Friday 28 August 2015
Politics 16 - Changing Political Gender
I am bound to leave the realm of global thoughts as Canada prepares for a General Election, because I have some questions.
It is not difficult to find terrible things to say about the Prime Minister, Stephen Harper (Conservative) although, there are a few things that I actually agree with.
There are a few worrying things to say about Justin Trudeau (Liberal) but, in my opinion, he more than satisfies my need for a Harper replacement.
I keep looking at Thomas Mulcair (National Democratic) and try as much as I do, I find it impossible to understand what he is both for and against.
By the way, who is Mr. Mulcair?
Today, I notice that Greece has a new female prime minister and, therefore, it occurs to me that we could do worse than have Elizabeth May (Green) as the next prime minister.
Oh, I am quite serious.
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It is time to stop Harper's plan to turn Canada into America as governed by Bush and Cheney. Harper is a one man band and supporters are not allowed to speak to the public or press except to repeat lines approved by the PMO.
ReplyDeleteThe Liberals have governed Canada many times and are more democratic than our current government but Trudeau the elder was also a despot and had no trouble lying to Canadians. The apple does not fall from the tree and Justin will likely follow in the elders footsteps.
Mulcair is relatively unknown but has experience in government, seems honest, and is a man from the people. The NDP has governed provincially effectively except in Ontario during a particularly tough time and it turned out Premier Bob Raye was really a Liberal at heart. He later tried to become leader of the Liberal Party.
There is no alternative for a thinking voter than to choose Mr. Mulcair.
DeleteIt must be hoped that our quorum of two is representative of the electorate as a whole or, I should probably say, representative of those who care to vote.
It will be necessary to ensure that the shouts for “Change” do, in fact, come from a majority of voters.
It is interesting to note your belief that the Liberals are (or have been) “more democratic than our present government” but feel that, because Mr. Trudeau’s ‘apple’ has fallen close to the tree, he may be an uncertain candidate. To use the same analogy, some apples do not fall but are picked for different destinies. Equally, Justin’s genes (in my opinion) share more maternal strengths ... and his brother, sadly, shared more paternal genes.
I hope that I haven’t revealed my personal colours.
As for Mr. Mulcair, you have failed to convince me that there would be any change under his management ... other than a reduction in lies and corruption. Attributes, such as; “experienced”, “honest”, and “man of the people” would fit many people. But where is Sir Winston when we need him?
One side note: If we could imagine that all parties should have equal electoral funds, and Ms. May contested every seat, how much greater would her position be? Just thinking.
Our two opinions will allow the unspeakable to slip through and take the prize. Losers will be made to pay under a continuation of the old regime. That's you and me Bernie, welcome to the great Canadian gulag.
ReplyDeleteMr. Trudeau's mother is not noted for what are typically called 'maternal strengths'. Mr. Mulcair is from a strong gene pool and need only be a little better than the others to be our Sir Winston.
God bless Ms. May, we need her.
I am concerned that our opinions have just one thing in common, to ensure a change of government.
DeleteWith a different, truly transparent and trustworthy government, it may be possible to accept a proposal for strong security and immigration policies, thus, just removing Mr. Harper’s specific corrupt government from the equation could be acceptable. But I, also, wish to see a complete opposition to the Zionist State of Israel, thus, definitely ensuring an exit of the recession-created Conservative party.
Neither Mr. Mulcair nor Mr. Trudeau have mentioned stronger security and immigration policies or a real opposition to Israel, which suggests, considering my dislike of destroying ballot papers, a vote for Ms. May, if nothing else, for her strong environmental position.