Imagine Canada In 2009

The Conservative party has come to power by solemnly promising the Canadian electorate that it will defend Canada's sovereignty. Four months after the election, however, the Conservative prime minister and the U.S. president announce at a joint press briefing that they have signed an historic accord to merge Canada and the U.S. Fear not, the prime minister assures shocked Canadians they will be given the opportunity to vote on the merger in a referendum. However, all U.S. citizens will be given the opportunity, for a six-week period before the referendum, to register by mail as "honorary Canadian citizens" and as such will be free to vote by mail in the referendum. When the prime minister is reminded of his solemn pledge to voters in the election, he explains that "his assessment of the issue had changed" in the intervening four months. Besides, he says, it was something bigger than either himself, the president, Canada, or the U.S.A.; he had acted in the best interest of North America and in the name of democracy herself. Farfetched? Based on the current actions of the principled leaders who are behind this Conservative Party of Canada, I'm not so sure. Greg Dickey, President, New Westminister - Coquitlam - Burnaby riding association, PC Party