- Harper Is No J.A. MacDonald

Posted: 2/19/2010 11:08:25 AM The Globe and Mail
Harper may be iron-fisted. And so what if he is?, Bob Plamondon, 19 Feb.'10
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Bob Plamondon: "Stephen Harper is an autocrat who keeps a Vise-Grip on power, bullies his opponents and runs roughshod over democratic traditions. And how different is this from his predecessors? Not much."

There is a very big and very important difference between Harper and the Con's and Canada's previous Prime Ministers

All the previous PM's had the interests of Canada, all Canadians and the future of this nation, at heart. They were intent on nation building

Harper has dedicated his career in public life to tearing asunder Confederation

The only similarity in ideology and agenda between MacDonald, Diefenbaker, Stanfield, Clark and Mulrouney and Harper is that they all had the word "Conservative" in the name of their Party. The similarities end there. The Con Party is not the PC Party. The PC were a moderate right of centre Party. Harper and the Con's are extremist right wing ideologues

A very good illustration of this is that J.A. MacDonald joined forces with the Clear Grits (for runners of the Liberal Party) to unit the colonies and form Confederation. That's, of course, why Canadian today are proud of MacDonald. It is inconceivable that Harper might join with the Liberals, or anyone else, to solve Canada's current problems, strengthen the union and make this great nation of our even greater

This is despite that the 'Mandate' given by the people of Canada is do to precisely that - join with the Opposition and work together. Harper has, in fact, betrayed the trust given to him for the sake of obtaining and wielding bald power to achieve goals that are opposed to the good of Canada and all Canadians

We must consider the impact of all the Harper Policies on our Nation and the Legacy we leave to our children and our children's children to prevent Harper from tearing asunder what has been built thru the blood sweat and tears of out forefathers, maintain what we have achieved in the past, and perhaps improve on it, if possible, and leave our children with the appreciation of us having lived here and not a bitter resentment that we were ever given a turn at the helm

But then, Plamondon, you must know all this

Lloyd MacILquham cicblog.com/comments.html