Canadian Coup!

The government of Canada may get the boot not through an  election but rather a democratic parliamentary system. Huh? At first glance one would thing that a democratic parliamentary system sounds democratic, so why does the current political turmoil insert an annoying ringing tone in my ears? It may be because a high school law teacher once taught me that some laws are not just. Canada voted for a Conservative government. They were the elected choice as a minority government. Three other political parties made up the rest of the government – Liberals, NDP, and BLOC.  So, after a controversial move in Parliament by the Conservatives the three parties have decided that they were going to join forces and take over government. This is of course completely  legal in our system in Canada, but is it just. This conflict should start a national conversation on the merits of our political system. Any process that takes away from the power an individuals vote should be denied.

Beyond the stink of government take over, one has to ask what the hell is the Liberal Party thinking? I believe that the Liberal party should fire all of their political strategists. Here are my three reasons:

1) The BLOC is a separatist party. Joining forces with a party that wants to destroy the concept of Canada is political suicide. A separatist (or as PM Harper stated in French “Sovereignist”) party will sit on the government of the country that they want to separate from. Now I know why our national anthem starts with “Oh Canada”

2) The leader of the Coalition, Stephane Dion, is getting fired from the Liberal party. What does he get as severance, how about Prime Minister of Canada. Great. If the coalition was a hockey team, it means that the General Manager would fire the coach and then hire him as the President.

3) Most importantly. Why would they want to own the current economic crisis? If the Liberal party had some leadership or intelligence, they would let the Conservatives take on this challenge because it was the Conservatives that started this problem. Taking power now would allow people to attach the downturn in the economy to the new coalition.

So, here is what I predict. If the Liberal Party go ahead with this Coalition, they will not receive a majority for a long long time.

Finally, all of the parties are equally responsible for putting into motion the destruction of Canada. The Conservatives has alienated Quebec pushing them into a corner. The Liberals, in an attempt to appeal to Ontario, will alienate the west. Canada will become the west versus Ontario versus Quebec versus the Maritimes. The political parties are wedging this country apart. It is a serous time. I almost would prefer a military coup instead of this parliamentary coup.