Coalition Government: Compilation Of News & Articles Urging Citizens To Act

Posted on Sunday, November 30 at 07:06 by Janet M Eaton

[1] Coalition push forces Harper onto the defensive
http://www.smartvote2008.ca:80/?p=393
Momentum - including open online letter grows to replace minority
Conservatives.

OTTAWA , November 28, 2008:
Momentum is growing for the replacement of the Harper Conservatives
by a Liberal-NDP coalition. Two months ago, when the idea was first
broached in StraightGoods.ca, almost all parties dismissed the idea.
Now, a non-confidence vote could see the government fall as soon as
Monday night.

All day today, negotiations took place between the opposition
parties, with former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and former NDP
leader Ed Broadbent taking lead roles. Then tonight, Harper took the
extraordinary move of making a special address to Parliament and the
nation. In it, he postponed a confidence vote on the economic
statement finance minister Jim Flaherty made yesterday to a week
Monday instead of Monday. And he attacked the opposition as
undemocratic for wanting to replace his government without an
election. "While we have been working on the economy, the Opposition
has been working on a backroom deal to overturn the results of the
last election without seeking the consent of voters," Harper said. "
They want to take power, not earn it."

Ironically, the bulk of reaction to the economic statement was over
widespread perceptions that the government's statement showed a lack
of work on the economic crisis. Harper has difficulty making the kind
of compromises demanded of a minority prime minister. Instead of
bringing Canadians together to fight the crisis, Flaherty's statement

Thursday was viciously partisan. In it, he trashed longtime political
targets like pay equity and labour rights in the public service, as
well as political finance rules put in place to level the playing
field.

Open online letter to Dion and Layton calls for a coalition
government.  As political leaders huddle in Ottawa, activists across
Canada are becoming involved in the push for a coalition. Canadians
everywhere are being urged to sign an online open letter calling for
coalition that began with a small group pulled together by the Rideau
Institute. The letter urges the Liberal's Stéphane Dion and the NDP's
Jack Layton to "set aside all partisan considerations in favour of
decisive action to help Canadians who are suffering and whose
livelihoods are in jeopardy."

The letter argues it was bitterly ironic for Stephen Harper to
promise to work cooperatively with opposition parties, and then
deliver such a partisan attack with no plan to fight the economic
crisis and the stated intention not to run deficits, in the face of
what other G20 countries are doing. "Instead his Conservative
government is using the crisis to attack the democratic process,
violate the rights of public servants to bargain collectively and end
pay equity," states the letter. "Canada now stands alone as the only
government in the western world without a coherent economic stimulus
plan. The Harper government talks of balancing the budget by selling
off assets and restraining spending, the exact opposite of the
stimulus response that virtually all economists and many others are
arguing is necessary."

The original signers of the letter are : 

Paul Moist, National President, Canadian Union of Public Employees
Ken Lewenza, President, Canadian Auto Workers
Dave Coles, President, Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
of Canada
Denis Lemelin, National President, Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Steven Staples, President, Rideau Institute
Bruce Campbell, Executive Director, Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives
John Urquhart, Executive Director, Council of Canadians
Mel Watkins, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Toronto
Peggy Mason, Former UN Ambassador for Disarmament 

Harper Conservative vs. Public Values Frame
  Ideology and partisanship / Cooperation, coalition
  Backroom deals / Democracy
  Entitlements / Level the playing field
Posted: November 28, 2008
Harper Index (HarperIndex.ca) is a project of the Golden Lake
Institute and the online publication StraightGoods.ca

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[2] http://www.greenparty.ca/en/node/8619
Coalition would be a Victory for Democracy
Elizabeth May, Leader, Green Party

In moving the confidence vote off by one week, Stephen Harper has
bought himself until December 8th to try to turn Canadians against
the idea of a Coalition Government.  Public opinion could impact the
momentum for this - the most exciting and encouraging development in
Canadian politics since... maybe ever.

