The government we deserve

With the abysmal turnout of the last election its clear Canadians are apathetic towards their leadership. Maintain the status quo and don't inconvenience me are our mantra when it comes to politics, and now we are paying the price.

Displaying their singular ability to be a fairweather government, the Harper Conservatives, barely six weeks after telling the voting public that the economy is fine and that a vote for anyone else would result in a recession, has announced we are now in a recession.

Wow who could have seen that coming? The national economic downturn a been in play for MONTHS with the credit crisis in the US simply acting as a catalyst to speed things along. Unlike other national governments in the western world, our government has applied the time-honored "head in the sand" or "nana nana boo boo" approach to economic stimulus.

Jobs being lost? Consumer confidence at an all time low? Finace Minister's answer is to cut public funding to political parties which will save all of maybe $50 million a year. Given it would take SIX (6!) years of funding to cover the expense of the single recent election, drop in a ocean sized bucket seems to a apply. His other genius mandate? Prohibit the right to strike for Federal workers until 2011. Anyone else smell a contract renegotiation coming up?

This government has proven themselves to be small-minded, petty, and opportunistic at a time when our neighbours to the south find themselves at the apex of a paradigm change so complete as to change the very fabric of their national identity.

Canada could only be so lucky as to have a leader, not a politician at her helm.