Yes We Can End the Divide

As a result of the election, Harper's single most significant vulnerability is the fact that 22% of Canadians - a very slim minority - support him. Harper attempts to ignore this reality by claiming a strengthened mandate regardless of the fact that he did not achieve his coveted majority. However, it is obvious the pundits of the right recognize this vulnerability and have begun spinning us in all directions..

At this site you will find details and the spin of the right wing punditry that has been working overtime trying to perpetuate the myth that uniting the left is a near impossibility. They babble on about how Harper worked for years to unite the right and how his success was due to shrewd tactics and acute acumen. Many talk about how the parties of the so-called centre-left are not the centre-left at all, but a hodge-podge of diversity straddling the entire spectrum with complex ideological differences to complicated to overcome.

Like most spin parts of this mythology are true, but realistically speaking what we have is a very, very slim minority of right wing power players trying to define the left. And I don't blame them as they have had tremendous success in the past defining their enemies and then driving over them. Power players with minority support have this tendency and Harper well illustrated the success of the tactic in his bold and unrelenting effort to define Dion as an absent-minded academic and non leader.

Even old haunts of the centre-left like Lloyd Axworthy took to the mainscream media to define this vulnerability of the right while encouraging the opposition parties to work togethor and better represent the majority of Canadians. He well defines the conundrum and even suggests that a coalition would best serve Canadians, but he comes up short and attempts to steer us off course with this;

"I am not suggesting that a combined opposition can quickly give birth to a new progressive agenda. This is going to take time and the involvement of a lot more Canadians than just the political parties."

Here is where he is dead wrong. We must move on a coalition agenda right away. This is the best option available. The parties just undertook the most significant outreach they ever do and received the results of the largest poll undertaken, its called an election. We know were Canadians are at and how they feel, we need not get bogged down in further consultation and debate with respect to the merging of parties or the finer points of coalition governance.

The people of Canada have overwhelmingly voted for the opposition and it is their responsiibility to restore majority rule by establishing an agenda based in their shared policies and common vision.

We can establish an agenda for the majority while preserving the partisan integrity of the respective parties and we can do it now. We do not need to merge parties, we need them to agree on an agenda and defeat Harpers minority to implement it. The only ones telling us we can't are the ones who support Harper. They understand how easily and quickly this could be achieved and they fear the potential of the idea.

Go here and learn more about establishing a coalition agenda, defeating Stephen Harper and restoring Majority Rule in Canada.

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