Is Canada Really Ready For Bush Lite?

Well folks one of my worst fears (if recent polls here are correct) is about to become a reality. It looks like we may end up with a Conservative minority government (with the help of the BQ means a Majority IMO) come the end of the day tomorrow. The latest CPAC-SES tracking poll shows the Conservatives lead by seven points. Nationally, support for the Conservatives stands at 36.2%, followed by the Liberals at 29.4%, the NDP at 17.3%, the BQ at 11.0%, and the Green Party at 6.1%. What this will mean if accurate, is that Stephen Harper will become Prime Minister of Canada and even with minority status, all he will have to do is hook up with the Bloc Quebecois and we can kiss our asses good-bye. And there is no doubt whatsoever the BQ would support Harper since all they're really interested in is an independent Quebec which is something Harper will willingly grant in order to seize power. How does this make Harper and his Conservative Party "Bush lite"? Here is a taste of what he plans, courtesy of one of my favorite Canadian blogs the woodshed They will stack the Supreme Court with conservative ideologues from among their own ranks. They will run up a a deficit again. They will use the notwithstanding clause early and often to ban homosexual marriage and get rid of any kind of legislation banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. They will tear up all the government's previous hard-won agreements with the First Nations' peoples. They will bring back capital punishment. They will repeal the decriminalization of marijuana and bring in more draconian punishments. They will split up the country by encouraging Quebecois to separate and by encouraging Western seperatism through decentralization. They will bring religion and especially fundementalist Christianity to the forefront of governing philosophy. (Just what we need, more scum like Ralph Reed). They will end multiculturalism and divide and rule by playing on our fears, by playing to their base and pitting native born white Canadians against immigrants and minorities and natives. They will ban abortion. They will destroy public education by encouraging US style voucher systems and standard tests . They will revive Canadian participation in the U.S.'s completely useless, never-going-to-work missle defense shield. And let me add one other strong possibility. Canadian participation in the illegal ocupation of Iraq. A new and final poll is due to be released sometime later this evening. I can only hope the our polls are as accurate as all the polls in the U.S. in November of '04. Then again we don't use Diebold machines here. So all I can say to my fellow Canadians, is please, for the sake of saving our beloved Canada from the clutches of King George and his far right wingnuts, vote NDP or hold your nose and put the X next to your Liberal candidate. Since a majority is in reality only a dream for the NDP (damn it!!), we have to hope and pray for another Liberal minority.