VIVA LA REVOLUTION!

so much for the left-wing media bias. it seems as though a majority of the coverage of the possible coalition government taking power from harper’s minority has been very biased against it. DID ANYONE ELSE SEE THE COVER OF THE EDMONTON SUN?!?!?! SHOCKING! they even had the nerve to print that ‘now our politicians want to cast aside the will of the people.’ SERIOUSLY?

first of all, i’m tired of hearing the word ‘overthrown’ as if we’re in the middle of the french revolution and stephane dion will be carting a guillotine into parliament. second of all, what’s all this talk of canadians giving the conservatives the ‘mandate’ to govern in the last election? WTF? did i miss something? i thought the conservatives were elected by a minority of voters meaning that they had to work with the other parties in order to make our government productive. it’s like the idea of a coalition government is completely fucking foreign after months of talking about co-operation and working together in the run up to the election. is a coalition not the ultimate representation of co-operation? if the conservatives can’t or won’t bring the parties together and make parliament work then i fully support the opposition parties taking power and doing it themselves. this is not some undemocratic underhanded seizure of power. these parties received 62% of the vote and should they decide to organize themselves then they should be given a chance to govern.

this is democracy and i’m glad the people who voted for either of the 3 coalition parties are standing up and having their voices counted. WE ARE THE MAJORITY AND WE DESERVE DEMOCRACY!

addendum:
this post by state of the union gives a good rundown of how our parliamentary system works and is very well informed.