His first shot across the bow of a coalition is that it is "back room
and anti-democratic."  Well, as we know, the first-past-the-post
system got us another Conservative government with the votes of
5,205,334 Canadians who chose Mr. Harper´s party.  The Green vote at
940,747 is 18% of the Conservative.  The Conservatives received, as
we know, a minority of the votes of the people who voted.  Only 37.6%
of the voters chose this government.  That´s how the system works. 
They get a shot at a minority government. 

To make it work, a Prime Minister in a Minority must consult with the
Opposition Party leaders and try to develop a consensus. 
Historically, in a Parliamentary Democracy, a Prime Minister is a
"first among equals." It is the House of Commons that is government. 

Not the Prime Minister by himself.  This is especially true in a
minority government situation. The Minority Government need the
confidence of the House to govern.  That´s how our democracy works.
After the election, Mr. Harper made some very positive statements
about how he wanted to see the next Parliamentary session be more
cooperative and less combative. 

I was in the House for the Opening Day and in the Senate Chambers for
the Speech from the Throne.  There was good will in the air.  But by
Thursday in Question Period, the first day of Question Period, it was
clear that not much had changed.  The heckling and the rudeness
seemed only slightly les awful than last spring when the House rose
in recess.

And then came the economic statement.  As I wrote in my last blog,
the economic statement failed the demands of the current economic
crisis. Entirely. 

Where the current recession threatens to become deflationary, we need
confidence. We need investment.  We need an economic stimulus package
with investments in green energy and green collar jobs.  We needed it
yesterday.  Granted, it is difficult for the Harper Conservatives to
find the resources for a stimulus package. Their bad economic
strategies, cuts to GST and massive increases in spending, wiped out
the surpluses and the reserve put in place by the previous
government.  The cupboard is bare.  Well, that´s life. We are stuck
with where we are.  Deficit financing will be necessary.  Even Mr.
Harper´s claims in the election that deficit financing would be
"dangerous" miraculously morphed to him, at the APEC Summit in Peru,
describing deficits as "essential."  But, as we know, the economic
update claimed the government would run a surplus over the next five
years.  No one believes that.  The nations leading economists
basically say Flaherty  "cooked the books."

On top of total abdication of responsibility for the welfare of the
nation, the Harper government threw in a "poison pill.  A political
calculation with nothing to do with responding to the economic
crisis.  As Jeffrey Simpson wrote in the Globe and Mail (Nov 28), the


Conservatives "are trying to use this economic crisis for their
partisan advantage." He went on to point out "Canadians fought a long

battle to get these inducements for people to give to political
parties; they can´t let one party´s naked self-interest push back
progress." 

So, from any perspective, it is impossible to think that Stephen
Harper approached the new Parliament with an approach to earn the
confidence of the House.  He has clearly lost the confidence of the
House and he has no one to blame but himself.  He could not resist
the instinct for non-stop campaigning, for no-holds-barred
partisanship. He doesn´t just want to win elections. He wants to
permanently eliminate the opposition.

Don Martin in the National Post put it this way: "this showdown (is)
an unforgivable breach of the trust voters bestowed on Mr. Harper. He

was elected to lead a minority government with a spirit of co-
operation. He thought he had set a deadly trap for his opponents. He
may well find himself as the victim."

What can we expect in the next week?  I predict we´ll see new
Conservative attack ads aimed at the Opposition Parties and the idea
of a coalition.  No doubt, the attack ads are in production as we
speak.  They will try to portray a Coalition Government as some sort
of evil coup.

That argument will be all hype and spin.  It is the opposite of
truth. 

When you look at the election results, it is clear that a coalition
government is entirely democratic. In fact, it is the most democratic
result possible under our current system.   Add the Liberal vote
(3,629,990) to the NDP vote (2,517,075) and our Green vote (940,747)
you get 7,077,812 votes.  That is over 7 million votes for parties
other than Conservatives without even counting the Bloc Quebecois
vote of over one million.  So all in all, over 8.4 million Canadians
did not vote for the Conservatives.  In percentages it´s 37.6% versus
61.2%.    Clearly the democratic choice is for a coalition government
representing the vast majority of Canadians.

