If you watched the chamber sessions yesterday, that's exactly what it looks like. As some of you may or may not know, the two biggest opposition party joined in a coalition in order to take over the power of the country. The current minority government calls this anti-democratic and accuses the coalition to be a "seperatist" coallition (even though the Bloc Québécois is not technically part of the coalition), and on the other side you have three leaders claiming wanting what's best for Canada.
Before going further, I just want to vent-off some steam. I don't agree with the "seperatist" comment from Harper. It honestly really pisses me off. I know Layton isn't worth much in Harper's eyes, but $%±# that's no reason to ignore him! The coallition is composed of two federal parties and supported by the Bloc Québécois which, in the past few years, by fighting for what's good for Québec, collaterally brought the rest of Canada great things. Layton may not be worth anything in Harper's eyes, but he would make a better Prime Minister than Harper for sure!
I don't want to make this a long-winded political Blog post, so I'm just going to ask this fundamental question...
Is the coallition really anti-democratic?It sure would look that way. If you didn't understand Canadian politics, it would almost seem as if a group wanted to make a "coup d'état". But you have to remember this. Harper is a minority government. If you crunch the numbers of votes and his support, he has 12%-18% of the nation's support. There's over 82% that didn't want him in power and didn't speak their political voice. Harper is in power, but Canada didn't want him! And we feel the repercussions of this.
So, in theory, 82% didn't want Harper in power... even less support if you consider that some electoral-regions had no choice but to vote conservative even if they didn't want Harper to be elected. This happened in New-Brunswick and Alberta, and possibly other provinces as well. with this in mind, ask the question again... Is the coallition really anti-democratic?
