Election 2006 - Why?
I have decided to start this blog to poke a little fun at the 1 ring circus that is Federal Politics here in Canada, or more specificly our upcoming Federal Election.
For those of you who are unaware (or possibly care), we here in Canada have a new federal election coming to us on January 23rd, 2006. The reason for this is pretty simple, unlike in the USA, here in Canada our elected officials stay in power until really one of two things happen: A) The party in power (i.e. Majority of seats) decides to call an election or B) The party in power loses a non confidence vote in parliament and in theory this is supposed to be a sign of disfavor that the people have for the current government and as such a new election must be held.
Well last monday, option B happened when governing Liberals (who held a minority government, meaning they had enough seats to be the ruling party but not enough to worry about what the other parties could do) were defeated in a non-confidence by the Conservatives, Bloc Quebecois (A Frenche seperation party from Quebec) and the NDP (Socialists).
I would like to say that this non-confidence motion comes from a little political scandle that we had known as the "Sponsorship Scandle" and the fallout from that (which we call "the Gomery Report), but in reality, it really comes down to a bunch of politicians feeling that they are tough guys and thinking that they can do a better job, further their own political careers and stoke their own egos by bringing forth their own politcial agendas. Never mind the fact that this latest episode of what can best be described as a pre-pubescent spat on the playground will cost Canadian tax payers like me $120 million.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I am just *thrilled* that my tax money is going to further the agendas of a bunch of politicians who are so out of touch with what the average Canadian citzen needs and wants such as better Education, affordabe (but sustained) Health Care or ensuring that the Canadian economy stays strong and can continue to compete in a global workplace. Worse yet I think you would be hard pressed to find 5% of the population (that's 1.6 million people if you are curious) who even wanted an election in the first place :)
For those of you who are unaware (or possibly care), we here in Canada have a new federal election coming to us on January 23rd, 2006. The reason for this is pretty simple, unlike in the USA, here in Canada our elected officials stay in power until really one of two things happen: A) The party in power (i.e. Majority of seats) decides to call an election or B) The party in power loses a non confidence vote in parliament and in theory this is supposed to be a sign of disfavor that the people have for the current government and as such a new election must be held.
Well last monday, option B happened when governing Liberals (who held a minority government, meaning they had enough seats to be the ruling party but not enough to worry about what the other parties could do) were defeated in a non-confidence by the Conservatives, Bloc Quebecois (A Frenche seperation party from Quebec) and the NDP (Socialists).
I would like to say that this non-confidence motion comes from a little political scandle that we had known as the "Sponsorship Scandle" and the fallout from that (which we call "the Gomery Report), but in reality, it really comes down to a bunch of politicians feeling that they are tough guys and thinking that they can do a better job, further their own political careers and stoke their own egos by bringing forth their own politcial agendas. Never mind the fact that this latest episode of what can best be described as a pre-pubescent spat on the playground will cost Canadian tax payers like me $120 million.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I am just *thrilled* that my tax money is going to further the agendas of a bunch of politicians who are so out of touch with what the average Canadian citzen needs and wants such as better Education, affordabe (but sustained) Health Care or ensuring that the Canadian economy stays strong and can continue to compete in a global workplace. Worse yet I think you would be hard pressed to find 5% of the population (that's 1.6 million people if you are curious) who even wanted an election in the first place :)
posted by Logan Foster at 7:00 PM
2 Comments:
i totally agree with you. i don't see why we need to have another election so soon after the last one. i think it's a terrible waste of money.
I totally agree with you about this election. I didn't want another election and didn't think we needed it. Stephen Harper wants to be Prime Minister so bad he just couldn't wait for the chance to waste the taxpayers money to try to make it come true. Personally I think he's a sleaze, I don't trust him and I think he's the worst thing that could happen to this country. Hopefully his need to bring on this ridiculous election for his own selfish reasons comes back to bite him.
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