We're Back

After a long hiatus, the Canadian Post is back, and not a moment too soon. In recent weeks and months, the Harper Government has continued its cold-hearted campaign of trampling over the rights of Canadians, and breaking promises and laws wherever it has seen fit. A Government that was elected on a promise to end dishonesty and corruption in Ottawa has instead broken Canada's campaign financing laws, attempted to bribe a dying MP to bring down Paul Martin's minority Government, attacked the ethics of the 80 percent of Canadian doctors who approve Insite, the safe injection site in Vancouver, broken promise after promise, broken its own policy on accountability and transparency with respect to appointments to the Supreme Court of Canada, and this Sunday is expected to break its own fixed election date legislation.

Never in Canada's history have we seen a Government launch an attack on the impartial institutions of state that the Conservatives have under Stephen Harper. This is the first time that I can remember that a Government has actually had the moxie to try and smear Elections Canada, which has been the gold standard in terms of impartiality for Canadians. But calling out the Prime Minister for what basically amounts to electoral fraud was too much for him. Just as happens to anybody else that criticizes Canada's naked emperor, Elections Canada is now receiving the full force of Harper's vengeance. It doesn't stop there though. Sheila Fraser, Canada's auditor-general is a target as well. Yes, remember her? She's the one who Harper heaped praise on for blowing the whistle on the sponsorship scandal. As an officer of Parliament, she doesn't take orders from political figures. She does her job, and goes where the numbers and evidence lead her. Stephen Harper went after her too. He and his thugs tried to force her to vet all of her public comments through the PMO. She kindly told him where to go and how to get there, and for good reason. She doesn't work for him. Sheila Fraser is an officer of Parliament. She works for us, and thankfully, she told him to go to hell, and then called him on it publicly. The list goes on and on, and Canadians still seem willing to tolerate this crap.

Elements in this Government still think that the jury is out on matters such as evolution and climate change. On minority rights, reproductive rights, and gay rights, they favour turning back the clock. At every turn we have seen how out of touch this Government has been, and if it weren't for the fact that they are in a minority situation, they would have transformed our laws to a point where we would not recognize this country.

This weekend, an election will be called, and Conservatives across the country will look you in the eye and lie to you in a blatant attempt to dupe you into voting for them. They will attempt to suppress the voices of those who disagree with them, including the Green Party of Canada. For those whose voices they can't suppress, they will launch an all-out campaign of distortion, because it is the only way to hide from Canadians just how out of touch they are. Throughout the upcoming campaign, this publication will hold their propaganda to the harsh light of the truth.