Cons. seek to cripple government

Dot on, Scott, dot on. These Reformers have been screaming about this since the 80s. “Less government, less government”. That’s all they’ve ever been about. The so fervently believe that the private sector is better, that they will destroy everything public to get what they want. Talk about evil incarnate.

Postscript:
Notice how we haven’t heard anything from the likes of Peter MacKay or any other old ‘Conservative’ on the raid and scandal?

Ted:

The Conservatives are trying to throw our national institutions into disrepute so they can make the claim that “government doesn’t work”.

They can then (if they can convince the public of that) then do some dismantling of the federal government, which is what Harper wants, and has for a while. That’s also why he’s giving away money with “tax cuts”, so the federal government can’t do any national programs if he loses power.

So, Elections Canada, and CBC and a Liberal camera crew, film the serving of an ‘unannouced by law’ warrant,
timed to coincide with the 3 Amigos meeting, for maximum embarrassment, and you and Travers think that PMSH is eroding ‘another democratic cornerstone by implying dark motivation and partisan purpose.’

If that staged event wasn’t dark motivation and for a partisan purpose, what was it?

There’s a combination of factors here. Yes, there is that disdain for the mechanism of government, particularly the various elements of the civil service. Elections Canada isn’t partisan, and therefore in the conservative “all who are not with me are against me” mindset, must be liberals.

But let’s be honest. If this is all true, they got caught blatantly cheating. Harper and his minions are scrabbling for whatever they can find. Between this, Cadman, and the other nonsense they’ve pulled, they could find themselves on the losing side of an ethics debate, and they were never prepared for that.

Then again, they probably shoved all this under the rug with the assumption that they’d have a majority before it came out. It does make you wonder what would happen to Elections Canada under a Conservative majority.

Well Wilson, Steve and you can go on all they want about other parties doing this, but Elections Canada didn’t find anything wrong with any other parties spending. It’s only the Cons who are in violation of election law.

Sure, you can charge EC with “bias” and full of Liberal moles, but other then the right-wing wackos, no one in Canada is going to give that much credence.

Quote: “The Conservatives are trying to throw our national institutions into disrepute so they can make the claim that “government doesn’t work”.”

Newsflash: government doesn’t work, at least not very well. The difference between government and private institutions is that government can use force. Most of us don’t like being on the receiving end of force; we would rather make our own decisions about our own lives. We can use force in self-defence, and the government is supposed to back us up when necessary. That’s why we need a government. Pretty much everything else should be left to private choice. And people who like using force on others are too dangerous to be let into government.

Ever read the Auditor-General’s reports?

Clipping the power of government and handing it to the people is called “sabotage”?, I stand with those who want less taxes, and less bureaucracy. I know first hand the abusive power of a government with too much time on its hands.