So in the next week, please do not leave this to the Conservative
attack machine to shape public opinion.  Sadly, Greens are not in the
House, but we are at the grassroots, in neighbourhoods and
communities.  PLEASE spread the word.  Send letters to MPs (what Mr.
Harper suggested.)  Blog on media sites. Post comments. Write letters

to the editor. Organize your own events. Attend the planned climate
rallies on December 6th and support the dream of a Coalition
government supporting global action at the climate negotiations
running in Poland from December 1-13.  We could get Canada back on
track to join the movement for hope and change south of the border. 
We could protect savings for seniors. We could act to help low income

Canadians and people with disabilities. We could protect jobs and
make new ones.   Retrofitting homes and buildings is a great economic
stimulus, fighting climate change at the same time. We could have an
economic stimulus that moves us to renewable energy and better rail
service and mass transit.  We could have a government that represents
what the majority of Canadians want. 

And that is something worth fighting for. Do not watch this from the
sidelines.  We don´t have to take over an airport to get a change in
government.  All we have to do is support Parliamentary Democracy and
make it clear the Canadian people support a Coalition and want the
Governor General to give it a chance

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[3]
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081128.wcosimp29/
BNStory/politics/home

Economist with a tin heart, politician with a tin ear
   
JEFFREY SIMPSON

From Saturday's Globe and Mail
November 28, 2008 at 9:23 PM EST

Prime Minister Stephen Harper called an election to secure a
majority, and failed to get one.

This week, he created a completely unnecessary crisis that now
threatens his government's very survival. And they call Mr. Harper a
great strategist and superior tactician?

Thursday's economic statement was an economic lame duck and a
political boner. It revealed, among other things, the kind of
Conservative Party that all but its core supporters suspected would
eventually be outed: a group of ideologues, led by a Prime Minister
who discarded his campaign sweater to reveal an economist with a tin
heart and a politician who looks everywhere for political advantage.

Instead of trying to grow Conservative support, he appealed only to
his party's core. Instead of acting in a statesmanlike fashion at a
time of crisis, he opted to play politics, proposing to cancel public
subsidies for parties, a move that would disproportionately benefit
his.

Instead of reaching out, as leader of a minority government and as
president-elect Barack Obama is doing by talking to moderate
Republicans, he smacked his opponents in the chops. Instead of
heeding the advice of economists everywhere that the economy needs
stimulus, he got his Minister of Finance to present a budget that
offered cutbacks and tiny surpluses that absolutely no one believes
will be realized.

There is a plausible case for caution, to wait a bit until economic
issues clarify themselves and until the new American administration
settles definitively on its approach. The government therefore, quite

credibly, could have gone to Parliament, said it could not offer
precise numbers because of unprecedented volatility, said there would

be a deficit but a modest one limited in time, promised a budget in
January, got a few infrastructure programs speeded up, and asked for
suggestions. After all, this was a government that had admitted the
economy would be in a "technical recession."

That would have been prudent, statesmanlike and economically
credible. There would have been no political crisis; the country
would have accepted that the government had heard its concerns and
worries; and a serious plan could have been developed.

Instead, the government unsheathed its ideological swords, attacked
political opponents, public-sector unions, disregarded overwhelming
economic advice in the country (including from deficit hawks,
premiers, and conservative-minded economists) and dared the
opposition parties to turn the other cheek - a move, to the
government's apparent surprise, the other parties were not prepared
to do.

The economic statement was wrongly conceived on every front.
It misdiagnosed what the economy needs, and offered a completely
bogus explanation.

Said the government: We have already injected $31-billion of stimulus

in the economy through tax cuts since 2006. As if tax cuts in 2006
were designed for stimulus in 2009. No one believes that.

