devolution of a nation

At the risk of sounding like a 'conspiracy nut', or a 'doomsayer'; I'd like to make one comment: "The reversal of our great nation is upon us!!!" Well, if it had been a majority government that may have been true. Thankfully it was minority which means a few extra checks and bounds. However, Mr. Harper certainly isn't waiting to get his agenda rolling, which some may take to be the sign of a great leader, I on the other hand am a tad bit frightened.

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Lets look at a few of his accolades and commrades:

1) Recently re-elected Mr. Harper ran an election campaign touted the importance of Canada-US relations, yet what is his first move as PM? To prod the Americans over sovereign of the northern passage. (Northern Passage - BBC) It even made headlines on BBC!

2) He welcomes floor crosser David Emerson with open arms, despite being upset when Belinda Stronach crossed the floor. At least we haven't elected a 'flip-flopper' I believe the term is. Imagine being in Emersons riding, who elected as a liberal in 2004 had the confidence of his riding going into this election. Then days after being elected in 2006 he defect to the conservative party with complete disregard for his electorate. This is the true sign of a spineless coward. However, the floor crossing episodes of Stronach and Emerson highlight some major deficits inherent in the current system. A system where an MP was not allowed to change parties without being relected by his/her electorate would be a far more democratic system and would prevent a demise to anarchy.
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3) Mr. Harper is also against gun control . Wheter he is for leaving guns in the hands of people who may accidentally kill their kids, or that more guns equals a safer society? I will never know. And the opinion of some that guns are only coming from the states will be intereted to know that approximately 40 handguns were stolen from a private collection earlier this week. Let me guess, 'these guns were stolen by a collector?', or better yet 'they were stolen to be used in criminal offences in another country?' Not likely, with the escalations in gun violence in Toronto recently it is likely that these guns will be used in future crimes that will impact us locally.