Harper: if you reiterate something long and loud enough, it shall become true... NOT

Harper’s continuous disapproval of the idea of a coalition government reflects the character of the Conservative party: if you repeat something long and loud enough, it shall become true…

As often portrayed in the interactions between the parties in the House of Commons, Harper’s commitment to an idea that does not seem to follow any form of logic, by virtue of repetition, seems to give itself a raison d’etre.

The question that voters should be asking themselves is “What would have Stephen Harper and his government done to attack our democratic rights? Now Harper, shamelessly counting on the assumed apathy of Canadians, has the audacity to ask for a majority demonizing the concept of coalition.

What would be more democratic than a coalition government? What is wrong with a coalition of leaders that are required by the constitution to work together? When did Canada lose its sense of community? Why should the concept of community and working together for a greater goal be demonized and radicalized as communism. Can Harper even define the concept of communism?

Canadians are proud citizens. And as such, we have all the rights to logically demand our political community to work together. No one party will ever be perfect. Then, why not a coalition? Think of it in terms of our daily lives, or common sense: aren't two minds better than one? Aren't three minds better than two? Isn't collaboration a truly Canadian value?

Harper and Ignatieff, leaders who want to break away from having to work with others, leaders who think that diversity of ideas are politically dangerous, cannot be said to promote democracy. Thus, Democracy has no place for them.

It is unfortunate enough that the leader of a government that has been dissolved due to its undemocratic Parliamentary processes and the questionable ethics of its members should seek now a majority government, but now he aims at discrediting and demonizing truly democratic ideas. But the more he tries, the more transparent in his practices he becomes.

No Mr. Harper, reiterating something long and loud enough, does not automatically materialize your statement.