That said it falls on deaf ears as half of Canadians (51%) Believe the Prime Minister is Directly Elected by Voters and Three in Four (75%) Don’t Know Who Canada’s Head of State Is. (http://www.ipsos-na.com/news/pressrelease.cfm?id=4208)

I to have been caught in the political ping-pong game of our so-called democratic elections. I was born and raised in Toronto and hate to admit that since the Tredeau days, I have pretty much given up on the idea of democracy.

Now, Michaelle Jean, our Governera General, will have the difficult task of playing a mediator role (Canada cannot, should not be without a governing body). But unlike most mediators, she has only one week to hear all sides of our mud-slinging, politically elite’s high-school antics and best decide what would be best for Canada, with the Queen’s blessings I have been led to believe. She has access to the highest advisors in all fields she may find necessary to consult with.

What bothers me the most about all the media and public attention this situation is generating, seems to me that most forget what triggered this event. The Liberals, NDP and Bloc didn’t just decide to form a coalition one day because they had nothing better to do. Harper in one of his most underhanded and seditious attacks on Canadian Democracy to date tried to all but eliminate the opposition parties. Harper took control of the government in the manner of a high-school bully as if he had a strong majority rather than a weak minority.

“The opposition parties all say Flaherty’s mini-budget, which strictly limits federal spending, bans public-sector strikes through 2011″….banning public-sector eh, our politically elite trying to sneak that into effect sorta like the martial law the Americans had thrown at them.

A combative Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Friday the government won’t back down on a single measure, despite the opposition threats.

Heck, give them their coalition (Dion will be replaced) but only if they agree to tax-payers conditions:

1. there cannot be another election for three years, tax-payers reserve the right to vote on issues

2. they implement a complete transparent government including expenditures (GOOGLE FOR GOVERNMENT)

3. they all work together to clean up or economy, medical system, educational system, garbage problem and implement ways to make Canada green again. Unemployment and poverty would would be minimal as every Canadian would need to be involved in some way, hence being compensated by the some 50% taxes taken from every employed person. I believe it’s time our government became just that, ours.

BANS PUBLIC-SECTOR FROM STRIKING UP UNTIL 2011…..THEY ARE GOING TO BAN THE TAXPAYERS FROM STRIKING AGAINST FLAHERTY’S BUDGET….THIS IS DEMORACY?????????…WE NEED TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENTING

Also? Isn’t opportunist just another word meaning politician? I kind of assume those motivations unless they prove otherwise