A blog to give a voice to our concern about the continued erosion of our democratic processes not only within the House of Commons and within our electoral system but also throughout our society. Here you will find articles about the current problems within our parliamentary democracy, about actions both good and bad by our elected representatives, about possible solutions, opinions and debate about the state of democracy in Canada, and about our roles/responsibilities as democratic citizens. We invite your thoughtful and polite comments upon our posts and ask those who wish to post longer articles or share ideas on this subject to submit them for inclusion as a guest post.
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Sunday, February 23, 2025

Oh Canada, best Stand on Guard

I have not commented much here on the political climate anymore but the current total cluster fk both provincial and federal can hardly be let go by without sharing my disgust for most, if not all of both the incumbent and aspiring lot. The honest candidate who  speaks the truth and does not promise all kinds of things that he cannot deliver has little chance of getting elected and even less in having any real impact upon upon decisions made on our behalf.

The most egregious of the lot is Doug Fraud who decided to call an unneeded election when he already held a majority in the middle of the worst winter Ontario has seen in some years and so many folks have difficulty getting out of their driveways let alone to the voting location. Unfortunately it matters little who you vote for locally but what party they support, for it seems that a few at the top of whatever party gets in run the show..... its not as bad as the  new dictatorship emerging south of the border just yet but beware those that once they are elected think they are god!

Moving on, across Canada we have a change in the current leader and ultimately in all probability a general election where it will once again be more about the party and leader thereof than the local candidate. For a while there we had a minority government with two parties at least trying to work together for the good of the country but that collaboration recently crashed, again at the worst possible time, we may never know what lead to the break up but it sure was not the right time to add more turmoil to our governance.

It was good to see our leaders across the country all largely singing the same tune in support of our economy even though one premier was more interesting in selling her oil than showing a common front to he of the slash and burn regime next door. Given our close relationship with the U.S. of Eh and the massive changes already taking place down there by executive decree its going to be a tough few years both here, there and indeed world wide.

Buckle up folks, we are not quite to the point of building our bomb shelters just yet but it might be a good idea to stock up the pantry..... 

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