the Speaker of the House of Commons has, in effect, found that "Harper's government" abused its power and brushed aside the rights of the people's elected representatives.
He was at the Kitchener Rangers game this past weekend; my friend got a picture taken with his son and Harper. I wish I'd known ahead of time... I could have arranged a lynch mob!
Let's not forget that one of Harper's campaign promises the first time around was to pass a law that would prevent governments from calling early elections when they were ahead in the polls, because elections are expensive. This is now the fourth election campaign in seven years. Harper has been running ads in preparation for this for months now, and his actions of late seemed designed to force an opposition vote of non-confidence, so that they would force an election while he leads the polls, making it look like it wasn't his fault. Dirtbag.
Yes, the Conservatives are in full campaign mode, and since they're in power, we're the ones picking up the tab. http://rickmercer.com/Rick-s-R.....g-the-Economic-.aspx I really do despise how this government brands Canada with their party colours and logos. I don't remember previous governments doing that. Nothing's funded by the Government of Canada any more. Instead it's always thanks to the Conservative Action Plan. It's like Harper never really stopped campaigning. And any time his numbers go in the toilet, he prorogues the government until the sheep forget what bad thing he did this time.
Since when has that mattered to Harper? He's been campaigning for months now with his anti-Ignatieff "he is not your friend" TV ads, and there have already been complaints of campaign overspending before the campaigning was even supposed to start!
Yah I know I don't want another Conservative government, but out option is a Liberal government... I mean who is even the leader of that party?!? Without any kind of strong leader, they are actually a (this hurts me to say) worse option than a minority conservative government... I won't vote for either of them but wasting my vote on anyone else will do just that, waste my vote. I wish the money that will be wasted on this election could just be given back to the people, or at least spent on eliminating the Canadian debt...
I won't vote for either of them but wasting my vote on anyone else will do just that, waste my vote.
It's not a "wasted" vote though. Every vote for a party earns them $1.75 in tax dollars for the next election campaign. That's one of the things the Cons tried to revoke in a previous budget because it would hurt the opposition parties more than them.
It also sends a message that voters are tired of the two bullies vying for top spot, even if statistics regarding popular vote is the only measure of that message. Right now we have extreme voter apathy, which could be the same thing, or just a matter of Canadians not caring. Many people do have the opinion that it's all the same mess, just different piles.
It's possible that Harper's plan may be to "baffle them with bulls**t". Even political pundits can't seem to make sense of his policies (like his stance on asbestos):
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