That would be like President George W. Bush saying his tax cuts of
years ago were designed to help the current recession. Conservatives
cut taxes mostly when the economy was robust (and therefore at the
wrong time and in the wrong way, but that's another matter). The
point now is that the stimulus hasn't been enough.

The government also gratuitously set off a political firestorm that
will damage the Conservative Party.

Taxpayer subsidies for political parties exist everywhere around the
world, even in the United States, where Mr. Obama refused them
because he was raising so much private money. The subsidies exist,
there as here, as a quid pro quo for eliminating corporate and union
contributions. As such, they help parties finance themselves, do
their work, and therefore contribute to democracy.

But since the Conservatives have mastered soliciting contributions
from individuals better than their opponents, they now propose to
eliminate the public subsidy that amounts to a tiny sum relative to
total government spending. Nothing the Conservatives have done has
been so malevolently partisan as this.

Finally, the government created a potential constitutional situation
in which it could be defeated and replaced, quite properly under
constitutional convention, by a Liberal-NDP coalition.

Late yesterday, Mr. Harper refused to modify his economic statement,
put off confidence votes for a week to buy himself some time, and in
effect dared the Governor-General, should it come to this, not to
exercise her proper constitutional authority to ask another party to
try to form a government without bringing on an election.

He argued that if his government were to be defeated, there would
have to be an election, which is not consistent with constitutional
convention. He was really threatening a possible constitutional
crisis that, again, would be of his own making and that he would hope

to turn to his partisan advantage.

The miscalculations have been stunning. Mr. Harper's strategy has
accomplished already the near-impossible: to bring the Liberals and
NDP together.

He had so many other, less partisan options at a time of economic
crisis and grave national concern. That he acted in this fashion, at
this time, was enormously revealing. And very sad.

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[4] From:* Brent Patterson
*Sent:* Friday, November 28, 2008 10:59 AM
*Subject:* [coc-chaps-l] NEWS: Harper backs down on party financing

Dear chapter activists,
The Canadian Press is reporting this half-hour that, "The
Conservative government says an incendiary plan to strip political
parties of their public financing won't be included in a confidence
vote on the fall fiscal update. Government sources say only tax
measures will be part of the ways and means motion that
parliamentarians will vote upon on Monday. It's a sharp reversal for
the minority government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper."
Earlier this morning the Globe and Mail had reported that, "The
government has been silent on the matter, although Conservative
officials met late into the night in the Prime Minister's Office in
the Langevin Block, across from Parliament Hill. Tory MPs seemed
thunderstruck late Thursday by the possibility that their second term


might come to a sudden end. As some of them piled onto a
parliamentary shuttle bus, they were heard incredulously asking
opposition MPs if they're serious about a coalition."
The National Post reported that, "This morning, Minister of Foreign
Affairs Lawrence Cannon was a guest on CBC Newsworld and was promptly


put on the spot...So enter Mr. Cannon, on the prospect of the
Opposition defeating the government: 'If that's what they want to do,


then let them do it...Whatever happens, happens.'"
The Canadian Press article is at
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j-
vaw1H_MNCsBEEmjJaOuSu_dRSQ
The Globe and Mail report is at
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081128.wPOLcoalit
ion1128/BNStory/politics/home
The National Post article is at
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2008/11/28/law
rence-cannon-aka-tory-spokesman-whatever-happens-happens.aspx
Brent Patterson
Director of Campaigns and Communications
The Council of Canadians
700-170 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5V5
1-800-387-7177 ext. 291
bpatterson@canadians.org    
www.canadians.org

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[5] Rideau Institute
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2008/28/c5448.html
Attention News Editors:
Progressive Leaders Urge Opposition Parties to Form Coalition
Government

OTTAWA, Nov. 28 /CNW Telbec/ - Prominent progressive leaders have
come together today to urge Stéphane Dion and Jack Layton to put
partisan concerns aside and form a coalition government to serve the
best interests of citizens suffering from a global economic crisis. 

