No one wants to speak about politics at the dinner table, but the “blog” is the perfect way to venture out and speak of the forbidden, speak of what everyone is thinking of at this exact moment. Topics such as the US election, the Canadian election, the Maple Leaf Meats listeriosis outbreak, the Popes red Prada shoes…the list goes on.
Harper is set to call an election sometime in October, which is perfect timing for him if you ask me. He appears to be jumping on the “Obama” Wagon using the US election as the perfect opportunity to keep him in the spotlight and present the case that Parliament is not working…..but this excuse seems to be masking some other political agenda that Harper has in mind. As Stephane Dion says “it’s only a charade, it’s a fake”. Perhaps Harper is calling this election because he is not ready or able to approach or face the economy and perhaps he foresees a recession in Canada, which normally follows close at the heels of its Southern neighbours. Opinion polls show that an election called in the fall will most likely serve in the Conservative government’s favour. Interestingly enough, I am a Conservative, but not of the Conservatism that exists in Harper’s mind or many minds in North America. My agenda does not favour the war, sending our young Canadian soldiers to fight. It does however favour a lower GST rate, which perhaps is not a good example since money is being taken from another pocket. If Harper’s government does stay it needs to have some better mandates in play, or perhaps Harper should work on keeping some of the promises he made at his convention in the Sheraton Guildford Hotel in Surrey a few years ago. I remember cheering for him, praising his party platform, shaking his hand and ultimately voting for him. A mistake? Sure it was, but voting for any politician is a mistake. No political platform will mirror my own and after this election we will see everything go back to where it ended off eventually, straight down the pipes.
Harper is set to call an election sometime in October, which is perfect timing for him if you ask me. He appears to be jumping on the “Obama” Wagon using the US election as the perfect opportunity to keep him in the spotlight and present the case that Parliament is not working…..but this excuse seems to be masking some other political agenda that Harper has in mind. As Stephane Dion says “it’s only a charade, it’s a fake”. Perhaps Harper is calling this election because he is not ready or able to approach or face the economy and perhaps he foresees a recession in Canada, which normally follows close at the heels of its Southern neighbours. Opinion polls show that an election called in the fall will most likely serve in the Conservative government’s favour. Interestingly enough, I am a Conservative, but not of the Conservatism that exists in Harper’s mind or many minds in North America. My agenda does not favour the war, sending our young Canadian soldiers to fight. It does however favour a lower GST rate, which perhaps is not a good example since money is being taken from another pocket. If Harper’s government does stay it needs to have some better mandates in play, or perhaps Harper should work on keeping some of the promises he made at his convention in the Sheraton Guildford Hotel in Surrey a few years ago. I remember cheering for him, praising his party platform, shaking his hand and ultimately voting for him. A mistake? Sure it was, but voting for any politician is a mistake. No political platform will mirror my own and after this election we will see everything go back to where it ended off eventually, straight down the pipes.
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