Canadian Government Collapses; Held in Contempt of Parliament

It's official, we have a spring election. Now the only question is who do we mistrust less? The Harper government has done a lot of good, but they have done a lot of harm as well. Not to mention their constant misinformation; the finance minister has started almost every speech since the economy collapse by reneging on his previous claims that the down-turn was over, only to follow up with a claim that THIS time he is right, and the economy is recovering! Job cuts to Human Resources and Skills Development Canada have lead to obscene waits to get in touch with call centre staff for the thousands of Canadians who are still on Employment Insurance, or for seniors trying to get information on their pensions.

The NDP have a long history of wasting money that, considering how many Canadians are still either out of work, or under employed, we can ill afford. Do we want to put our faith in them? The fact of the matter is we have not been given any reason to believe that they will do a better job at putting the economy back together. They will, certainly, implement a number of positive changes, improving the standard of living for Canadians living at or below the poverty line. But where will this money come from? National security is the most likely candidate, as the NDP are still living in the post-Somalia era, where the Canadian Forces are the bogey-man, and we can rely on our neighbours to the south to protect us. But the Canadian Forces, the RCMP, and CSIS are already suffering supply and staffing shortages, like every other department of the Federal Government, and the world has changed in the last two decades. Moreover, many Canadians are still smarting over the fact that many NDP-held ridings were in support of ending the wasteful and ineffective “Long Gun Registry,” which their MPs held up, having promised to vote the other way.

The Liberals are quick to point out how we cannot trust the Conservative Party. They delight in pointing out the faults of Mr. Harper. And he does indeed have many. It is a valid point that Canadians have the right to know how their money is being spent. Or why big corporations are getting huge tax breaks, at the expense of the tax-payers, many of whom are still out of work, and no longer eligible to receive Employment Insurance, thus not being counted in the statistics used to tell us the economy has recovered. But does this mean we can trust Michael Ignatief? Many of us still remember the Sponsorship Scandal which lead to and end of the long line of Liberal majority governments. The Liberals seem to be basing their whole campaign on a platform of “Stephen Harper is the devil,” rather than what they will do if they form the government, or what they feel the key issues are to Canadians.

The Conservatives have not yet been able to prove to Canadians that they are worthy of a majority government. But at the same time, the other parties have yet to prove that we can trust them to form ANY government. Its the devil we know versus the devil we do not, at this point. Get ready for a blood-bath, because the campaigns are going to get messy, of that we can be certain.

Take a look at the facts and figures, an NDP gov has always turned over a balanced budget to the conservatives, only to be handed back HUGE deficits. It's a shame so many people listen to the spin of a corporate media.