Archive for December 2nd, 2008

The Liberals and NDP have announced that they are planning on forming a coalition government with the support of the Bloc Quebecois. If their motion passes on December 8, Dion will become the next Prime Minister of Canada. Reading some of the comments in the Edmonton Sun today, as well as the editorial, it astounds me how little Canadians know about our political system.

In Canada, we do not elect the Prime Minister, we instead elect representatives who hold seats in Parliament. Most of these representatives are members of political parties. Whichever political party holds the most seats has their leader become the Prime Minister. Even though all the major parties have somewhat democratic elections to pick their leaders (I don’t consider requiring delegates, etc. to be really democratic), they don’t have to. If a party wanted to, they could randomly pick whoever they want to be the leader. It is important to keep this in mind, so that we realize that we did not, in fact, elect Stephen Harper to be out Prime Minister. Calgary elected him to be their representative, but he was appointed Prime Minister because he was leader of the party with the most seats (it’s also important to remember that they still do not have a majority).

With the new budget that was announced, Stephen Harper showed that he was not willing to act as the leader of a minority government, and will do whatever it takes to get a majority, even if it means forcing a new election only months after out last one. Thanks to this tyrant, we have had two elections in the span of two years. How anyone can think he has the interests of anyone other than himself is beyond me.

The opposition is right to attempt to remove Stephen Harper from power. He will ultimately destroy this nation if he is allowed to stay in power. To all those who say that we’re removing an elected leader, it is important to remember that the majority of Canadians did not vote for Harper. In fact, considering the political ideologies of the parties, it is likely that if Canada were a two party system, the Liberal Party would have formed the government. The majority of Canadians do not want Stephen Harper in power, he was only given his position with the mandate of working with the other parties. Like a school yard bully, he has shown that he is not willing to work with others and that he wants everything to be done his way. It’s time to kick him out and put in someone who can work with the other parties.