- Harper's Newest Con

Posted 7:49am, PDT, 11 May '10 National Post

Grants and drag queens don't mix Analyis, Kevin Libin, National Post, May 11, 2010
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=3011070&p=1

Once again Stephen Harper is using the Prime Minister's Office and Canadian tax payers money to implement his own, or worse, Gay Giorno's personal religious agenda. (I know, I know, it's 'Guy' - I normally don't engage in vicious personal attacks but, hey, come on, I couldn't resist, and it is Satin's henchman after all - or is it the other way around???, and besides, perhaps expressing it thus now the Con's will be able to relate to it.) We, of course, saw this with the family planning policy just recently as well.

These funds entrusted to Harper by the Canadian people is for promoting tourism and culture and not to be doled out on political basis, especially extreme right wing that represents a small minority of Canadians.

The Con is that smaller communities will be favoured. Perhaps some enterprising Liberal can do a riding by riding analysis to see what percentage of Con riding compared to say Liberal or others are blessed - yah, like Harper has ever done something like that before.

Bob Rae is right (morally that is). The irony is that Harper and the Con's are implementing their religious beliefs but not honest enough to come right out and tell the truth about it.

It is coming to light that Harper is basing his policies on his personal religious beliefs, thus blurring the separation of Church and State, transforming Canada into a non-secular, religious state despite that at least 2/3rds of all Canadians are being marginalized.

"It's just atrocious political management," Tom Flanagan's pet theory .

And here I though it was that Harper has compromised extremist right wing conservative values to cling onto power and has to do something to convince his die-hard base that he is still the same old Harper that they knew and loved with the same extreme right wing agenda that the rest of Canadians didn't know and don't love.

The separation of state and Church is vital to our way of life. We are not Iran. Canada's political system is not a facade of Democratic process with the Executive being made up of religious extremists who wield the real power and make policy.

By basing his policies on a very narrow religious basis, Harper in fact is violating the Charter of Right regarding religious freedom, which is not demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.

The Canada our forefathers built with their blood, sweat and tears is a tolerant, moderate, multi-faceted nation (of course, that's what separation of State and Church is all about). We should all demand the Canada of our forefathers back.

During the Second World War Many many tens of thousands of Canadians died and endured severe hardship for many years of their lives fighting tyranny and for a free society where everyone could express their feeling and opinions and seek a full and satisfying life. These men and women were the ones that brought in and established The Charter of Rights and Freedoms as a pinnacle of their efforts and provide the means for future generations to ensure these freedoms and defend ourselves against tyranny.

I want my Canada back.

Lloyd MacILquham cicblog.com/comments.html