Don't buy into this C-30 fairy tale
It seems as if Vic Toews figures the old wolf in grannies clothes shtick will work on most Canadians: "Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act ". But the buzz in the blog-o-sphere refreshingly appears to be not, nada nope. If anything, I think the latest strategy by the conservatives will only prove to diminish the support the bill had, by conservatives that is, no rational Canadian would support this affront to democracy.
How ever it is re-written it is a dangerous piece of legislation, and will most likely be shuffled through just like Mulroney did with the GST. It would be too much of an embarrassment for the Harper government not to get it through. Which say a lot about the cesspool of partisan antics that our parliamentary system has become.
This is nothing new for the Harper Government, preying on the guttural common grievances, and demons of society has always been their ace in the hole. They used character, language and posture assassination to cast Dion as weak and incompetent, During the Ignatief tenure they complained and derided him for spending time in America. All the while Harper's campaign is being run by a Texas based dream team. And some Canadians bought the ruse hook line and sinker. Not all though, but enough to get them the majority. The commentary the next day after the election? there was more of the dream teams spot-on media savy at work. actually there was no landslides, just too many marginally better outcomes for the conservatives. The following provincial election in Ontario confirmed that, much to the shock and awe of both the provincial and federal conservatives.
What this government has gotten away with has purely dumbfounded me. And I used to get so enraged I would succumb to volleying rants on all the social media outlets and editorial pages. But I think I was not alone I was just a bit more preemptive in my public outbursts. Much to my reassurance a lot of Canadians are making up for lost time. This is good news, and I hope you will become one of them. What the Harper Government is doing is wrong, Canadians are not like them. Ontarian's proved that when they tossed out the Ernie Eve's band of arrogant backroom conniving scoundrels, the problem is, they all ended up in Ottawa as federal politicians! And now we have the menace to deal with all over again, four more years. Do you realize the carnage that can be wrought in that time. That is why every issue will be important, every action will require an equal reaction from us. I'm up for the challenge, and I hope you are too! To which ever political entity you belong to support it. Invest time in engaging conversation with your friends, family, coworkers, you would be amazed at what just inspired dialog communicated can do to energize people into action. When you have this type of energy communicated through the social media infrastructure, politicians will take notice. But if we just wait for the period to end, and the zamboni of political life to clear the ice for the next period. It will be the same players the same game. We are the change that is needed.
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