I was an Atomic Robot Jungle Vixen!

The election here in Canada is over and I am very happy with the results. The Liberals won a minority government, which means they don't have over 50% of the seats in parliament, and that's a good thing. For starters, it should serve as a wake up call to stop the scandals and to deal with waste, and some good, progressive legislation may be passed now, especially with more socially liberal parties now having a degree of power. There is also the very added bonus that the Conservatives aren't in power, and are the Official Opposition.
That of course pisses off conservatives here in the wild west. There was bitching in the Edmonton Sun (a right-wing tabloid paper) editorial how once more the West is shut out. Excuse me? I'm Albertan. I was born here in the west. My voice has been heard, which is more than I can say about the provincial government. Over 30 years in power. Yet I don't keep bitching about my people not being in power, how my voice is never heard. Maybe the problem is, and I know they find this hard to believe, most people in Canada... are you ready for this?... aren't conservatives! What they need to do is try to convince people that conservative economic and social policies are the best thing for the country, and that's going to be a tough sell because, well, they're not. Either that or start breeding like rabbits so that we have a greater population here than in Ontario or Quebec, neither of which voted for the Conservative party in drove and so kept Stephen Harper out of the prime minister's office.

posted by Tabby at 6/29/2004 08:41:00 p.m.

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