- Stephen Harper's Utopia (The Rich Need Only Subscribe)

Submitted: 9:11am, PST, 22 Dec.'10
CPP battle tailor-made for Opposition, December 21, 2010, Scott Reid, Special to CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/12/21/opinion-scott-reid-pensions.html

"is bold confirmation that Ayn Rand still triumphs over common sense, public interest and sound policy in Harper's Ottawa."

I think everyone would agree that with Harper and the Con's, ideology, partisanship and promotion and implementation of policies that lie at the extreme right of our society with Canada and all Canadians be dam[redacted]ed is not simply paramount, or "triumphs", but exclusive and rationality, objectivity and the good of all has no place. But, come on, who will understand the allusion to Ayn Rand. Better, who will be alienated by it.

The Harper CPP proposal is simply one more step, our in more vernacular terms 'nail in the coffin', in the dismantling of Canada and a nation. It takes Canada away from a tolerant, compassionate society, where all Canadians join together to help those that need help and bring us one step closer to an America style, everyone for themselves, where the distinction between the well off and those than need help consolidates and engrosses.

There is no doubt that that if you are well off, it may be that privatizing the CPP is an advantage, so too, dismantling and privatizing Health care - if you can afford it, it may just give you shorter wait times and perhaps even better service.

The expression "money is everything" may be Right (ideologically) but is wrong (morally) and isolates the person from their own humanity but also the humanity of all those with whom we share life.

The fundamental issue here is:

Do we want a society where entitlement is based on the amount of wealth you accumulate, where the rich have special status in society and first dibs on the essentials of life - in other words an elitist society, something akin to what our forefathers spent generations climbing out of.

If so, then there is Harper and the Con's

Or,

Do we want to maintain an strengthen our current way of life where the value and dignity of life is paramount right across the board, where we are all equals, where entitlement to the essentials of life are based on our common humanity and not being rich, where 'personal net worth' means just what it says and not how much money you have.

If this is your vision of Canada then stand up, be counted and consolidate against Harper and Con'ism.

Lloyd MacILquham cicblog.com/comments.html