WORLD POLITICS MUST CHANGE TO AVOID DISASTER
This week's MY CANADA documentary is thin on content since the American election nominations and Olympics preamble are inundating Canada’s media. PM Trudeau has become camera shy aside from a few LGBT pride parades which is probably a good thing after months of appearing in almost every newscast since last October. That’s not to say the opposition parties are capitalizing on his absence. The NDP are almost silent and the Conservatives are uncustomary only occasionally even criticizing Liberal statements and action.
Stephen Gordon’s National Post August 1st column on the floundering Canadian Conservative scene, both provincially and nationally is a good indicator of the party’s scrambling for direction since the Harper government defeat. The columnist more or less states harping about past accomplishments will not succeed for a future election win.
Some Liberal appointed cabinet ministers are proving the inexperience opposition warned would surface was true. Rather than stand up and explain how where, when, why and what happened as issues surface, the ministers are stumbling with confusing explanations often bordering incompetence. The promise for disclosure and communicating regardless of consequences has deteriorated if ever really ever existing. Canadians seem to hear problems creating problems resulted from another party’s past performances. The excuse is usually the current minister wasn’t told the problem existed, or someone is looking into or studying the situation. All those kinds of excuses are unacceptable to most voters aside from the party faithful of course.
Some major election promises such as the need for examination of the situation surrounding murdered and missing aboriginal women is about to become a reality. Household tax reforms for lower income earners while keeping the more financially prosperous at the same tax level were initiated. Even some of the C51anti-terror Bill has been amended to a very limited degree. Many of those amendments took place under the Harper government after originally amended to get Liberal support for Conservatives to enact the legislation.
Although only half of year one of the four year term has passed the Liberal majority is still promising major changes sighting few details. However the next year or so might see real change if the rookie ministers are able to control and hopefully manage the myriad of ministries that just seems to keep growing. While on the subject it will be interesting to see how Trudeau’s government will handle the Phoenix public service wage problems where 80,000 people remain unpaid. It is doubtful that any of the people affected will accept a study of the problem as sufficient action. Hiring more people and adding temporary or non-permanent staff seems like the wrong solution at first glance. An absolutely positive solution must be found because if the missing pay was for MP staff wages the media would be harshly criticizing the government and forcing a rapid response.
The incompetency reported highlights the fact our governments together with the Clinton-Trump American battles, Britain and European political strife, problems in Turkey, and the immigration crisis in the Middle East means worldwide politics is in turmoil. A solution or at least direction to fix the problems, are in desperate need of immediate action. Political wants, needs and the desire to make the one percent of the population richer must be offset by common sense politicians that can do more than appease a select group of supporters. The alternative is actually really scary.
Stephen Gordon’s National Post August 1st column on the floundering Canadian Conservative scene, both provincially and nationally is a good indicator of the party’s scrambling for direction since the Harper government defeat. The columnist more or less states harping about past accomplishments will not succeed for a future election win.
Some Liberal appointed cabinet ministers are proving the inexperience opposition warned would surface was true. Rather than stand up and explain how where, when, why and what happened as issues surface, the ministers are stumbling with confusing explanations often bordering incompetence. The promise for disclosure and communicating regardless of consequences has deteriorated if ever really ever existing. Canadians seem to hear problems creating problems resulted from another party’s past performances. The excuse is usually the current minister wasn’t told the problem existed, or someone is looking into or studying the situation. All those kinds of excuses are unacceptable to most voters aside from the party faithful of course.
Some major election promises such as the need for examination of the situation surrounding murdered and missing aboriginal women is about to become a reality. Household tax reforms for lower income earners while keeping the more financially prosperous at the same tax level were initiated. Even some of the C51anti-terror Bill has been amended to a very limited degree. Many of those amendments took place under the Harper government after originally amended to get Liberal support for Conservatives to enact the legislation.
Although only half of year one of the four year term has passed the Liberal majority is still promising major changes sighting few details. However the next year or so might see real change if the rookie ministers are able to control and hopefully manage the myriad of ministries that just seems to keep growing. While on the subject it will be interesting to see how Trudeau’s government will handle the Phoenix public service wage problems where 80,000 people remain unpaid. It is doubtful that any of the people affected will accept a study of the problem as sufficient action. Hiring more people and adding temporary or non-permanent staff seems like the wrong solution at first glance. An absolutely positive solution must be found because if the missing pay was for MP staff wages the media would be harshly criticizing the government and forcing a rapid response.
The incompetency reported highlights the fact our governments together with the Clinton-Trump American battles, Britain and European political strife, problems in Turkey, and the immigration crisis in the Middle East means worldwide politics is in turmoil. A solution or at least direction to fix the problems, are in desperate need of immediate action. Political wants, needs and the desire to make the one percent of the population richer must be offset by common sense politicians that can do more than appease a select group of supporters. The alternative is actually really scary.