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Friday 15 April 2011

- Save the Kittens! Vote... @ 19:27

so all right...

I'm sure to some degree most of us are aware of the upcoming federal election that has been put into motion due to parliaments vote of no confidence in our favorite blue sweatered priminister. This, some say, could possibly be the ending of Harper's five year reign in office. So, what praytell , brought about this vote in no confidence that caused 156 members of parliament to vote opposed to Harper, and dissolve Canada's fortieth parliament? It would appear that not even in addition to his alleged diet of kittens, Harper did indeed fuck up. So, what exactly are the crimes against Canada? Well according to the opposing officials in parliament, the "coup", so to speak, spear headed by Liberal Michael Ignatieff, stands to accuse Harper of being in contempt for failure to disclose details of financial nature pertaining to legislation. Don't worry Ignatieff, the 65 American-made stealth fighter jets are alllll apart of the Economic Recovery Plan for Canada...

Now I myself, being seventeen and uneducated within the realms of politics, have very narrow view as to what is going on within our government system. However, this doesn't go without saying, that it doesn't take a genius to see that when 156 members of parliament vote against you and your minority government fails to overturn the opposition (once again), what ever it may be, chances something is wrong and its time for a change. Yes, this means your minority government is STILL not working and that most of us STILL don't like it.

At this point I'm not too sure how I feel about the election. Sure, it would be nice to finally establish a government that would have enough power for their votes to go somewhere, but in the same breath I wonder how much this is costing us as tax payers.

Oh yeah...
an estimated $288.2 million.

That is about 35% of the rough estimate of how much those fighter jets are going to cost Canada over the next 20 years.

I don't know about you, but this seems a little unorthodox when you bring to perspective the fact that out Education system, in particular Alberta, will be suffering some major cutbacks next year. I believe I heard that 5 teachers alone in my school would be losing their jobs and and at another one would remain for an entire faculty. This alone is shitty for the already underpaid teachers, and even worse for the students, who will be crammed into classrooms... about 45 per class or so...
but THANK GOD Harper is not planning on raising our taxes to provide an adequate education for our future fighter pilots... that would just be ridiculous, and don't you think, detracting from the main point of where leaders should be directing their focus? I think it was harper who said at a Winnipeg ralley involving post secondary education funding, that the focus was back from their places "in Ottawa at [their] desks working on the economy."

Maybe that's why Harper failed to release those financial documents? Thanks to the Liberals he must have lost the papers.
Fucking Ignatieff strikes again...

Well all in all I will have to cut this short and sweet.
In return all that I ask this...

Dear Government:
Cut the spending and cut the crap.
and on a side note ...

please, Jack Layton, cut the mustache. It makes you look like just as much of a douche has Harper and that atrocious sweater.

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