A Majority Conservative Government
There it is, now a reality, a looming federal election set for the first week of May. An election call that is entirely frivolous, unneeded, conspiratorial, potentially harmful. An election that the electors have no wish for. But which the opposition parties, surrendering completely to their loathing of the Conservative-led government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper have finagled. They have no 'confidence' in the government. They desperately wanted to bring it down. And so they did.
If either of the two leading parties after the Conservatives, the Liberals or the NDP thought they had a chance to win the election it might make some kind of fuzzy sense, since they're far more keen to take the helm of office than they are to ensure that the country is well governed. But all the recent polls come up with figures indicating that neither of those parties, much less the lesser two, have a snowball's chance in hell of winning an election.
Making it fairly obvious that this is a conspiracy that has been attempted before, in 2008, when Jack Layton, Stephane Dion and Gilles Duceppe worked out a coalition between them to attempt to wrest power from a lawfully elected Conservative minority government. The voters took umbrage at the prospect of their choice, their votes being over-ridden by a manipulative ploy on the part of the losers.
As things stand now, the Conservatives appear to be very close to majority territory, if not comfortably ensconced in it, were a vote to be held today. The Liberals, closest to the Conservatives, appear almost a full 20% in popular public opinion behind. Knowing full well how suspicious the electorate is of talk of a coalition government, Michael Ignatieff hides his intention, offering voters instead a "blue" door or a "red" door.
That's his level of integrity writ large. Jack Layton is far less evasive. He knows the NDP will never attain to electoral success as the government party. He would be satisfied with a Cabinet position in a coalition. But it looks as though all of the opposition party leaders are headed for retirement, and about time. Their tediously tired ploys at unseating sequential minority Conservative governments are fraying voters' patience.
It truly is time for a majority Conservative government. One that will no longer be working at a disadvantage, looking over its shoulder on a continual basis to ensure it hasn't mortally offended the oppositions' collective sense of ethics, transitory at the best of times. Little wonder this government has been unable to pass more than 50% of the bills brought before Parliament.
The Liberal Party's 'hidden agenda' cannot be hidden for too much longer. And there are enough voters who would feel confident about a majority Conservative government now that the Conservative 'hidden agenda' is no longer an issue. For this government has more than adequately demonstrated its capability to govern well. We would like more of it.
If either of the two leading parties after the Conservatives, the Liberals or the NDP thought they had a chance to win the election it might make some kind of fuzzy sense, since they're far more keen to take the helm of office than they are to ensure that the country is well governed. But all the recent polls come up with figures indicating that neither of those parties, much less the lesser two, have a snowball's chance in hell of winning an election.
Making it fairly obvious that this is a conspiracy that has been attempted before, in 2008, when Jack Layton, Stephane Dion and Gilles Duceppe worked out a coalition between them to attempt to wrest power from a lawfully elected Conservative minority government. The voters took umbrage at the prospect of their choice, their votes being over-ridden by a manipulative ploy on the part of the losers.
As things stand now, the Conservatives appear to be very close to majority territory, if not comfortably ensconced in it, were a vote to be held today. The Liberals, closest to the Conservatives, appear almost a full 20% in popular public opinion behind. Knowing full well how suspicious the electorate is of talk of a coalition government, Michael Ignatieff hides his intention, offering voters instead a "blue" door or a "red" door.
That's his level of integrity writ large. Jack Layton is far less evasive. He knows the NDP will never attain to electoral success as the government party. He would be satisfied with a Cabinet position in a coalition. But it looks as though all of the opposition party leaders are headed for retirement, and about time. Their tediously tired ploys at unseating sequential minority Conservative governments are fraying voters' patience.
It truly is time for a majority Conservative government. One that will no longer be working at a disadvantage, looking over its shoulder on a continual basis to ensure it hasn't mortally offended the oppositions' collective sense of ethics, transitory at the best of times. Little wonder this government has been unable to pass more than 50% of the bills brought before Parliament.
The Liberal Party's 'hidden agenda' cannot be hidden for too much longer. And there are enough voters who would feel confident about a majority Conservative government now that the Conservative 'hidden agenda' is no longer an issue. For this government has more than adequately demonstrated its capability to govern well. We would like more of it.
Labels: Canada, Crisis Politics, Government of Canada
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