So Michael Ignatieff has been duly crowned as the new Liberal Party of Canada Leader, hapless Stéphane Dion has exited stage left, Smiling Jack Layton is desperately stumping around promoting the separatist coalition, Elizabeth May continues to waddle through the corridors of power begging for a job, any job, and the Bloc Quebecois is laughing its head off in some dark corner. Events continue to unfold, not necessarily as they should.
Mind you, I am in no way saying the prime minister did the right thing. I certainly do not believe the country needed this kind of a mess at this time in its history. I feel it must certainly look like our ship of state is a ship of fools. It’s embarrassing.
Out here in the real world, what are we to make of all this? First off, I think Stephen Harper knew exactly what he was doing when he announced taxpayers’ money, at the rate of $1.95 per vote, would be eliminated for political parties. His move sparked exactly the reaction he was anticipating, exposing the three opposition parties as the self-serving, duplicitous organizations they are.
Harper also knew that any coalition between the Liberals and the NDP could not function without the blessing and co-operation of the separatist Bloc. And, I suspect, he well knew that Canadians would overwhelmingly reject any such coalition which has already been proven to be a correct assumption.
Have you noticed how the opposition parties, swamped with e-mails, faxes and irate calls credited the Conservatives with launching the anti-coalition campaign? This was designed to do nothing but discredit the people contacting them. Disgraceful behaviour at best.
The reason for that rejection is simple. Now listen up Mister Ignatieff. Or maybe I should direct this to your communications advisors. As much as the Liberals, NDP and their mainstream media friends are trying to underplay the power separatists will hold in the coalition, in reality they will have a virtual stranglehold on government and will not be the least be hesitant about using it.
While you speak of doing this or that in the best interest of Canadians, they will be better served if you tell them exactly how you feel about the separatists holding the reins of power in a coalition led Parliament and exactly what they have been promised. At the same time you can tell them why the separatists can be trusted.
So far, all I hear through Mike Duffy’s show on CTV indicates the Liberals are in denial over the strength of the backlash against the Bloc (other than in Quebec of course) and they do not want to talk about it.
Enter the media. To my media friends I would say you have already lost about all the credibility you can stand with your leftist Liberal/NDP/Bloc bias by not giving the coalition the scrutiny it deserves.
Why are you not demanding to know what has been promised the separatists? Who among you have asked the hard questions about this issue? While you examine the chicken entrails on every move Harper makes, why are you not doing the same with separatists?
Another point I can’t help but raise, is that of the role of the pollsters. They are couching their poll questions in such a way as to avoid the separatist veto issue. They need only to ask this question of Canadians: Do you support the separatist Bloc Quebecois holding the balance of power in a coalition led government? I would love to see the results of that poll, but obviously never will.
Maybe somebody should start a fund raising campaign to pay a pollster to ask the question.
What really ticks me off in all of this is the obvious tactic being used by the opposition to so blatantly distort the reality behind the coalition. To get around the fact that Stephen Harper and his Conservatives were elected to rule, the opposition comes up with some cockeyed reasoning that all MPs were elected to rule. Hello, McFly, this is not honest. In case you do not know the meaning of that word, look under H in any English dictionary.
While it is true that a coalition that outnumbers the seats held by the government can legally stage their little coup, there is a larger moral issue at play here. That is the granting of veto power to a political party that has the sole aim of destroying the Confederation.
Knowing the distaste the Left has for anything smacking of moral responsibility (moral can be found under the Ms in the same dictionary) I will not pursue this much further. But I can tell Mr. Ignatieff and his newly-converted followers that the Canadian people will not, I repeat, will not accept power being handed to separatists. You can tart the Bloc members up anyway you want with lipstick and rouge, they will not sell on either side of Quebec.
Now if the people of Quebec do not like this position, perhaps they should vote for a party that does not want to destroy the country. On the other hand, if they choose separatist parties at the federal and provincial level, then so be it.
The man most hated by Quebec separatists, Howard Galganov, has a great piece in today’s Canada Free Press headlined: How To Depress A Quebecois Reporter. This is a must read if you have any interest in this subject at all.
It is my view that there is only one way for the separatist coalition to go, after the federal budget is delivered in January, if they choose to defeat the government. They must take this into a general election.
Having said that, everybody knows, that it would be suicide for them to go to the polls with the separatists on their backs.
If they choose to rule with the Bloc calling the shots, Canadians will wait for them when an election is called. It won’t be pretty. It might even be called the Coalition’s Last Stand, without the advantage of having a Custer to fight for them.
So, to reiterate Mr. Ignatieff, my advice to you is to step away from the separatists and Smiling Jack who is lusting after power so voraciously he would destroy the country to get a taste of it.
Do the right and honorable thing.
