Monday, January 22, 2007

Stephen Harper a Year in Review


Tomorrow marks a sad day for Canada.

It was one year ago on January 23, 2006 when the Canadian people said that they were tired with Liberal rule and had to pick someone else.

Thats how we got Stephen Harper and his merry band of Conservatives.

Lets take a look back at a year with Stephen Harper as Prime Minister.

First their is David Emerson the Liberal turncoat who Prime Minister Harper welcomed in to his Cabinet.
After his party called Belinda Stronarch such charming names as Tramp and Slut for leaving the Conservative party for a party that more closely represented her political beliefs.

We can't forget about Michael Fortier who was Harper's campaign co-chair during the election.
Who was and still is not an elected member of Parliament.
(He had an opportunity to run in a few by-elections this year but declined, maybe because he couldn't win)
This from the Prime Minister who promised that he would bring a new sense of accountability to Ottawa.

Then there was the Conservative "Environmental Plan" that had such lofty targets for reduction of pollutants some where in the year 2057...
But wait when he realized that Canadians were not dumb enough to fall for his plan, he fired the Minister for the Environment, Rona Ambrose, and replaced her with John Baird.
Who's new plan is the old Liberal initiative that Harper canceled when he took power.

There was also the cancellation of funding for Women and Aboriginals groups. Traditional strong supporters of the Conservative party....wait maybe that's where they went wrong.

Of course there was the whole same sex marriage debacle.
An issue that was decided before he was even elected, was brought up again to appease his right wing fanatical voter base.
Irregardless of the fact that he once again was attacking hard won rights of a minority.

Income Trust's remember that promise?
Harper was not going to change the rules at all, and he did.
Who lost the most?
The people who could afford it the least our Seniors.
Billions were lost overnight that many will never be able to recoup.

Alright thats enough for now this is starting to depress me.

We are fed up with hearing how everything is the Liberals fault, your in power now. You are now longer Canada's "new" government and it's time to take responsibility for your governments actions.

Mr. Harper please don't forget that you and your party were not elected based on your political beliefs, but the fact that a message had to be sent to the Liberal Party.

They seem to have got the message.

There will be an election before this year ends and I can't wait to send Mr. Harper a message of my own.

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