A new government is formed!! A Conservative majority and NDP minority. What happend to the Liberals?? Well, they've diminished this time around. Their campaign was unspectacular, forgettable, and flawed. The poor Liberals. They will need to re-group and revitalize the party. They've been burning too dimly these past years and need new energy, younger blood.
The biggest surprise to me, wasn't the NDP becoming the Official Opposition... It was the Conservatives, finally winning a majority government. After 2 previous minority wins, they can now finally govern as a majority. I'm personally not happy about it, but that's how it will be for 4 years.
The NDP, however.... it is their time to shine as Opposition. Show us Canadians, what you can do!! The NDP winning as Official Opposition has given me hope, that change can happen in Canadian politics. Two years ago, the NDP would not have gotten close to becoming Opposition.
And the greatest victory this election, would go to the Green Party! Congratulations to Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party, who's won the first seat in history for the Greens!! I'm glad that it has happened in my lifetime. I hope this means that this country, is starting to focus a little more on socio-environmental issues. And it would be interesting to see how the Green party will grow from here.
Tomorrow will be a new day, a new government! :)
It may sound silly, but I'm scared, and excited to see what this government will bring!
Showing posts with label Conservative. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conservative. Show all posts
May 02, 2011
Voting Day
Everbody, get off your butt and go vote! It will most likely be a Conservative minority government again, but who knows what everything will look like after today!! Every vote counts, so get in line and stuff that ballot box!!
December 07, 2008
Not a Coup! (Canadian Politics)
Those of you following Canadian politics lately, know that the proposed Coalition Government between the NDP and Liberal party cannot be defined as a Coup, and it is LEGAL. The Majority of Canadians did not vote for the Conservative party. The Conservative party is running a minority government where 37 percent of Canadians voted for him. That means 63% of Canadians voted for other parties, Liberal, NDP, Bloc, or independent.
Harper's government no longer has the backing of Parliament yet he is still governing. Yes, an election occured 2 weeks ago and they won (again!), but his tabled budget faced a lot of opposition from the rest of Parliament. This budget cut spending in a time of recession, and offered little economic stimulus. If we are to break out of a recession, Canadians must be encouraged to spend. How has Harper addressed this? He has not.
The budget hoped to make striking by federal employees illegal, until 2010/2011. They tried to eliminate funding to Opposition parties, which may have bankrupt a few smaller parties. They have proposed that women should not be able to sue for pay equity... instead they pass the responsibility to the employer and unions, rather than to government and courts. The budget makes cuts on spending, but then, it proposes to use the saved money to reduce Canada's debt, rather than by investing the money to help stimulate the economy. Canada's economy needs to start moving; spending and investing is the way to get ourselves out of recession. Harper missed the mark. A surplus budget, while good, needs to be invested and used in a way that will help Canada's economy.
With this budget, the Opposition parties have decided that Harper has no idea how to stimulate the economy. Harper cannot rule anymore. The NDP and Liberal parties were to form a Coalition government, with the support and backing of the Bloc Quebecois. The Bloc were not to be part of the coalition, but they would not vote against it.
The way the media covered the proposed coalition was slanted against the coalition, mainly because of the fear that a Coalition government BACKED by the Bloc Quebecois would be the ruin of Canada as a whole. How can a Coalition NDP-Liberal government run Parliament, with the backing of the Bloc Quebecois? They are a separatist party? How can such a thing happen?
Well here is news for some of you. The Bloc have not run on a separatist platform for many many many years. They have known for some time that if they ran their platform on Quebec separatism that they would lose. What the Bloc are to the French Quebecois, are protectors of their rights and culture. They are no longer as large a threat for separatism as English Canada believes. The Conservatives have won with their scaremongering.
The Governor General, as representative of the Queen, chose to support Harper's proposal to postpone Parliament until mid-January. At Parliament's return, a new budget will be tabled. The Coalition still hopes to bring down the Conservative government. We all wait to see what will be presented, and how the Opposition will react.
I, for one, am ready to move on with an interim Coalition government. It is legal, and 63% of Canadians voted for the Opposition members. How is that undemocratic? What we are facing now, is not a coup. It is history in the making!
Harper's government no longer has the backing of Parliament yet he is still governing. Yes, an election occured 2 weeks ago and they won (again!), but his tabled budget faced a lot of opposition from the rest of Parliament. This budget cut spending in a time of recession, and offered little economic stimulus. If we are to break out of a recession, Canadians must be encouraged to spend. How has Harper addressed this? He has not.
The budget hoped to make striking by federal employees illegal, until 2010/2011. They tried to eliminate funding to Opposition parties, which may have bankrupt a few smaller parties. They have proposed that women should not be able to sue for pay equity... instead they pass the responsibility to the employer and unions, rather than to government and courts. The budget makes cuts on spending, but then, it proposes to use the saved money to reduce Canada's debt, rather than by investing the money to help stimulate the economy. Canada's economy needs to start moving; spending and investing is the way to get ourselves out of recession. Harper missed the mark. A surplus budget, while good, needs to be invested and used in a way that will help Canada's economy.
With this budget, the Opposition parties have decided that Harper has no idea how to stimulate the economy. Harper cannot rule anymore. The NDP and Liberal parties were to form a Coalition government, with the support and backing of the Bloc Quebecois. The Bloc were not to be part of the coalition, but they would not vote against it.
The way the media covered the proposed coalition was slanted against the coalition, mainly because of the fear that a Coalition government BACKED by the Bloc Quebecois would be the ruin of Canada as a whole. How can a Coalition NDP-Liberal government run Parliament, with the backing of the Bloc Quebecois? They are a separatist party? How can such a thing happen?
Well here is news for some of you. The Bloc have not run on a separatist platform for many many many years. They have known for some time that if they ran their platform on Quebec separatism that they would lose. What the Bloc are to the French Quebecois, are protectors of their rights and culture. They are no longer as large a threat for separatism as English Canada believes. The Conservatives have won with their scaremongering.
The Governor General, as representative of the Queen, chose to support Harper's proposal to postpone Parliament until mid-January. At Parliament's return, a new budget will be tabled. The Coalition still hopes to bring down the Conservative government. We all wait to see what will be presented, and how the Opposition will react.
I, for one, am ready to move on with an interim Coalition government. It is legal, and 63% of Canadians voted for the Opposition members. How is that undemocratic? What we are facing now, is not a coup. It is history in the making!
October 14, 2008
Another Minority Government
Another Minority Government... 3rd time's the charm?? This is the 3rd minority government that we've had in a row since 1965.
Well the Conservative party has more seats than last, so they can do more... work on a better mandate at least.... or so that is what Conservatives say.
*sigh*
Well the Conservative party has more seats than last, so they can do more... work on a better mandate at least.... or so that is what Conservatives say.
*sigh*
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