Thank goodness. We elected the Conservative Party because this is who we want. The coalition government would destroy our country and our international relationships.

Parliament needs to be revamped to better accomodate minority governments. I think the party system needs to be reduced in the functioning of parliament. “Opposition” is not productive. “Cooperation” needs to be the focus of the new approach. Currently politicians spend more time wrestling for power and reelection than actually running the country. In the current situation noone is blameless. The arrogance of the Conservatives in the minority role is matched by the arrogance of the Liberals in their refusal to cooperate even in these troubled times. Even the route cause of this issue, pulling tax payer funding for the political parties, hinges on party politics and nothing more. Lets all elect a member to go to Ottawa and represent us regardless of political stripes.

I am totally disgusted with the Liberals and Stefan Dion in particular. I have a very long memory, and as it is have no intention of voting Liberal if Bob Rae becomes leader of the Liberal Party. If Dion and his merry band of hijackers seize control of our government, they can kiss my vote permanently goodbye. This whole debacle makes a mockery of our democratic voting process! If they want to bring down the Conservative Government, then let’s head BACK to the Polls! Let the Canadian Voters decide whom should govern.

Yes, the Governor General made a wise decision, a decision which is in the best interest of Canada.

One thing no one, including NCC has mentioned- the reason the Dion bunch are so desparate to get Harper out is because he is a threat to their feeding at the public trough. These guys have spent themselves so far in the hole they are in danger of fiscal bankrupcy. If they can’t manage to keep their party finances in order without danger of collapse why should anyone trust them to run the country.

Cut federal funding to parties. This should never happen in a democracy. It would not happen in a scocialist state at all. We are “cutting our own throats”, funding Separatist Parties in Canada. Call those that wish to destroy and steal from Canada and Canadians what they are! And then STAND UP and Defend the position and thinking Quebecers will respect your position. Not everyone in Quebec thinks first for Quebec and then for Canada.

I absolutely agree with “Jack in Hamilton’s” statement. But - do we really need another election, costing us millions of dollars, when in the very recent past the voters have spoken? Is it not just a try by the defeated parties to grab power iby forming a “coalition”? They did not go into the election as a bloc, so how come that all of a sudden they are embracing each other like brethren? It is in my oppinion just an attempt to undemocraticaly grab power after a collecive defeat at the polls.

It is a good thing for Canada that the “Governing Party” is actually being allowed the time (unencumbered) to do their job and to formulate a budget.
The expectations of vulture like opposition parties are unrealistic as we cannot really do anything until the US completes its bailout package for their greedy, incompetent, undereducated big business.
I think Mr. Harper and Company realizes this and hopefully will have the intelligence and guts to have any money extended paid back or at least take ownership in some way as otherwise it is just money thrown away as we have seen already in several instances.
These bailouts are unfortunately going to be necessary due to the 1000s of people affected through no fault of their own and the trickle down effect to the entire economy.
This would be a good time to somehow deal with the union involvement which drive costs up 3o5 or more and often reduces productivity and is mostly unnecessary now with all the Labour Laws.
It will never cease to amaze me that we have a fully funded and fully recognized separatist party in Canada.
It is almost like Germany having a Nazi Party, or the US having a Muslim Party; it is a costly , festering poison that has watered down the “real” parties to the point that in their hunger and greed for power they could actually make a deal with the” devil” PQ and take over the government.
I believe they will still try to do this take over after January 26th, as it has been obvious for years that most politicians forget what they are elected to do once they get a taste of the power and subsequent easy money.
If they do, then there should be another election and hopefully the people will remember what destruction and waste the coalition have caused.
Hopefully they will remember the corruption of the Liberals with no remorse.
Hopefully they will remember the NDP Ontario experience where they almost bankrupt the Province with social spending in a short time.

The coalition insists that the government incorporate their ideas and they are tired of dictator Harper. I have voted in 13 elections beginning in 1968 (Trudeau-mania) and I can tell you that all previous Prime Ministers who have been elected have been accused of dictatorial attitudes. Trudeau, Mulroney, Chretien. The others Clark, Turner, Campbell and Martin were not in a position to be dictatorial. The last real gentlemen Prime Minster was Lester B. Pearson. It is a sad commentary but it is one of many flaws in our political system. Our parliamentary system has strengths but there are two weaknesses. The main weakness is the concentration of power in the PMO. Chretien once boasted that he would rather be PM that President because in the US the three branches of government provide checks and balances on each other. The President cannot become a dictator because Congress can veto his unpopular measures. Citizens can take the legal route and get their grievances heard because the Judiciary constitutes the last check and balance.

In Canada we have no checks and balances on either the Prime Minister or Parliament (if we let the coalition succeed). The only thing standing in the way is the Governor General who is not and elected office. It is pretty scary even though there is some legal justification. If this get established as a precedent then no minority government in the future is get a chance to operate because they will just use the excuse that the government does not have the support of the House of Commons. Anyone should be able to see danger in allowing the coalition to succeed as we will open up a new way to govern that is not the will of citizens. Let the Coalition run as an alternative government and if they elected I will stand behind they because they have earned it, BUT not this way! I and 72% of Albertans hold this view and we the citizens are the bosses of the government.

