My oh my. When did polite, follow-in-line, don't kick up a fuss Canada become a kick up the dust, take no prisoners, political smartypants?
I must admit, I am enjoying the political jockeying that is going on right now in the Great White North. How much does everyone else despise Stephen Harper's Conservatives that the NDP would agree to get into bed with the Liberals and.....gasp.....have the Bloc as the supporting cast!!!
Many would ask, and perhaps rightly so, how can the NDP and Liberals sleep at night when they're in bed with the Bloc?
And at what price? What kind of deals have been worked out to form this alliance? Will we find out the BQ will benefit to the tune of an extra billion dollars in equalization payments? Will we find Senate appointments that will leave us with our mouths hanging open?
The bottom line is - a majority of Canadians voted against Steven Harper and his Conservatives and in our Parliamentary system, (s)he who is elected must have the confidence of the house, or else the opposition has the right to try to form a coalition government and take over.
Perhaps at this time in our history, we should be considering a more "democratic" system such as Mixed Member Proportional representation.
Just saying.
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