Election-bound politicians of every political stripe could take lessons from MPP Marilyn Churley.
On the morning after the Liberal government fell in the Opposition Parties' non-confidence vote, Churley's glossy, full-colour election brochure landed through my mail slot. I got it right away as Kiko, my little Yorkie, waits patiently under the slot for the mailman, who usually brings him a doggie cookie.
Churley lost no time in getting the message out that she's running under the New Democrat Party banner for election in Beaches-East York against Liberal MP Maria Minna.
We can only assume that Maria Minna assumes we assume she's running for re-election again. How typically and arrogantly Liberal.
Even with the picture of my least-favourite megalomaniac, NDP leader Jack Layton smiling at me on the back of the brochure, the main message that came through was that the on-the-ball Marilyn Churley is ready for action,
The cynicism, which had been plaguing me ever since Judge Gomery passed his findings–first–to the Prime Minister Paul Martin Liberals a few weeks back, has melted away like the residue of last week's first snow storm.
The cynicism melted because the Opposition parties couldn't have made it made any more transparent for Canadians that the non-confidence vote was called because of the multi-billion dollar Liberal sponsorship scandal.
With the slick gamesmanship of the Liberals, who are more cunning than any Jack Layton, the sponsorship scandal and the Liberal role in it was already fading.
Even the american CNN was in on the election, stating, "Martin's center-left Liberal Party had been dogged by a corruption scandal,"
"It will now face voters in an expected January election that could end 12 years of Liberal rule in america's largest trading partner–after a campaign over the Christmas holidays that the prime minister argues most Canadians don't want."
Then there was the outspoken Liberal pundit Warren Kinsella calling for a Conservative minority government, posted on Borque.com.
already there have been signs of what I see as forced positive spin-offs from the Liberal Government. The Paul Martin-handpicked Governor-General Michaelle Jean, who will be called upon to set the date for the upcoming election, was making nice about how "Christmas trees" will be gracing Rideau Hall. Were it not for the election, they would have been "holiday trees".
There has been very little to whoop about in cold colourless Ottawa for far too long. The Liberals have run Canada since 1993, making it one of the most United Nations fawning nations, and one ever goose-stepping to the tedious march of politically correct forces.
While Fifteen Million Dollar Man Jean Lafleur, a key figure in the multi-billion adscam scandal, continues to play in sunny Costa Rica, the haughty Liberals have agreed to pay $1.1 million back to the government after Gomery's initial report.
For once the mainline media couldn't play with the words of Conservative leader Stephen Harper about yesterday's "historic evening".
"This is not just the end of a tired, directionless, scandal-plagued government. It's the start of a bright new future for this great country," Harper said.
and for just this once, the Opposition Parties, who like the governing party, have given their people so little, have come up with a meaningful gift for ordinary Canadians: a Christmas with hope.
In the first month of the New Year 2006, the Canadian people will finally get their chance to speak.
Canada Free Press founding editor Most recent by Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years experience in the print media. Her work has appeared on Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com, Glenn Beck. Judi can be reached at: judi@canadafreepress.com
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