The headline of the Ottawa Sun caught my attention as I filled up my car this morning (woo hoo, less than $20 bucks!). It screamed "NO! NO! NO!" and the sub headline was about how the three opposition parties were going to overturn the will of the people of Canada by forming a coalition government and tossing the Tories out.
Um, what?
The will of the people was that the Conservatives do not form the government of Canada, they just couldn't agree who to replace them with. After all, the Cons got ~35% of the popular vote, about one in every three voters. And with a 66% (I'm going on memory here) turnout that means that only one in four picked them.
The three opposition parties got MORE votes combined than the Conservatives. Their members were elected to represent the people. If the members of those parties decide to work together to govern than in essence the will of the people has been enacted. The system works and the Tories lost this round; get over it.
Inaccurate and inflamatory claims that the will of the people is being subverted and the opposition leaders are staging a coup are irresponsible and deserving of ridicule.
Asshats.
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