Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Quebec Election 2012: David Bertschi walks where Prime Minister Stephen Harper fears to tread

BEAUPRÉ, QUE—Prime Minister Stephen Harper has stayed silent, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair hasn’t said a word and even media-loving Montreal Liberal MP Justin Trudeau has shied away from the cameras over the course of the Quebec election.

But David Bertschi has decided to walk where other federal politicians fear to tread.

Who, you ask?

That would be David Bertschi, the prospective candidate for the leadership of the federal Liberal party.

Worried by the prospect of a Parti Québécois government taking power in Tuesday’s provincial vote, the man who ran and lost for the Grits in the 2011 federal campaign is urging Quebecers to return Jean Charest’s provincial Liberals to power.

“Quebecers have a very clear choice on Sept. 4. They can choose between a strong Quebec in a united Canada by voting Liberal or they can choose uncertainty by voting for the PQ,” the born-and-raised Quebecer said in a news release.

The communiqué was issued from Ottawa. At the end of the document was the contact for Bertschi’s director of communications in Saskatchewan.

“This is not about politics,” Bertschi says when addressing the fact that no other federal politician has been keen to pick sides in the Quebec election.

“It’s about doing the right thing. I am a proud liberal and I stand by my principles. If Canadians are looking for empty promises and more rhetoric they probably shouldn’t vote for me should I decide to seek the (federal Liberal) leadership.”

Original Article
Source: the star
Author: Allan Woods

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