I'm trying to not get too political about the upcoming election because I know that most of the people who read this aren't Canadian so probably couldn't care less, but I am terrified that the Conservatives may form the next government. Haven't we learned anything from the debacle down south that has been four years of George W. Bush? We absolutely can not allow that to happen to Canada, and if Stephen Harper becomes our prime minister, I fear that will be the end of the Canada I know and love.
I live in Alberta, the most conservative province in this country. We've had the Progressive (ha!) Conservatives in power for the past 30 years here provincially. Fortunately the premiers have been somewhat liberal on social issues, so that's helped in keeping the social conservatives in government somewhat in check, but they've still managed to do tremendous damage to the province. We're rich, but at the cost of humanity and any sort of conscience. The amount of money someone is expected to exist on if they have to resort to welfare is abyssmally low, and hasn't increased in years. I don't have the numbers in front of me, but I believe it's been something like a decade. Try to picture living on what the minimum wage was 10 years ago, and you'll have an idea of what it's like, and it's less money that that. Shameful.
That's without social conservatives in charge. Stephen Harper is a social conservative as well as economic, so imagine a Canada under his rule.
One of their candidates said the other day that women going in for abortions should undergo third-party councilling. Harper quashed this, saying they won't make any abortion laws during their first term in power. Their second term on the other hand...
No. We can not allow them to have power. We can not allow them to dismantle the liberalism that makes this country great.
Today's proverb: Beware conservatives in compassionate clothing.
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by Tabby at 6/02/2004 02:34:00 p.m.
