THE CONSERVATIVE CORNER
By: Dave Larrett
If you’re like me, it irks you when people talk about things as if they’re an authority on the matter, when clearly they have no idea what they’re talking about. What vexes me further is when people opine after declaring they have tuned out politics for a few months now. I’m referring to last week’s opinion piece written by Mr. Cody
Jack. Let’s begin with last October, when the vote was (not December, Cody). The Conservatives won. Remember that?
So, democratically speaking, they do represent the will of the people.
Now fast forward to December, “Jack and Gilles ran up the hill because they got a whiff of power. Dion fell down and broke his crown, while Iggy laughed from his Ivory Tower.” Following the attempted coup from the Liberals, socialists, and the party whose goal is to break up the country (the Bloc Quebecois), Iggy was ordained leader. He didn’t win leadership by being dually elected. No no, he told his rivals to back down and like Napoleon, grabbed the crown and coronated himself. There’s your lacking democracy.
Last week Cody wrote that our government has ‘fumbled every other issue,’ like the economy. Well ladies and gentleman, guess what? StatsCan showed that as of June we’re officially out of recession. Our economy is growing, 27,000 jobs were made in August, and we’re the envy of the G8 right now. While others struggle with hyper-inflated deficits (the US is nearly $13 Trillion in the hole), and while unemployment rises around the world, our country’s economy is growing again. Why? Because Harper and his team have done their job. The World Bank has said so. The IMF has said so. Other countries have said so. And now the numbers say so. Just because you don’t like Harper doesn’t mean he’s not doing his job. He’s doing it damn-well and the world knows it.
Next thing Cody gets wrong is the senators. Right now, senators are appointed by the PM. Harper’s been campaigning for years to make the senate an elected House, but can’t do it because the Liberals oppose it. Cody talks about senators and by-elections but the two don’t exist together. MPs have by-elections, not senators. As for appointing NDP members to high-profile positions, look at who Harper just put in as our ambassador to the US: Gary Doer. He’s an NDP Premier!
While everyone is entitled to their opinion, less informed opinions do a disservice to the public when published. I hope in the future that people consider the information they are basing their opinions on before having it published.
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