Is it just me, or is anyone else totally disillusioned with the Federal Election this year? Normally, I follow the election coverage, watch the debates etc., in order to vote with an informed opinion. Of course, I always voted for Jay Hill, but it pays to be informed, stay abreast of the issues, keep current. This election, just seems like a total waste of time.
Maybe its the whole fourth election in 7 years thing? Or maybe its because Harper is doing an okay job, and the alternative of Michael Ignatieff is not really appealing. I read somewhere, that he is considered quite charismatic, especially to the ladies . . . this lady just finds him arrogant and creepy. Seriously, he looks evil. And who wants Dr. Evil for a Prime Minister. Although, if it was Austin Powers version of Dr. Evil, Canadians might really have an interesting time of it.
So disillusioned am I, with this whole election business, that for once I didn't even bother to watch the English debate the other day. Of course, I also refused to watch it on principle. They had four party leaders debating, but only three national parties were represented. The Green Party, our fourth legitimate national party, was not allowed to participate.
Why? Because they have no elected members. Yet the Bloc Quebecois, which is neither a national party, nor a party which has the best interests of Canada and Canadians at its core, was allowed to take part.
The Bloc has always been the party of separatism. And separatists wish to destroy Canada as we know it. Vive le Quebec, they cry . . . not Oh Canada! The people responsible for organising the leaders' debate either don't know, or don't care what the Bloc is all about.
This election is about Canada, and the Bloc is not and never has been, about Canada.
It's not that I begrudge Quebec the right to have a voice in parliament, that wouldn't be democratic of me, now would it? What I object to, is a province or group of people who advocate the destruction of our country as we know it, being two-faced about it. Electing members to parliament, the body which governs Canada as a whole, and has the needs of the entire country at its core, when said group of people doesn't really care about Canada, the country (only Quebec, the imaginary country).
Now that I've got my anti-separatism rant out of the way, I'd just like to add that I wish Ignatieff hadn't orchestrated the whole non-confidence motion last month. It's really too soon for another election - we're supposed to have one every 3 or 4 years, not 4 in 7 years!
If you think about it, what could Ignatieff, the history professor, really bring to the table, that Harper, with his degree in economics, hasn't? It wasn't knowledge of medieval history which got our country through the world economic crisis. It wasn't the lessons learned from the Revolutionary War which got us through it, kept our heads above water, when other countries, most notably our neighbour to the south, were sinking into an abyss of debt, unemployment and looming financial collapse.
No, it was knowledge of economies and aversion to large debt loads that saved us. Not Michael Ignatieff.
