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Big cheers for Stephen Harper
12/17/08
A recent political cartoon portrayed Stephen Harper as a magician, turning an economic crisis into a national unity debate. Upon reflection, that transformation is entirely accurate.
If we consider that this whole boondoggle started with the opposition parties putting forth a suggestion that the auto industry needed $30B to survive, and a vehement PM disagreeing.
We add the subsidy per vote elimination, and a disgruntled opposition powerless to agree on anything of import, and voila! Instant Coalition.
Just add three cups of desperate leaders, two economic suggestions, and you have the threat - a liberal led coalition who garnered a history worst popular vote percentage.
The crux of the matter is this.
Was Mr Harper aware of the impending coalition, and did he set them up to come out of the woodwork with their coalition agreement?
Was he aware that the resulting discussion would unify and polarize Canadians into being passionate about who leads our country?
I would suggest that this play of events is the result of a carefully planned strategy.
On the matter of the auto makers bailout. We have seen the dramatic lack of results in the United States (3T and counting).
As an economist, why would he agree to a measure that would plunge Canada into deficit immediately, and probably not solve anything? Therefore, I conclude that he made the right decision.
On the strategy of unifying Canada, it is brilliant.
Not only is attention diverted away from the Conservatives, but it is directed at three parties who by the numbers, have a majority, but cannot agree on much of importance.
Even with the agreement of the Bloc to not topple the government for a fixed period of months, why give them an opportunity to taint our government policies with separatist lingo and intents?
It would be political suicide tatamount to the re-election of George Bush in the U.S. the second time.
We have seen the resignation of Mr. Dion, and the outrage in the Liberal Party over his successor. Two months will not heal this rift.
The most obvious effect of the move by the Coalition is nothing they expected. I believe that they thought that Canadians would welcome this with open arms. We did not.
We saw more displays of patriotism, and passion than any living citizen of our country ever has.
The prorogue will allow much of the economic crisis to play out, and any decisions made in January will be more thought out, and will be the result of a unified Parliament coming together to solve a national/international crisis.
On Stephen Harper, the record will not record much of what really went on in the highways and byways of Canada during this time.
To the world, and to those who watch in Canada, he has made the greatest political decision and shown himself to be cool, calm, and confident. In short, exactly what Canada needs right now, and for the future.
Tim Lasiuta
Red Deer
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