The open letter follows. 
November 28, 2008 

An Urgent Message to Stéphane Dion and Jack Layton: Only a Coalition
Government Can Provide the Leadership Canada Needs 

Dear Leaders, 

We, the undersigned, write to you during this time of economic crisis
to urge that you set aside all partisan considerations in favour of
decisive action to help Canadians who are suffering and whose
livelihoods are in jeopardy. 

At this critical moment, a coalition government would be the most
capable of delivering the kind of stewardship the economy needs, and
the least likely to put partisan interests ahead of responsible
government. 

Barely five weeks after promising to work cooperatively with the
opposition parties - representing a majority of voters - Prime
Minister Harper failed to deliver a plan to halt the devastation
being wrought upon hard working families. Instead his Conservative
government is using the crisis to attack the democratic process,
violate the rights of public servants to bargain collectively and end


pay equity. Canada now stands alone as the only government in the
western world without a coherent economic stimulus plan. The Harper
government talks of balancing the budget by selling off assets and
restraining spending, the exact opposite of the stimulus response
that virtually all economists and many others are arguing is
necessary. 

Time is of the essence. You have an unprecedented opportunity to
deliver to citizens a coalition that is capable of putting aside
partisan ploys and to work cooperatively and swiftly in the interests
of all. 

Despite Mr. Harper's contentions, the outrage of citizens and
opposition parties is not about public funding of political parties,
but rather, it is about a Conservative plan that would actually
deepen our country's economic crisis. The Harper government's taking
party funding off the table should not be a reason for backing down
from your efforts to construct a coalition government. 

Please be assured that we all stand ready to offer constructive ideas
on ways to help workers, their families and communities weather this
storm and emerge stronger than ever. 

Signatories: 

Ken Lewenza, President, Canadian Auto Workers Paul Moist, National
President, Canadian Union of Public Employees Dave Coles, President,
Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Denis
Lemelin, National President, Canadian Union of Postal Workers Steven
Staples, President, Rideau Institute Bruce Campbell, Executive
Director, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives John Urquhart,
Executive Director, Council of Canadians Mel Watkins, Professor
Emeritus of Economics, University of Toronto Peggy Mason, Former UN
Ambassador For Disarmament 

For further information: please contact the respective organizations
or Anthony Salloum, Rideau Institute, c. (613) 724-1070,
asalloum@rideauinstitute.ca

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[6] ------- Forwarded message follows -------
To:    silverdonaldcameron@yahoogroups.com
From:    Silver Donald Cameron
Date sent:    Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:54:27 -0400
Subject:    [silverdonaldcameron] Fwd: Write the GG!
Send reply to:    silverdonaldcameron-owner@yahoogroups.com

For Canadian readers of this list!

Allan Lynch is a fine freelance writer based in the Annapolis Valley.
I think he's nailed the argument for defeating this government and
swearing in a coalition, if one can be formed, without an election.
I'm going to write the GG -- in fact, I'm just going to send Allan's
letter onward, with a few additional words -- and if you agree with
me that his reasoning is spot-on, I invite you to join me. 

Cheers, Don 

PS Tomorrow's column will be about the auto industry, and what I
propose requires a government that appreciates both the danger and
the opportunity lurking in our present situation. 

Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:44:30 -0400 >Subject: Write the GG! >From:

Allan Lynch >
To: Allan Lynch >

Dear All,

During the recent election we heard from the Harper Conservatives how
wonderful they were and how our economy is strong because of them.
This of course neglected to mention the 13 consecutive budget
surpluses the Liberals generated. Harper also took credit for the
solidness of the Canadian banking system. Again, he neglected to
mention that it was then-Finance Minister Paul Martin who said no to
Canadian bankers when, in the mid-90s, they asked for deregulation of
the industry so they could compete with the Americans. Now, we´re
learning that the economy isn´t so great, but do Harper and his
colleagues offer any ideas to stop the hurt and  harm and ally the
fears of millions of Canadians? No. He goes for the cheap political
shot and to hell with exercising any vision.

