The Dark Cloud Over Ottawa

It has been an amazing and historical few days in Canadian politics. In a blatant power grab, reminiscent of a third world banana republic, a coalition of the three losing political parties made a bid to overthrow our elected government. Their premise was based on what might happen in Canada's near economic future. It was a lame excuse for a bunch of poor losers who were rejected at the polls only a few weeks ago, but were hungry for power and were willing to bypass democracy to get it. Had this been successful, every minority government in the future would have been in danger of the same tactic and it would have been the end of the need for elections in Canada except in the case where a majority government would have served its full term. It would have resulted in us having a Prime Minister who was rejected by his party, by the voters, and has indeed already resigned from the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. His cast of supporting players would have been the socialist NDP party and its leader Jack Layton, and the Bloc, a separatist party, whose leader's only purpose is to destroy the unity in our country and pull Quebec out of confederation.

Many of us have been busy emailing, signing petitions, writing letters, and voting on online polls to express our outrage and condemnation of the coalition takeover. This morning, our Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, met our Governor General, and the result was an answer to our prayers. She has allowed parliament to be prorogued (suspended) until early next year when the new Conservative budget is tabled in the House of Commons. This gives everyone a chance to assess the situation and judge the different positions on their merits.

It has been revealed this afternoon, that the coalition is already falling apart. Infighting and more dissatisfaction with Dion are plaguing them now. Just think what it would have been like had the coalition been allowed today to take over our government. I doubt it would have lasted the year.