Bob Rae was defiant in his interview on CTV News Net but I am afraid the man is a born loser because he has chosen a course of action that will ensure he will never become the Liberal leader. Jack Layton… I don’t want his hand anywhere near the till, same for Gilles Duceppe. The most pathetic one of the three stooges is Stephane. Little wonder he did not quit on election night. He was in an hatching this scheme. Using righteous indignation because Harper suspended Parliament is even more pathetic. Check the polls guys!
Like milos says: let them run as a “Bloc” and see if they can get elected. Plan B needs to be vetted by the people before it becomes legitimate.

QUEBEC IS THE EPICENTRE OF POLITICAL INSTABILITY
AND CORRUPTION.
CANADA IS BETTER OFF WITHOUT QUEBEC.

Cut tax-payer funding to political parties.
Start enforcing the laws on sedition.
Stop calling the MP’s “Honorable”, until they prove that they deserve it.
Hold parties accountable for their election promises.

Norm is bang-on. In this case, I will use his title - The Right Honourable Stephen Harper - is a threat to the coalition parties feeding at the public trough - AND their ability to use the public trough to BUY votes.

Ipsos-Reid’s poll in today’s newspapers showed support for the coalition strongest in Québec and the Maritimes. Is anyone surprised by that? 54% in Québec (and likely way higher without English respondents), 46% in Atlantic Canada, a lot of which, unfortunately, is structurally, if not socially, dependent upon Ottawa’s largesse.

Given the hastiness with which the Socialist-Separatist coaltion was cobbled together and their disparate, apart from money-grubbing, interests, the whole thing should collapse under its own weight. I actually think that some clear-headed thinking prominent Liberals will have the courage to say “Enough!”.

To that coalition - no thanks to you for the effective heart attack you almost imposed on the Canadian population. DON’T do it again. The people voted, and The Right Honourable Michäelle Jean listened to the Prime Minister and made an intelligent decision.

Now it is up to us, the Canadian taxpayer and voter, to get (all of) Ottawa to work for all of Canada.

Just One Winner

Without doubt Mr. Harper miscalculated when he attempted to reduce or remove taxpayer funding of political parties. This act was the catalyst that made the alliance dreamed up by Mr. Layton with Mr. Duceppe possible. The Liberals decision to follow along was simply based on their need for money. The Bloc’s budget is almost 90% taxpayer subsidies, the Liberals over 60%, the NDP less so, at 50%.
As soon as the NDP approached the Bloc they validated Mr. Duceppe and his separatist allies. Once the Liberals joined the group and signed the formal agreement, Mr. Duceppe could not lose. Canada takes a hit. Not the Bloc!
Politics is all about perception!
Mr. Dion and Mr. Layton have shown every Quebecer that support of the Bloc is a valid position. This blunder will provide fuel to the separatist cause for 20 years or more.
It will be interesting to see to see if this strategic error by the Liberal Party will have a negative effect on the Quebec Liberals in the current Quebec election.
Mr. Layton’s hunger for power and Mr. Dion’s willingness to follow the NDP and the Bloc, caused a crisis. The rhetoric flows and the battle lines are drawn. Canada loses today. In the longer term, the Liberal Party looses, as will the NDP.
The winner is Gilles Duceppe.

I wish Our Conservative govt.they would reform their public relations dept. and present a friendlier and hopeful outlook ( including the prime minister yesterday,) for thousands who are directly finNCIALLY affected by all of this , whike still touting that the present Govt offers the best short term and long term govt.
It is not nearly good enough to just condem the coalition.
I hope their new ads will show some changes in this important area.
We might then to not only retain our present voters but gain enough others to win a majority.

Ps I told a fund raiser today that no more from me till I see the thrust of their ads.

Two points. First, come February 2009 nothing will have changed. The Liberals know full well that if they bring down the Conservatives after the new budget they will surely lose the ensuing election and there is a strong possibility that Harper will get his majority. The only thing going for them at this moment is the toxic coalition with the NDP and the Bloc. Going into 2009 this reality will not have changed. For their only chance to survive, they will have to cling to the coalition. Harper knows this. If he wants to avoid facing off against the combined forces of the opposition, he will have to present a budget that incorporates most of their demands. That is most unfortunate, because it means moving the country dramatically leftward. So you see, in effect, the coalition has already won. Here is my second point. We have to begin questioning the very legitimacy of the Bloc as a federal political party. Every Canadian should ask himself: If each of the ten provinces was represented in Ottawa by its own Bloc, how long would our beloved Confederation last? Right. A federal party should be working for the welfare of the entire country, not simply the aspirations of a particular province. Quebec already has its own regional protest movement, the Parti Quebecois. It doesn’t need another one. Nor does Canada’s taxpayers and voters. Since 1990 our democracy has sullied itself by degenerating into a vote-trolling contest pandering to Quebec nationalists. It’s time to put the Bloc out of our misery.

