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.]

Saturday, August 22, 2015

Wynne Makes Historical Jab Against Harper During Liberal Campaign Event

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne continued to weigh in on the federal election campaign Saturday, this time reaching into the history books to attack Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Wynne compared the Conservative leader to Canada's first prime minister, implying that the transcontinental railway never would have been built if Harper had been in charge back then.

She made the remarks during the opening of Toronto federal Liberal candidate Bill Blair's campaign office in east Toronto.

"I've said that if Stephen Harper had been the Prime Minister instead of Sir John A. Macdonald and B.C. had said 'well we need a railway,' he would have said 'well, you know, we're not going to help you with that, build it yourself,'" Wynne said.

"That's not the kind of leadership that we need."

Wynne said Blair has chosen to run with Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau because he knows that he would be the kind of prime minister who will work with premiers on issues including climate change, infrastructure, the economy, jobs and growth.

"Ontario needs a federal partner," she said.

"We need provincial and federal leaders working together to make sure that decisions that are made benefit their shared constituents, because Ontarians are Canadians, they're not a different group of people."

She also continued her criticism of Harper for the federal government's lack of support for the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan and of not giving the province "even the minimal support" given to Quebec and Saskatchewan.

Wynne has been blasting Harper on various issues since the very beginning of the federal campaign and has vowed to keep fighting against him, though has said she will try again to work with him if he is re-elected on Oct. 19.

The Conservatives responded by repeating previous comments that it would not help Wynne bring in a tax hike, and said in a statement that Trudeau's government would also raise taxes for middle class Canadians.

Original Article
Source: huffingtonpost.ca/
Author: CP

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