Why Harper Can't Win A Majority

With the recent economic disaster happening south of our border it is important to note that here in Canada we're in relatively good economic shape thanks to the regulations imposed on our Canadian banks. Regulations put in place by Liberal governments of the past. Regulations that in the past Harper has said he would like to loosen and even get rid of altogether. Thank goodness he didn't get his way!

Sure hindsight is 20/20, but it has always been my opinion that too few people are in control of too much of the money in this world. Without regulation those people are left to police themselves and then greed kicks in and they begin making poor decisions. That's exactly what has happened in the US.

Recently The World Economic Forum (WEF) rated Canada's bank system as the soundest in the world with Sweden, Luxembourg, Australia and Denmark rounding up the top 5. The U.S. rated 40.

Can I say it again? THANK GOD HARPER HASN'T GOTTEN HIS WAY!

Harper may try to take credit for our relatively good economic health, but just remember that if he had had his majority in the last election, we'd likely be in the same boat as our neighbours to the south. As things sit, we're limping, but in the end by all accounts, it looks like we'll probably be OK.

If you're like me, you voted against the Liberals, not for any particular party in the last election. You may want to rethink things this time around. As much as I hate the idea of Dion at the country's reigns. I don't think this country can afford a Harper majority government and if we split our votes amongst the other parties, that is exactly what we're liable to get.

Comments

[Nhi]

You've raised some good points, Al. I've always struggled between voting for a candidate I want to win, or voting strategically against a candidate I don't want to win. And by design of our parliamentary system, I sometimes struggle with voting for a party in my riding that I don't want to be the ruling party in Ottawa, and vice versa.

In this election, I certainly agree with the dangers of handing Stephen Harper a majority government, for the sake of the economy as well as other social issues. However, I'm not confident in Stephane Dion as a leader, and have reservations about Layton's and May's ability to govern during a difficult time. While I have some idea of how I will vote on Tuesday, I'll be monitoring the polls closely until then.

[Al]

I'm beginning to think that most of our (or at least my) uneasiness with Dion as a leader stems from the Conservatives attack ads and not so much from reality. I never saw the French language debate because...well...my French isn't that great, but from what I've heard/read, Dion aquitted himself just fine. In the English debate, he was clearly inferior. Could it just be a language issue? Are we judging a man by how he does with his second language instead of how qualified he is to run the country? I mean, he DID win the Liberal leadership. Is it because the Liberal party has no good leaders? I find that hard to believe. I think many of us (myself included) are victims of good conservative marketing.