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Last EditedRBH  Dec 03, 2008 02:54pm
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News DateTuesday, December 2, 2008 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionI never thought I would see it: a coup d’etat in my own country. A hostile takeover of one of the most progressive and modern governments in the world. An act that, while perhaps acceptable by Canadian law, should be considered a crime of the highest order.

If you are a lover of democracy, you surely are irate at the news of an unholy union of the Liberal, NDP and Bloc Quebecois parties that will likely wrest control of Canadian Parliament from the reigning Conservatives.

The opposition coalition has sent a letter to Governor General Michaelle Jean (who was appointed by Paul Martin’s Liberal regime) that expresses their desire to take control of Parliament should the Conservatives be defeated in a vote of non-confidence. The details of the accord indicate that the Liberal and NDP parties would form an official union, with backing from the Bloc, and that Liberal leader Stephane Dion would assume the role of prime minister.

Yup, our Prime Minister would be Stephane Dion, the same man who led the Liberal party to their worst performance in an election since confederation.

To some, the Liberals have always been regarded as a bunch of power-hungry panderers willing to do anything necessary to gain office, but this type of backroom dealing is beyond anything Canadian voters could have imagined. It’s seedy, it’s underhanded, and worst of all, it’s wholly undemocratic.

The Liberals plan to ignore the wishes of the Canadian people, installing a coalition that includes a party whose entire existence is based on breaking up the country. How can Mr. Dion, or any Liberal, look a Canadian in the eye today and say that this deal is good for Canada?

If the Liberals, NDP and Bloc had campaigned as a unified party, how do you think the election would have turned out? There is little doubt in my mind we would have seen a Conservative majority, with the coalition garnering precious few votes outside Quebec.
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