The Bloc is a regional party. They are an inch wide and six foot deep, the opposite of the greens. Result: The Bloc is WAY over represented, and the greens under-represented. We should have a referendum asking: “Is it fair for a regional party to take part in a federal election?” The obvious answer is NO.

Get rid of the Bloc. If that means separation, bring it on Bozo’s. I am tired of the tail wagging the dog and paying their bills.

RH Stephen Harper has already made big concessions. Not only did he want to abolish taxpayer funded political parties and ban public service strikes, he really wanted to abolish unions and the Senate. Both are obsolete. His good management of our hard earned dollars is making him one of the most hated Prime Ministers in history by the left-wing-never-got-a-job pork barrelers. The left wing campaign managers are incompetent and don’t know how to fund raise. Employment standards and employer human resource best practices render unions obsolete now. Toyota Cambridge now make the best cars in Canada - no unions.
GM & Ford were bankrupt back in 2005. These two behemoths don’t know how to make good cars and their management are arrogant incompetent fools. They were in trouble long before this credit crisis and are taking advantage of all North American taxpayers by crying that their sales are reduced. They have been losing market share for two decades and don’t know how to stop it. Sir Edwards Deming told Henry Ford in 1945 how to build cars but Henry booted him out of his office. So have no sympathy for these idiots. Their goose is cooked and no amount of cash will fix their sick operations. We need to spend billions retraining our auto workers. They are the best in the world and can learn how to do new things.
If any of the prospective Liberal leaders become Prime Minster, this country is in deep trouble. As for Layton, he is like a rooster in a hen house with no hens. To say that this coalition is pathetic is an understatement. Harper has made no mistakes so far and he needs to be encouraged to stay the course and keep fighting for the taxpayers who keep paying and paying and paying and get less and less and less……

We have an elected Prime minister & a good one at that.Any time you mention taking ANY funds away from the over paid gutter snipes you can expect an uproar.They can’t raise funds so how did they finance their previous campagians before , just take a guess as we didn’t have access to the books then. Iam relly miffed that cbc shows programs about Mulroony but I don’t see any concerning the ADSCAM .GOLF COURTS,or HOTELS to say nothing of the 400 millions that no one has been brought to justice for.I’m sure no one will ever know just how much the taxpayers have been bilked.AMFYFE

Great add! Keep up the fight. Always keep in mind that by hi-jacking parliment is the only way these three stooges will ever get a chance to sit in cabinet(government) As the former president of the Liberal party said last night-they are an embarassment to the party , to themselves and to Canada.

Here we go boys and girls. 18 posh senate seats up for grabs, wonder what this is going to cost us every year ? Elected ! Unelected ! Whats the difference we all end up having to pay people for doing nothing, therein lies the problem ! Our government system was designed a very long time ago, it is outdated, too costly and dysfunctional. People say we need to abolish the senate, I say lets start by bidding the commonwealth goodbye along with the governor general, first things first. We need to take control of our own destiny as a nation, better management would ensue and leave us to implement the necessary policies that would move us forward (like cutting political party funding to start for example), Tough times call for tough decisions and I commend Mr. Harper for having the courage to give it a go although he probably should have abstained until he secured a majority. In the meantime let the coalition have their cake, a conservative majority is much closer than anyone realizes. Its all good !

Hello.

I have a confession:
I am a [true, old school] Conservative; but I am REALLY disillusioned with our current leader.

And the rest of you…. where’s all this hate coming from?
Coalition = Coup ? Give me a break!
IF Parliament is actually doing its job it is, to some extent a coalition anyways.
…coalition of MP’s that together, via shared Confidence of a certain person(s), form a Government.

Why are all my brothers and sisters (especially out here in the West) so blinded by their own opinion of who should be governing?
The process is ENSHRINED by law and by convention in the Constitution.

Harper has set a dangerous precedent for this country by avoiding the collective judgment of the House.
This has nothing to do with Harper, Layton, Dion, etc, etc. ==> It has EVERYTHING to do with due process. Harper may not have broken the law of the land by asking for prorogue; but in my opinion he has defintely broken the spirit of the Constitution and by extension: violated my rights to Democratic governance.

And those of you who are against having the Crown as Head of State are, to be totally frank, arrogant and ignorant. Sorry if that is rude. But the reason why my ancestors DIED for this country was to defend it.
That included the “reserve” power of the Crown, via the Governor-General.
Though in this case, the GG has failed in this most important of duties.

Anybody feel the same way?

P.S. ==> the NCC and the Conservative Party, especially of late is increasingly becoming tabloid-ish in their ads/articles.
DO NOT sabotage your (and mine) heritage in using these tactics.
Be truthful and do not be so misleading in your information ==> Let the people decide on the full facts