I'm a Part of the 62% Majority

3 December 2008

It is no secret to followers of my blog that I do not attempt to fit neatly into anyone's political pigeonholes. I hope always to provoke, and perhaps sometimes to shock, my readers, but only with well-reasoned argumentation....

Several months ago, I figured out that I am not a conservative, but a post-liberal. My fiscal and international security views are conservative, but my social views are quite liberal and inclusive. From this standpoint, I adhere to the positions of none of the leading political parties of Canada (though perhaps some day, the Liberal Party of Canada, whom I regard as the most workable of the established Canadian political parties, may evolve to the "Post-Liberal Party of Canada...").

In the interim, I have come to despise Stephen Harper, primarily for his betrayal of small Canadian investors through the destruction of the oil/gas income trust tax exemption. I will not reiterate my critical analysis here, as I have previously posted at length on the issue.

I also feel that Mr. Harper entirely lacks vision for the economic future of the country. Despite the current global fiscal crisis, we are entering into an age of rebirth of commodity production - led by Asian growth. Canada's mining and mineral sector - and its resource sector more broadly - stands to lead the world into the new millennium. Canada has more registered mining companies than the remainder of the world combined, and this fact seems not yet to have come to Mr. Harper's attention, as he has scrambled to throw financial aid at the successful business sectors of the past, rather than to those which will lead Canada into the future.

Through research on the subject, I discovered that Mark Carney, the well-educated but regressively-minded Governor of the Bank of Canada, was the primary instigator of the sabotage of the primarily small Canadian investor-owned income trust system. The narrow-minded Finance Minister, Jim Flaherty, was easily led by the nose on this initiative, and I have already called for Mr. Flaherty's resignation....

In any case, I was absolutely delighted recently to discover that the three remaining political parties, who represent the clear majority of Canadian opinion, have banded together to turf Mr. Harper out of office. This is certainly a testament to the extent to which Mr. Harper is NOT a team player. He has managed to alienate entirely every element of the opposition in the house and the senate!

Sign the 62% majority petition here!

And, for a clear overview of the background issues, view my wife Susan's blog entry here.

Here is my last word on the subject: Good riddance to you, Mr. Harper.... Get thee gone, and do not again darken Canada's doorstep! And please, take Mr. Flaherty with you - as soon as possible!
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