An improved democracy by voting for good people |
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Nipawin - November 9, 2000 - by: Mari deSantis and reviewed by James deSantis | |
man of determination |
On the weekend, Timothy Shire told us that he was going to vote for David Orchard even though |
he was with the progressive conservatives(1). He rationalized his choice saying that he couldn't | |
support political pork barreling and that he couldn't support the law and order Brian Fitzpatrick | |
of the Canadian Alliance. Shire stated that David Orchard is a man of determination and that he | |
might make a difference. Sometime ago, I expressed my political opinion for voting for any | |
candidate but not for Chretien's libertine brand of democracy. Democracy is the opportunity | |
to speak out and express ourselves, but within today's political and civil arena our freedom | |
of expression has been usurped by political parties, politicians, big businesses and autocratic | |
bureaucrats. | |
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democracy |
Chretien says that this is an election about values, and he has none. The country is divided, |
and all the political parties are peddling their phony psychological values and platforms to | |
draw more voters for themselves. We have been saying for a long time that democracy is | |
not to vote for a party, but the opportunity to express our voices, and today more than ever | |
is the time to vote for good people and not for the party. Murray Dobbin of the National Post | |
says that both the Liberals and the Alliance are funded by the same self-serving | |
corporations(2) . | |
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Anne McLellan |
However, my specific interest for not voting Liberals is that they are in power and that they |
have a corrupted administration. And therefore, I am satisfied to realize that a recent poll | |
suggests that justice minister Anne McLellan is trailing badly behind Canadian Alliance | |
candidate Betty Unger(3). And I am happy that there is a campaign to dump Chretien(4) , and | |
I am happy to realize that voting for good people rather than for the party could improve the | |
chances to have a minority government which could kickstart "exciting" reform in Canada's | |
Parliament and make backbench MPs the big winners of power(5). | |
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David Orchard, Nationalist and Passionate Advocate, by Timothy Shire, November 5, 2000 | |
A just society -- just for the rich Liberals, Alliance have same vision: Cater to the rich, Murray Dobbin, October 31, 2000, National Post | |
McLellan in trouble -- poll. Winds of change appear poised to blow senior MP out of her seat, Satya Das, Journal Staff Writer, Monday 6 November 2000, The Edmonton Journal | |
Has Jean Chrétien finally overestimated the gullability of the Canadian Electorate? Site managed by Judy Cornwell, | |
Electing minority 'good for democracy', Susan Delacourt, Monday 6 November 2000, The Ottawa Citizen |