Election 2008

So the Prime Minister has asked the Governor General to dissolve a Parliament that he said was dysfunctional. If it was as dysfunctional as he claims, he might want to examine his own party first and foremost. After all, when the Opposition offered to fast-track the bulk of his crime legislation, it was the Prime Minister and his Conservative lapdogs who said no, and then tried to blame the opposition for it. It is this Prime Minister who has run the most secretive and unaccountable government, second only to the White House since George W. Bush moved in. Let's face it, this is the Government that actually wrote a handbook on how to obstruct the business of Parliament, so I'm not entirely sure how an election will change anything, unless the Canadian people wake up and get rid of all the Tories who have run roughshod over Parliament since day one.

With this election, Canadians have an opportunity to open the windows of this country and let in some fresh air. To do this, however, they will have to take the opportunity to inform themselves beyond the soundbytes and attack ads that will undoubtedly be hurled about by all the political parties. They might need to try and understand that Stéphane Dion is not the wimp that he's been made out to be. After all, this is the man who told the separatists to get bent. That said, his political strategy has been severely lacking to the point of being pathetic, and if he doesn't learn how to throw a punch at the Prime Minister, this election will be a disaster.