Monday, June 14, 2010

The Battle Begins

One always is amused when political parties go head to head and it’s about time that the Liberal Party grew the guts to take on the Conservatives. While Stephen Harper throws a cheap shot at Michael Ignatieff’s property outside of Canada, the Liberal Party war room takes full advantage of Harper’s mischief in poor timing. Money seems to be the decider of power these days. It was money that brought the Conservatives to power and it’s the money that will throw them out. It just goes to show that maybe doing the job properly and fairly has more merits than defacing political opponents and calling costly – yet worthless – election campaigns and running away from parliament when things don’t go their way. That is no way to conduct a government and that is the definition of fear. Paul Martin was able to stare defeat in the face, but Stephen Harper runs from it because he knows that if he doesn’t hold on to his short rope, he will never be able to grab on again.


Every great empire falls eventually, Rome and Greece are great examples and their fall comes as a consequence of shaky leadership and divides in the power. Politicians are equivalent in their tactics but unique in their visions and it is a party with a vision that will win the heart and soul of the electorate… The American Dream has been working wonders for the Republicans.

The Liberals have unveiled their reminder for Canadians, one that Harper will come to fear, as political analysts praise the timing and Canadians never take lightly when politicians use tax payer’s dollars on ego trips.

The Liberal response to economic mismanagement

This attack ad is effective and is very much needed by the Liberals for if they ever dream of coming to power, they better start gaining a face soon.

An Update to The Blog Platform

To all of the readers of this blog,

This site will become more and more of a source of contraversy than a blog site. If you haven’t noticed, tabs are appearing on the top of this blog and each of these tabs will serve as a quick and easy update mechanism. This way, we can keep up to date with the current politics and players and gain insight on the pros and cons of each of them. Embrace the changes that are to come and enjoy its benefits as we unleash the Canadian political scene as the media fears to present it as. Welcome to the next generation of politics.

Friday, June 11, 2010

The Silence is Broken

Reaching YouTube's most viewed video position, the world is now aware of what Canadian’s think of their government’s budgeting abilities. The video: If I Had a Billion Dollars, a modified remake of the original by the Bare-naked Ladies has become the anthem to ridicule Stephen Harper’s fake lake and meeting filled with “rubber bullets.”



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As rumors go around about a Liberal-New Democrat merger, it is important to keep to the main issues. While such a party merger would be controversial, and might end the left wing vote split, it isn’t something that we can confirm or control. However, Canadian’s tax money is being mismanaged and this issue isn’t going to slip under the table due to a lack of media coverage. However, for any kind of justice for a billion of our dollars wasted, is it really worth watching the moves of the opposition? Shouldn’t we be pressuring the government to NOT waste OUR money?


Take back your democracy, have the guts to make your voices heard. This is Canada, not a dictatorship. We pay taxes to fund our social programs that aid Canadian families and are the envy of the world, not for major tax cuts for companies who abuse their powers and for government luxuries. Politicians are public servants, they serve the people, not themselves.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

If you had a billion dollars, what would you do with it?

Stephen Harper’s Conservative government has proved yet again that their mandate isn’t to govern the country, it is to create positive media footage to mask their incompetence. In 2008, the signs of the on-coming economic disaster was looming but Harper’s “leadership” failed to recognize it. Instead, he called a snap election in a failed attempt to win a majority government.


The recession has forced his government to work on the economy and The Economic Action Plan came out which seemed to be more about the commercials than the work that was being done – if there was work being done.

The theme of the upcoming G8 meetings is to create viable ways to cut spending and restart the economic motor but with a 53 billion dollar deficit, the Harper Conservatives have decided that there is room in the budget for 1.2 billion dollars to treat their international buddies to a luxury environment that is completely artificial and secured. While Canada is hosting the world, in the circumstances and parameters that are set in place, Canada doesn’t need to spend all of that money. A 57 thousand dollar fake lake, now down from 1.9 million dollars as the government tries to save its face, has nothing to do with spending cuts among the board. the luxurious media distraction will serve to be yet another of the government’s ploys to hide their actual dealings and build their propaganda machine.

Toilet replacements is a part of this deal and these toilets are in the riding of industry minister Tony Clement which is enough of a distance away from where the G8 meetings will be held.

Across the country, Canadians are outraged by the fact that they felt the economic punch and their so called relief package is cuts by a government who will first spend a billion on themselves even as they are responsible for the economic chaos. Where do Stephen Harper and his buddies get off going on a spending spree for temporary events which the average Canadian would never see?

This is the perfect opportunity for Canada’s opposition parties to defeat the government. Seeing as how this government has shown in broad daylight their reckless spending habits and truly distasteful attitude toward the Canadian people, now is the time. Although it seems that the opposition is ready to let this slip under the rug – just as they have with everything else. What voice does Canada have in parliament?

What would you do with a billion dollars? One will probably never live to see that salary, but within a summit of just a few days, Stephen Harper will enjoy all of it as he ironically discusses spending cuts which will likely hurt the population in the end.