Archive for December, 2008
Coalitions and seeing the future
I don’t think that the Governor General should have suspended prorogued Parliament. That’s like the school principal rewarding the bully when the other kids in the schoolyard have finally stood up for themselves. I can understand Stephen Harper being surprised by the other kids. He’s been taking their lunch money for so long, he didn’t think that taking their breakfast was going to stir up this much of a fight. Apparently, even Stephane Dion has limits.
So Harper is a bully, and the Governor General has allowed him to run away from a fight that he clearly started. But I personally don’t want the other kids, Dion and Jack Layton, to run my country. I am a Liberal and I disagree with a lot of Stephen Harper’s agenda, but what I’m really looking for in a leader is a moderate ability to predict the future.
Cross Cultural Connections
My article about the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House and its program to reach out to immigrant seniors is now available online at CanadianImmigrant.ca, Cross Cultural Connections.