Do we really need a majority government?
So far in the 2011 federal election campaign we’ve heard that to get a continued economic recovery we need a majority government. But do we really?
So far in the 2011 federal election campaign we’ve heard that to get a continued economic recovery we need a majority government. But do we really?
Canadians will go to the polls on May 2 to choose a new government.
The question is will it be a new government or more of the same?
It has been hard to keep up with all the Harper Conservative scandals these days. We have seen “in and out “schemes, ministers doctoring documents, ministers’ offices being used for partisan fundraising, Harper refusing to provide parliament with the cost of his jets, prisons and corporate tax cuts and the latest scandal where one of Harper’s former top advisors is selling his connections to the PM.
Elections Canada has now laid charges against the Conservative party and four of its top campaign officials and fundraisers – including two current Conservative Senators.
In Wisconsin a republican governor announced a state budget plan that strips state employees of nearly all their collective bargaining rights, cuts pay and benefits and says there will be no negotiations. And to top it off he has alerted the National Guard to be ready in case of strikes or protests.
As speculation of a spring federal election intensifies, the Harper Conservatives have returned to their U.S. Republican-style campaign strategy of attack ads.
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