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Canada is now governed by a Conservative majority leadership. This means Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister, will have four years to irreparably damage our country until it is unrecognizable, and maybe then people will actually give a shit.

I don't understand how his party could be re-elected when they have undermined the Constitution time and time again. This party is pro-military. They want to spend money we don't have on fighter jets, and increase spending on crime even though crime rates have dropped. The party has slashed arts funding, as well as funding for women's groups, gay rights groups, and single-parent families.

I worry about the state of this country. How bad does it have to be for people to care? Will we wait until laws are changed to criminalize abortion? To have harsh sentences for smoking marijuana? To have the death penalty instated? I honestly don't think these are far stretches.

And we're going to get fixed election dates, which means we'll be stuck with a bullshit party instead of being able to call a goddamn election when we need one.

Maybe I'll move when I'm done with school.

Comments

[elanor12.livejournal.com]

*hugs*
I am worried too. :/

[fangirl1981.livejournal.com]

If you think that's terrible you should never ever come to America. Our government regularly skull fucks it's citizens (except the rich white ones of course)

[openmoments.livejournal.com]

I honestly have no idea how the Conservatives got back into power, never mind a majority! Everywhere I look, people are bitching about it, and I'm like, "Okay, no one wants it/likes it/etc SO WHO VOTED FOR IT?!"

But if people were a.) sick of voting (which is actually kind of fair) and b.) figured that that was the only way anything was going to actually get accomplished, I can see how it happened.

I'm really happy the NDP is the official opposition, though. Hopefully that'll mean that, come next election, they might actually end up in power. -crosses fingers-

Though, as someone did point on on tumblr: we were alright before when the Conservatives were in power, and we'll probably end up alright when they're done being in power. I know it's not exactly ideal, not even close, but looking at things in a more glass half full kind of way helps make things bearable. Which isn't what we wanted, but, it's what we got. And it's highly unlikely they'll get back into power in the next election.