A Beer Hall Putsch

“History is being made,” is a point made by one blogger. The NDP and Liberals have agreed to form a coalition government that will include the Bloc in order to take over the reigns of government from the ‘evil’ hands of Stephan Harper. It has only been a month since the election, which gave the conservative government 19 additional seats. The left-winger is cringing their hands in anticipation of their favourite people Stephan Dion and Jack Layton spooning their way into power. Knowing full well that the country does not endorse Dion, they opened the political crypt and dusted off Ed Broadbent and John Chrétien to show the people they have leadership.

The average Canadian is watching in disbelief as the coalition of losers has plotted to overthrow the government. What is taking place is by definition a Coup d’etat, “a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force.” The rest of the world, if they are watching, is seeing political instability in Canada that will affect foreign investment, a move that is at best ill advised in the light of global financial instability. Canada, until the lefties started to plan this putsch, has the strongest economy of all the G7 nations.

How does Harper get such a bad reputation in the east?
The liberal media, so prevalent in the east, rarely gives a right-wing government room to grow. One of the best examples is a Globe and Mail piece written last week by columnist Scott Reid. In his editorial he refers to Harper as, “Stephen Harper is the most dangerous animal lurking in the jungles of Parliament. He doesn’t play to win. He plays to conquer. Under his guidance, the public interest is always subjugated to his personal political advancement. And he poisons Parliament with an extreme, bare-fanged breed of partisanship that has no hope of repair until he is banished.” Reid goes onto addressing the upcoming coalition directing them to. “Their imperative could not be clearer: kill him. Kill him dead. Do not, whatever you do, provide him with an opportunity to extend his hold on power. Because you can be damn certain he will never again be so reckless as to give you a chance to finish him off.”

These are direct quotes from an editorial entitled, “Why the opposition can’t back down now” The real scary thing is that Mr. Reid is typical of liberal minded folks of the east. Bloggers, chat rooms and the like are chock full of liberals using similar language when expressing their view of the conservative government.

But lets us call the coalition what it is. This is a selfish move to grab power. It is a slap in the face of the democratic procedure of elections. It is a way for the leaders of the NDP and Liberals to set aside the wishes of Canadians and exchange that for the power ambitions of both Layton and Dion.

If this coalition succeeds in taking power we will have Dion as the Prime Minister, Layton as the Minister of Finance with the likes of Broadbent and Chrétien as advisors. The NDP have never held power, in Canada because the people do not want the socialist policies of that party. The Liberals lost the confidence of the people in the last election because they proved that they do not have the leadership to steer the country. The generous increase of electoral seats for the Conservatives was a tip-of-the-hat to Harper and the Conservatives that Canadians are showing more confidence in a leader that has not spoken from both sides of his mouth.

Some nay sayers will point out that the coalition came about as a lack of confidence in Harper as a result of him abandoning a proposal to end public subsidies to political parties, a subsidy that is only designed to pad a political parties ability to sway the masses using tax dollars.

The CBC reported on the night of the election when it became obvious that the Conservatives would be forming another minority government, that the NDP and Liberals will be forming a coalition. This showed that the ambitions of Dion and Layton are put ahead of the interest of our country. It is obvious to the clear thinker that the Liberals take the title, “Naturally Governing Party,” to heart as this Coup d’etat was planned from the offset and they were only looking for an opening.

The Globe and Mail columnist Scott Reid was the former communications director for liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin. His editorial is a window into the mind of the coalition. He stated, “The coalition must be ruthless. Be quick to signal that if Mr. Dion can’t win the confidence of his own party, or the country, an alternative will be identified before the vote in the House. This is a rare moment in political history. A prime minister has been foolish enough to sacrifice control over his destiny to others.”

That type of language was heard in 1923, “You can see that what motivates us is neither self-conceit or self-interest, but only a burning desire to join the battle in this grave eleventh hour for our German Fatherland ... One last thing I can tell you. Either the German revolution begins tonight and the morrow will find us in Germany a true nationalist government, or it will find us dead by dawn!” (Adolf Hitler, The Beer Hall Putsch.)

Harpers only fault in this debacle is giving the opposition as much rope as they need.