So Canadians are complacent eh?

3 Responses to So Canadians are complacent eh?

1. Paul Wilkinson says:

   January 11, 2010 at 8:58 am

   Is proroguing the problem, or is there a bigger issue here? I think the current amount of time that parliament is in session is already too short. It takes forever to move legislation through both houses federally, not to mention similar issues provincially and in some cases even municipally.

   Then, when good laws are passed, people say, “Whoa! Why didn’t they make that law years ago?”

   Well, probably some backbench MP suggested it, but by the time it moved through the system, it was time for another recess and then another election was called.

   Suggestion: Call your boss today and say you’ve been watching what the government is doing, and you’d like to have paid time off until after the Olympics. [Make sure boss has sense of humour.]
2. Torontonian says:

   January 11, 2010 at 9:48 am

   The “bigger problem” is Harper’s recalcitrance.

   He also has a problem of understanding that not
   all things can/will go his way. He likes everything
   to go his way and if that doesn’t happen he has
   a snit fit and has been known to kick furniture
   around the room.

   The last time we had an election he said that
   parliament wasn’t working. It was working but
   the Conservatives were stymied by their under-
   representation at committees that they lost
   the upper hand when matters went to committee.

   Then the senate was still Liberal majority. Mulroney
   had to deal with a Liberal majority senate and I
   don’t remember him complaining as much as
   Harper.

   I find Harper has a skewed view of life and his mission
   in it. He’s not really had a real job and probably
   can’t tell you the price of 10 pounds of potatoes
   or just how to shop to feed a hungry family of
   four with only $50/ week.

   His lack of knowledge of the real world,
   his reluctance to concede to others,
   his inability to admit errors, his secretiveness
   and desire to avoid the press all suggest
   that he is not a fit public servant.

   He claims to be a Christian. Jesus was
   a Christian in that he was the most humble
   of servants. That’s a lesson that Harper
   cannot learn at this late stage in his life.
   ——
   What’s also alarming is the high number
   of members of Christian and Missionary
   Alliance church who are also MPs.
3. Therese says:

   January 12, 2010 at 6:44 am

   Those who belong to the Lord and are awake in this hour, having in mind the things of God and not the things of men, are aware of far more serious issues besetting this nation. I believe the political situation in more ways than one is speaking of Canada’s pause in the valley of decision. Man has his agendas, God has His.