A Letter I wrote To My Riding MP

ATT: Irwin Cotler
Member of Parliament for Mont-Royal
Liberal Party of Canada

Hello,

I think most Canadians realize that the prorogation on the part of PM Stephen Harper is more sinister than last year’s. All one has to do is to read the news and the columnists. Globe & Mail‘s John Ibbitson calls it “Devilishly clever”. Norman Spector of that same paper is even predicting an April election. Those are just a few examples of newspaper columnists all celebrating this move of PM Harper. Mike Biehl’s recent article in the Ottawa Citizen has referred to Prime Minister
Stephen Harper as a not so benign dictator. Our prime minister’s actions and inactions as of late are certainly proving this much.

The question being asked by Canadians, myself included is what are the Liberal Party of Canada, The New Democratic Party and the Bloc Quebecois going to do about this?

How are you going to not only persuade Canadians how dangerous a Conservative Party of Canada under Stephen Harper would be, but also, to persuade Canadians that you are the best choice(s)? There are many who simply dismiss Stephen Harper’s past from the Reform Party, the National Citizens’ Coalition and the Canadian Alliance Party, simply because they can’t see real leadership in the Liberal Party.

Stephen Harper once again, abandons Canada at the worst possible time simply for his own political partisan agenda. Are you (the Liberal Party of Canada)going to do the same or are you going to take action, like so many Canadians want you to do?

Next question; are you going to allow today’s corporate right-winged media, like CTV, the Globe & Mail, Most Canadian talk radio shows and the National Post dictate your party strategies or agendas or are you going to think of what is best for Canada?

I, like so many other Canadians: everyday tax payers, pundits in the mainstream media and the blogosphere, believe that with Mr. Harper’s numbers remaining well within majority grasp (remember, former PMChretien had successive majorities with only 37%- 38% of the vote,with the popular Bloc Quebecois),he is hammering the nails in the opposition parties’ coffins while away.

It has been said that neither the Liberal Party nor even the NDP have shown strong leadership consistently. Isn’t it about time that changed, now more than ever?  I mean, if we had strong leadership offered to us by the Liberal Party of Canada and the New Democratic Party of Canada, perhaps we wouldn’t find ourselves in the mess we are in now. We are also tired of hearing the Liberal in-fighting dominating the Corporate right-wing media.

Stephen Harper is counting on Canadians to forget about the torture allegations, even if Canada may be in breach international laws, namely the Geneva Convention. If you (the Liberal Party of Canada), the New Democrat Party and the Bloc Quebecois show up for work and perhaps to continue to keep this issue alive.

I, like so many Canadians, particularly the majority; who did NOT vote for the Conservative Party of Canada are extremely concerned about this prorogation as this permits him to not only stack up those five senate seats with his conservative friends, but all that hard work putting out legislation will have been for nothing.

The majority of Canadians are embarrassed at the poor showing on the world stage as of late. We are sad to see our international reputation sink further than that of the United States during the Bush/Cheney era.

For the above reasons, we, the Canadian people are asking you (the Liberals, New Democratic Party and the Bloc Quebecois) to put aside your differences, find common ground, put away the partisan games that Stephen Harper seems to be quite proficient with, show strong leadership and go to work January 25, 2010 as you would have had Governor General Michaelle Jean hadn’t granted proroguation (over the telephone no less; is this democracy?) to Stephen Harper. This, of course is just for starters.

Just an afterthought, perhaps it is time to revive that Coalition from last year, only, this time, do it before Stephen Harper engineers the next federal election; take a page from the former Canadian Alliance Party and the Progressive Conservatives.

My letter is surely not the first in your email box from Concerned Canadians. Please take this letter as well as other letters you have received from constituents. The future of Canada depends on it.

Everyone should write to their MPs.  Once again, here is how to reach your’s.

Below is a video  reaction of last year’s proroguation from Stevie. The girl not only explains why Stevie’s proroguations fly in the face of democracy, but  why last year’s formation of the coalition was very much democratic.  I know I’ve been posting dated videos these days, but with the events of late, call it what’s old is new again.

Above video courtesy of darksideofthenation

Here is another video below from Pale at ACR that demonstrates in 60 seconds why it is more important than ever for them to put their differences aside, find common ground and help us take back our country. Pay particular attention to the last footage which is a quote from Harpercon MP Gerry Ritz from 2008.  It proves that Stevie is still the frightening bastard he always was from National Citizens’ Coalition and Reform Party.

Are we still going to be complacent? Are we still going to allow Corporatist media to continue spoon feeding their Harpercon friendly agenda to us?