twhidden

twhidden

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14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - The Short Parliament · 0 replies · -1 points

I'm beginning to feel that a Harper "Mein Kampf" will soon be pushed to popularity.

I'm a technical, not political person. Technical activities require an ability to see at least the more obvious correlations between cause and effect. Having watched this prime minister and this government for the past couple of years, I can't help but see cause and effect correlations that bear a similarity to pre-dictatorial governments or proto-goverments from the past century. The actions of this government show it to be wholly unwilling to accept the fact that it is a minority government within a parliamentary system. Even though it's been beaten to death that minority governments are such for valid democratic reasons, repetition does not negate validity. While the Harper's actions are undoubtedly smart politics, they strongly suggest that the man has an underlying philosophy that holds the democratic process in contempt. He appears to have surrounded himself with like-minded individuals within his cabinet. It's bad enough that, due to the imperfect nature of parliamentary and republican forms of government, our elections produce a diluted oligarchy rather than a true democracy. It is even worse and potential fatal for Canadian democracy/oligarchy that the actions of this government are becoming truly anti-democratic with an ever-thinner veneer of democratic legitimacy.

I don't have any experience in this arena - how can we make my and others' protests more apparent to parliament?