Canadians: Are you embarrassed by the Harpercracy of the Conservative government of Stephen Harper?

Question

I am so embarrassed at the display of aggression, pomposity, pride and mental dullness displayed by Stephen Harper on his trips abroad. His latest fiasco was a tantrum that he threw at the Francophonie meeting in Bucharest.
How long do we have to endure this disaster?

Mat: Well, I guess you're among the roughly ⅓ of Canadians that support him. This is a democracy; I don't agree with you but, good for you.

iritadragon: I’m in agreement with the points you make. The soldiers' bodies should be there remind Canadians of the reality of what is going on in Afghanistan. If it makes the government uncomfortable then it is a good thing. No government, or population, should be sheltered from this reality. If it's too uncomfortable maybe it will ensure that a constant reassessment is made. I also remember the dark days of Mulroney-ism and the even darker state of the economic, political and constitutional mess that that regime left us.

Mr Ed: I didn't think I was "Harper bashing." I am offering criticism which is my right. He is a public person and has presented his ideas as valid; in fact he has presented them as worthy of governing, and so open to scrutiny. His arrogant and controlling manners make him a target for criticism and also ridicule. That’s politics. If he can’t take it, maybe he should be in another line of work.
I am embarrassed by Mr Harper saying that the Israeli action in Lebanon was measured. I am embarrassed at the way he handles himself in Bucharest. This is an instance of the French/English thing in this country.
I based my question on the news report that I saw. I routinely watch the news in French and the report showed how Harper was clearly out of step with the other participants that wanted to point out the suffering of one of the members of the Francophonie. Mr Harper insisted on making the statement of support among members into a geopolitical stand.

Mr Ed (cont): That’s his right, he’s a politician and politicians politicise things, but then he is the one who complained that the AIDS conference was too political.
I was embarrassed to see him arrive late at the closing ceremonies. Mr Chirac had to say that someone should go get him. Mr Charest was clearly uncomfortable and had to try to mediate between Mr Harper and the other members of the Francophonie. I was embarrassed and, as a federalist Québécois, I think that Mr Harper served the Québec separatist cause very well. The members of the Francophonie that might have wondered why Québec might want to separate from Canada were given a perfect demonstration of a possible reason.
Later, I watched the news in English and the much more condensed version that Anglophones were given did in fact give the impression that Mr Harper was like you say, holding his ground and sticking up for fairness and what he believes.

sandyhoney2: I had not heard that about Harper's dual citizen plan. I find that very disturbing. I'll look that up to get more details. Thanks for pointing that out. Let's hope he doesn't manage to do that. Citizenship should not be liable to be revoked by one PM or even one parliament. I think that this is a symptom of the right wing tendency to reduce citizens to "clients" in their rhetoric. It also shows the possible value of the senate as a house of sober second thought.

Answer 1

Harper is apparently on a mission to retract Canadian passports from ex-pat Canadians living overseas. This is a reaction to the millions of dollars spent extracting Lebanese Canadians, many of whom were 'passport' - only Canadians and hadn't been back to Canada for many years.

Harper has thus decided that our 'free pass' passport shall be no more and is in the works to retract Canadian passports from the many millions abroad. Dual citizens abroad, then, would be back to the citizenship they had originally. Others, like those who teach ESL overseas, would be in danger of being without a country if Harper's plan succeeds.

This is typical reactionary thinking that I have seen in Harper's government. I am not impressed.

Answer 2

yet...he LIED about the recession going into an election. it is a huge no-no! Yeah, persons, each little thing's o.ok., vote for me! yet many many human beings were declaring that the numbers did not upload up, and we were heading immediately right into a recession. Lies lies lies from Harper and the Harper-managed media. enable's settle for it. Rampant, unchecked, grasping capitalism, the finished God of the recent Conservative party, is the reason of the monetary crud it somewhat is occurring to us now. sure, they are no longer the only ones that dug this grave for us, yet their palms are literally on the shovel. Harper is cutting money to the CBC, it somewhat is on a shoestring because it really is, and sending a lot of bailout money to CTV, it somewhat is managed through Conservative-vote casting bigwigs. Hmmm. Harper has severe anger-administration subject matters. Harper does no longer enable his cupboard or MP's make their own judgements or innovations. An Atlantic Conservative MP changed into ousted through Harper from the party at the same time as he keen to argue for the flaws that his voters needed. Harper would not supply a sh** about the human beings of Canada. He needs power. Any first rate man or woman who thinks that politicians ought to act decently and with the suitable interests of the human beings in ideas ought to by no skill vote for Harper again. Ignatieff would no longer be going to be a lot extra ideal. somewhat, what Canadians choose is a huge dissatisfied in authorities. New activities or something. eco-friendly party, even. get rid of the corrupt previous guard and produce in human beings from all activities who're prepared to paintings at the same time for the finest of the rustic. Our latest first-previous-the-submit gadget is a recipe for corruption.

Answer 3

When Harper got elected, I decided to bite the bullet and give him a chance at proving himself.

I don't think he's doing a good job at all. What really got me the maddest I have been in a long, long time, is when he told the Canadian people that it was none of our business to see our dead soldiers being brought home. He claimed that it would be an invasion of their family's privacy, when even the families involved were saying that it was nice to know how much the Canadian people grieve for their soldier's sacrifice as well.

Since then, he has not done anything that makes me think he's going to be anything but a terribly cheap copy of Mulroney. And I, for one, still remember the hole that man put us into!

Answer 4

Frankly, I am an NDP voter, but I hate this Harper bashing all the time. He is not an embarrassment, and he did not throw a tantrum. He held his ground for what he believed, and in this time, he was sticking up for fairness.
I am against the general run of his policies, but I think he is doing his best according to his lights, and he is doing what Canadians voted him in to do. I can't fault him for that, even if I don't necessarily like it.

Answer 5

i like him, he's doing a good job