Canadian Coalition!

Wow… things are moving so fast this week.

For the first time in months, I’m finding Canadian politics amazingly interesting at the point to see the American’s insignificant and the Québec election ridiculous! (Pardon my excitement)

This Thursday is hugely important, Prime minister Harper will go to governor general Michaelle Jean to ask her to prorogue (basically shutting down) the parliament until January 27th. At that time, the opposition will surely says that they don’t trust this government and we will be back in election! Harper doesn’t want to see a coalition with NDP and liberals and bloc together, so he is trying to buy time.

I found the coalition idea totally refreshing. They even think about including the green party in the government. The coalition government will represent more than 60% of the votes, what a win for our democracy! Party with different views and opinions will have to compromise, put ideology aside, and find consensus policies, where all Canadians will be the clear winners. The coalition parties all support strong measure to fight climate change and finally we could see something happening in Canada!

We need the support of everyone to make this coalition a reality.

What to do:
1. Please sign the petition: http://www.progressivecoalition.ca/
2. Go to a Rally this Thursday night:
a. In Vancouver, there is a rally at the Convention Center, near Canada Place, from 5 to 7:30PM
i. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=99064915261
ii. I’ll go from UBC around 5:00PM, join me if you can
iii. If you are in another city, find out if you have an event there:
http://www.progressivecoalition.ca/regional.php

b. Put a candle in your window if you can’t go to the rally!
i. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=55449301160

This is very exciting! Let’s make history and change the way politics are done in Canada!

Alexandre
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