The Rintrah Perspective

Stephen Harper claims that the opposition parties are acting undemocratically.  This is bullshit.  Democracy is the rule of the people.  As long as politicians act to serve their own political agenda, or that of their party, they are not acting democratically.  This is why I believe only in minority governments.

The House of Commons should be a microcosm of Canada; a representation of the whole of Canada.  But, in one sense, it should be better.  While each group may want to determine how the country’s priorities are determined, the HoC should demonstrate to the country that one group should not have and lord power over the rest.  In this way the politicians would work together to solve the problems of the country in the best interest of the whole of Canada.  This is not about compromise.

Compromise means sacrificing ideals.  Ideals, however, belong to ideology.  And ideology often means sacrificing what is best for everyone and holding fast to what is believed to be true.  The two are not necessarily the same.  In fact ideology usually blinds people from what is best.

Minority governments must work together in order to be productive and do what is best and what is right.  In a minority government there is not one group that has the power to determine the direction of government and the country.  Coalition governments help achieve this.  Particularly if all of the parties are involved.

In this case it is not all the parties.  But the ruling party has decided not to play with others.  And that is a demonstration that the Conservatives do not believe in democracy.  And in this case the ruling party has sent a clear signal to Canadians that their own ideology is more important than democracy.