Political Fun And Games - In Canada

I'm a political junkie and I don't deny it. I also have conservative leanings in most issues with a bit of liberalism thrown in just for fun. What is happening in Canada this past week would be fun to watch if it wasn't so darn serious. There was an election mid November where Prime Minister Stephen Harper was re elected with a minority, albeit a larger minority than previously.

According to the news reports one of the loosing parties the NDP led by "Taliban Jack, "I'm running to be Prime Minister", immediately conspired with another party, the Bloc (the party that wants to separate Quebec from Canada), to oust the Prime Minister at first opportunity. According to news reports it didn't matter what vote came up in the House, it would be voted down. They'd get the Liberals on side, never mind that the Liberal party has a "lame duck" leader at the moment. Stephane Dion "we have to get back to power as soon as possible" has resigned and there is to be a Leadership race in the spring.

That opportunity arrived last week when the Finance Minister presented his fall economic update. There weren't enough handouts to suit Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition not that it would have mattered.

Predictably the TSE dropped 700 points this morning with banks stocks leading the decline. So much for faith in the new potential leadership of this country.

Now as my offspring says, the opposition have every right to bring down the house if they have lost confidence in the Prime Minister, (Westminster System) I know that, but what I find so offensive is that this was preplanned by Jack Layton.

I think that Stephan Dion, Jack Layton and Gille Duceppe should all be forced to live at 24 Sussex Dr. (the official residence of the Prime Minister). What the heck, if their all in bed with each other why not live together...

Meet the potential new Prime Minister of Canada...