The End of Liberal Democracy In Canada

Now the title might throw some people off. The end of Liberal Democracy in Canada doesn't mean the political ideology is dying or dead, no far from it. It is a play on words describing the illegal crowning of Michael Ignatieff as leader of the Liberal Party and more importantly as leader of the opposition. The Napoleonic self-crowning took but a few short weeks and it stems from my first blog posting. Yes the dreaded Parliamentary crisis of December 2008 created the mockary of Democracy within the Liberal Party of Canada that culminated in Michael Ignatieff becoming leader of the Party and opposition.

It all began that day in December when the Govenor General and the Prime Minister conspired to keep things in order by derailing the coalition. At the time the entire Liberal caucus including Ignatieff that the coalition was the right way to go. Well after the Dion office speach debacle the higherarchy of the Liberal Party decided to act and relieve Stephane Dion, the elected leader of the party and hand over the keys to "Iggy".

The other leadership candidates from the Montreal convention just two years earlier began to question the arrangement including Bob Rae who was the co favorite with Ignatieff both in Montreal and post Dion dumping day. Then a week later after the new year came and went it was decided again by the top brass that there wouldn't even be a vote or possibly even a convention for that matter. It allegedly was decided because of the crucial time period and the possiblity of the government falling.

I began to think, this is not only not the party of Pierre Elliot Trudeau anymore, but it was becoming an anti democratic and unconstitutional party as well. My next question was why would the common Liberal Party member put up with this Napoleonic self-crowning of a leader? Well obviously other party members were asking the same question because a few days later it was announced by the elites in the party, oh yeah and Iggy as well, that there would be a convention Vancouver in April of 2009.

When asked by reporters whether the "only Iggy candidacy" stood, they said it would be up to Bob and the rest to decide that. A week later, one by one fell into the party trap and stood aside as their new king was to be crowned. Except that good old Bob didn't immediately give up on democracy. It took some arm twisting and the fact that the most recent arrival to the party felt like an outsider, thus he wilted under the pressure and jumped on the Iggy bandwagon.

If I was a Liberal Party member I would have torn up my membership once Ignatieff was crowned the new opposition leader. On May 2nd 2009 democracy died in the Liberal Party, Ignatieff was crowned leader of the Party and opposition. It is time for a new generation of people to take over the party and throw out the new king. Oh yeah and once he became the crowned prince of the Liberal Party he renounced the coalition that would have saved Canada from the US styled Neo Cons. Like most times Canadians will now be bombarded by the media elite that the next election is between the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party.

Don't believe the hype, if that is the case then Canada is doomed into going in circles in that garden maze and never getting out. Before this episode the Liberal Party could at least be counted on to show more democratic principles than the protect property don't give money to social program Conservatives who have shown a history of backstabbing good people and politicians. I am afraid that the two Parties are now completely the same in all forms, and the only way to defeat them is to organize and annahilate them as political forces.

I will personally start with the Liberal Party, how will you start? If the people within the Liberal and Conservative Parties don't do it then the people will collectively do it for them. These archaic beliefs don't fly anymore, people in this country should and won't stand for this kind of desecration of our national democracy. I call on all Liberal Party member friends of mine to question this instance in the great history of your Party and think is this the party I joined or is this the party that will eliminate the hardships the Conservatives have caused? I leave it up to you to decide.