?

Maybe this is the best thing for the Bloc, maybe this will show the rest of the country that it’s time to tell Quebec to get out, and don’t let the door hit you on the ass on the way out. Basically the Bloc is holding the country hostage.

Stephan Harper you have choices to make, none are good for you, but hey you made the mess, give the comrades the keys to the country and we can hope that they don’t total it, or you can step aside and see if that stops them from having their tantrum.

For those involved in the coup, remember there will be another election, unless they plan on taking that away from the people too.  I just hope that the retribution is thorough and swift.

Election Day in Canada

Well Election Day in Canada has arrived. After a whrilwind 38 day campaign, it’s now all up to the voters. Stephen Harper enters today on an upswing of support, Layton has it easy because he can make promises knowing full well he’ll never have to implement them. Dion is just a lack luster candidate who’s days are numbered, it’s hard to be the leader of a party when you can’t effectively communicate with a majority of your population. Elizabeth May is there sucking the votes from the liberals. Will the Greens get a seat? There best chance is probably in May’s home riding. May was a pleasent surprise this election, the only down side was her whinny debate performance.

I went out and cast my ballot at 9:45 this morning, so it’s all over except for the waiting. A few more hours and we should see if we have a Conservative minority or majority. A majority would be nice, parliament might actually acheive something.