CONSERVATIVE & LIBERAL PARTIES HAVE FINISHED DEMOCRACY OFF

It's taken a couple of days but local political pundits have gotten it right including Luisa D'Amato and Thomas Walkom. Luisa's Opinion article in yesterday's Waterloo Region Record is titled "McGuinty silences his critics by abandoning Liberals' ship" and Mr. Walkom's article in today's Record is titled "McGuinty takes democracy lessons from Harper". Both writers are appalled at the notion that our (allegedly) democratically elected legislature can be shut down by one person who isn't even representing the majority of seats in the legislature. It still would be undemocratic if McGuinty and the liberals held 51% of the seats but they are in a minority position.

Our legislature is shut down indefinitely. There isn't even a firm startup date being given. When it reopens I hope (naively) that our citizens remember clearly which party shut it down and reward them with a disaster at the polls. As much as I understand that the Conservatives are no better, as federally they and Harper did the same thing twice, nevertheless any combination of Green, NDP, Conservatives and Independents is absolutely necessary at this juncture. Cowards and bullys who turn out the lights, lock the doors and run are not champions of anything other than self interest. At the very least our two largest national parties have publicly demonstrated this. This is why I fear democracy is finished if our two largest parties can behave this way and get away with it. If they can then you may as well just roll up the sidewalks at night and admit the truth. Citizen misdirection, apathy and cowardice have won the day. Democracy is formally dead and buried both provincially and federally.