Joke of the week if not the year...

Hey did you hear the joke about the Liberal, Bloc Quebecoise and NDP members of parliament who walk into the back of a dark bar and broker a deal to topple the Tori minority government?

Yeah, I hadn't heard it either until this morning. So to alleviate any possiblity of this happening Mr. Harper decides that this coming Monday will no longer be an opposition day and preventing the big three, No! not the major car makers, from tabling a motion to form a coalition government. Perhaps the Liberals, Bloc and NDP feel they got jilted during the last fed-up, errr. federal election. Well stand in line boys as even now as the snow gently falls on many of our fair cities in this great country of ours, there are still many a constituent complaining about the non-event election while enjoying Tim Horton coffees and sitting in Canadian Tire auto service waiting rooms. So, when is the next opposition day when same will be allowed to introduce the motion to oust Mr. Harper from his seat, well believe it or not Dec. 8th. Now, when most of the country will be going about it's regular business of getting the kids to school on time, getting themselves to work on time and then realizing there isn't much time before Christmas, well we Quebec residents will be voting. Yes, not only will we have to contend with doing our civic duty, which this proud Montreal will do, but we also have to contend with a barrage of media coverage coming out of Ottawa that will ensue pending the tabling of the coalition motion. Ah yes, gripping television in the making for sure.

I'm I upset? Now, what would make you my dear reader, think I was upset or being overly condescending? I mean hey we only had a $300M election which was for not, heck they could have used a coin toss, "Heads you stay in power Steven, tails ehnn... we'll put the Liberals in for a while."

Disclaimer time..., I have made it almost a edict during most of my life that I do not talk politics, for one I'm what you might call a political neophyte, not perhaps proud of it, but one nonetheless, so as it stands I'm sticking my neck way out and risk having it chopped off by those who would be more acquainted with all things political. However, I have chosen to write about this as both an exercise in literary lunacy and an expose of my own limited, but yet passionate thoughts on the political landscape forming in our land during these touch economic times.

We need strong leaders, with integrity, passion and a willingness to work together and make this country of ours economically strong, scientifically and industrially progressive and a world leader in both social and business ventures. Tough call huh? You bet, but that's why we have the ability and the duty to vote every 4 years for individual who we think embody those very virtues of which i speak. Unfortunately this morning's announcement was like a kick in the teeth. We, as the people, had our say and I agree with Mr. Harper that the political make up that we decided, whether it did or did not change anything, was decided by us Canadians and should not be subjugated by those who did not win the election.

Now with rant over and feeling somewhat vindicated (hmm.... wine) I will bid you all farewell and return you to your regularly scheduled mayhem and me to my pillow where I hope to have sweet sugarplum dreams about honest, well-meaning parliamentarians frolicking in tulip-laden meadows. Yes, I also still believe in Santa!

Have a great weekend everyone.