So now we face the unique situation of defeating the government in
the House. Harper also conveniently forgets that not too long ago
when he was in opposition he wrote a Governor General asking her not
to grant an election writ but to make him PM instead. Holding an
election now would reward bad behaviour and lack of vision. The
country doesn´t need to spend another $300 million on his vanity. It
shouldn´t have to wait six or eight weeks to launch initiatives that
would put people to work, secure jobs, prevent deflation and rebuild
the economy.

The opposition parties have come up with a novel idea to form a
coalition government. I see no reason not to give it a try. If it
gives us a year, then that´s a year when someone will at least
doing something to build the country. The outrage that Harper and
his supporters are showing toward the Opposition moves reminds me
of the how the police chief in Casablanca acted when he found out
there was gambling at Rick´s Café.

Harper says the people of Canada won´t accept the defeat of his
government. Again, his selective memory is at work. Most Canadians
didn´t vote for him. Over 60 percent of us said no to a Conservative
government. I, for one, would happily entertain a coalition
government. I think we  should, as individuals, act to counter the
subversive Conservative war room tactics of delivering misinformation
and fear. I propose we all write the Governor General asking her to
consider the best interests of the country by opting for the
expediency of a coalition government. If the Prime Minister is so
outraged that the public purse is providing $30 million to political
parties how can he justify spending another $300 million on a federal
election?  

Few people ever make their voices heard, which is why those who do
carry a lot of weight. So let´s be the heavies who shock Ottawa (add
your >name and hometown and don´t forget to circulate the idea to
everyone you know) and email the GG with a simple statement like:
Email: infor@GG.CA Excellency, If the current Conservative
Government loses the confidence of the House, I support your
appointment of a coalition government to continue the work of the
Nation.
 

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[7]
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Date sent:    Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:26:10 -0800
From:    Murray Dobbin
To:    undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject:    ooops...MPs addresses and tax article

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  1. Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:50 pm
    A very quick way to contact all Parliamentarians is at: http://www.yayacanada.com/MPs.html ,
    simply click on their email address. A good item for your favourites list!

  2. Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:17 pm
    The correct address for the Governor General is: info@gg.ca

  3. Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:53 pm
    If you support the coalition might as well same you're voting for immediate integration with the U.S. They want people chipped and rights will be lost. We are a free nation and the only way we stay that way is with Harper.
    Did you know Ford, Chrysler and GM are all owned by the same man?
    Bet you didn't it's Rocketfeller that's right richest man in the U.S. he owns pretty much everything in the U.S. Standard Oil, Sears, Woolco, I could go on and on.
    Don't tell me our car manufacturers need our money. We could put our money to better use believe me.
    I say shut down parliment come back in January and if the budget isn't passed call an election. Anything else is deceitful

  4. Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:31 pm
    Welcome JasperGirl. Your website pops up a virus warning on my system - you might want to have a look at that.

    "Jaspergirl" said
    If you support the coalition might as well same you're voting for immediate integration with the U.S. They want people chipped and rights will be lost.


    Fearmongering.

    "Jaspergirl" said

    We are a free nation and the only way we stay that way is with Harper.


    Softwood Lumber, ACTA, 'Jelly Beans' . . . yea, he's doing a fine job . . . selling Canada to the lowest bidder.

    "Jaspergirl" said

    Did you know Ford, Chrysler and GM are all owned by the same man?


    No one knows that, because it's not true.

    "Jaspergirl" said

    Bet you didn't it's Rocketfeller that's right richest man in the U.S. he owns pretty much everything in the U.S. Standard Oil, Sears, Woolco, I could go on and on.


    Did you mean 'Rockefeller'?

    "Jaspergirl" said

    Don't tell me our car manufacturers need our money. We could put our money to better use believe me.


    On that, we agree.

    "Jaspergirl" said

    I say shut down parliment come back in January and if the budget isn't passed call an election. Anything else is deceitful


    Or, Parliament can run by the rules in place, and the government can fall on a motion of non-confidence. Calling it 'deceitful' is just more FUD.



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