Depends on your perspective
Oh how the virtuous do protest! My status of bemused bystander is having a whale of a time reading the comments posted under pretty much every article dealing with the current political situation in Ottawa. CBC, for example, is richly fed with a torrent of afterthought. Oddly enought, about half the comments read much like this:
Canadians should denounce this undemocratic manoeuvre to take power without a mandate from Canadians.
Now, that was a quote from Gail Shea, who is one of four elected members from the Island, and the only one with a “winning team” sweater in her recently packed luggage.You don’t have to dig very deep to find exactly the same sentiment from any of the other 143 bearers of the party line. (A thin cord, in passing).
Let’s check the facts. I voted in the last federal election, just like a few million others. And, without exception, we voted for a representative in our local riding. Not a party. Not a prime minister. Those are part of an overlying structure to a parliamentary system. My vote designated a proxy, who would go to the city that never wakes with a mandate to support my views.
Now, if my counting skills hold up, there are 308 seats in the House. And there are currently 163 duly elected representative that have decided to either form or support a coalition, with the goal of watching over the wishes and needs of the general population. That, to me, is a majority of elected bodies. No need to argue; this is democracy in action.
I feel sorry for those that have lost sight of process and believe that there is a God-given right to hold power. Not to mention any given member by name, but when you act like a bully, the little kids on the playground may decide to join together and send you home. Without your marbles.
Go, Coalition of little kids, Go!
