Wednesday, December 03, 2008

[canadian roulette] whither integrity


The Canadian situation illustrates that in politics, no blow is too low:

In the Commons, Mr. Dion attacked Mr. Harper for considering a move to prorogue Parliament – ending the session and starting another one in the New Year – portraying him as taking illegitimate steps to dodge defeat in a confidence vote on the economic update the Tories introduced last week.

So, rather than work in with Harper to get over this economic crisis and thrash out some sort of joint policy, Dion resorts to separatists to overthrow a recently elected government which requires stability to achieve anything at all. Is Dion providing Canada with that stability? Can he be trusted? Then again, Harper himself resorting to a tactic he did, say, in 2005, was outrageous.

What it all says to me is that party politics is the worst way to run a country when the chips are down.

1 comment:

  1. Pierre Trudeau was the only PM that I trusted.

    Dion should be kicked out on his ear for this, with the Separaitists sent to America-but without the land.They have been a blight on Canada for far too long.

    I have lived in both Ottawa and Quebec for many yrs. and I hate what they pull with Canada. They're no different than having terrorists in the family, holding everyone hostage.Being that they are so anti-Canada they should leave!

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