Adam M. Anklewicz Writes About Politics
by Adam M. Anklewicz


I never thought I’d write about politics. It’s not that I don’t care, I do quite a bit, but who would care what I have to say about the latest developments in parliament or about Bush’s new projects? This month I felt something needed to be said. Canada’s facing a major change in parliament. Something that hasn’t been seen since Joe Clark took office for those nine months in 1979-1980: A minority conservative government.

Clark’s government failed very quickly with a fast return of famed Liberal Pierre Trudeau to 24 Sussex Drive. The much disliked, insincere, “Right Honourable” Paul Martin is now caught up in a scandal. The Liberals are accused of misusing public funds in the area of millions of dollars. The Conservative Party of Canada and the Bloc Quebecois wish to use these events as a reason to force an election that would cost more than the alleged scandal. Insane.

The Conservative Party sees an opportunity that they may not have again.  With a growing distrust in their leader among the Canadian public, the Conservatives have the possibility of winning a minority government, not having governed since Jean Chrétien’s Liberals ousted Kim Campbell’s Conservatives in November of 1993. The separatist Bloc Quebecois sees an opportunity to win more seats in Quebec away from the Liberals and have an even larger hand in the governing of Canada.

What neither seem to care about is that Canadians don’t want an election, they just want government to work. The Liberals and New Democratic Party seem to want to work to make sure that government functions, bills can be passed and the budget can be amended to accommodate all Canadians and all four major parties.

By the time you read this, the government will have voted on the budget, this vote will be a confidence vote and Martin may be forced to call an election. If that is not what happened, then the government will be faced with dissent from the coalition of Conservatives and the Bloc and nothing will get done.

The smart thing should be to work to create a budget that would satisfy all parties and would make Canadians happy, but the opposition doesn’t seem to care about getting any work done and would rather get paid for a day off.

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