Parliament Makes Canada Unstable?

Posted on 12 January 2010

That is apparently what our brilliant Prime Minister believes.

Let me repeat that: Stephen Harper believes that the legislative process of our elected officials makes Canada unstable.

Check out this article in The Ottawa Citizen.  Apparently this is what he told BNN in a recent interview.

So if Parliament makes Canada unstable, what exactly does he want?  Well I can tell you.  He wants to further strengthen the power of the already far too strong Executive Branch, and avoid all accountability to the elected legislature.  This is why he prorogued Parliament, and this is clearly what he wants more of – No accountability.

In reality though, this is an incredibly asinine comment by the Prime Minister.  It is not Parliament that makes us unstable.  It is a government that refuses to bend their agenda in a minority situation that makes us unstable.  Stephen Harper, simply put, refuses to govern properly in a minority situation.  He should be negotiating with the opposition parties and finding true middle ground on issues because he does not have a majority of seats.  If he did this there would be significantly less instability in the House of Commons because the other parties would actually support him because they would have buy-in to his legislation.  Harper needs to stop trying to govern like he holds a majority, because this is what is causing the instability.

It is the Harper government, and the Harper government alone that is making Canada unstable, not Parliament.  If they governed properly in a minority situation there would be no reason for instability, but because Harper refuses to admit that the Canadian voters did not give him a majority he causes this instability… it’s on you Harper, stop playing the blame game.