The New Government of Canada

Sounds pretty stupid, doesn't it? "The New Government of Canada"; not the Government of Canada; not the Canadian Government. Is this an ego-driven bit of nomenclature or is it not? What an incredible conceit; we, the New Conservative party won a successful bid for government, albeit a minority government. Therefore, we must distinguish ourselves from the former governing party, which was a Liberal-governed Government of Canada.

They were so errant, so egregiously on the wrong side of everything, the Conservative New Government of Canada seeks to ensure it is viewed as completely different, completely separate, than the former Liberal government. What does it take us for? Complete idiots? Don't we know the difference? After all, the parties struggling to differentiate themselves one from the other make their individual platforms quite clear.

Canadians, voting citizens, can and do recognize the differences between the parties whom they vote for. From the environment perspective of the Green Party, to the sadly newly-discredited platforms of the New Democratic Party, from the failed governance of the too-frequent-governing Liberal Party, to the earnestly ambitious platform of the New Conservative (shining amalgam of Reform-Alliance-Progressive Conservative, no less!) Party, we know the differences.

We know and we appreciate. What we do not appreciate is this childish manipulation of nomenclature. It is insulting to the electorate, to the citizens of Canada. It is unworthy of a mature governing party to use such a ridiculous verbal ploy as indication of notable difference in orientation and governance.

For heaven's sake, grow up!