Respect the Democratic Process - Let Us CHOOSE!

For those who have been following the news: Canada may have a new government very, very soon. Unlike last time, it is not a result of a called election, but rather a scheme plotted by the Liberals and the NDP to topple the current Conservative government. Their plan is, with the support of the Bloc, to ask Governor General Michaelle Jean to ask current Liberal leader Stephane Dion and NDP leader Jack Layton to form a coalition government once they have overthrown the Stephen Harper-led Conservative minority government through a non-confidence vote. The Bloc Quebecois will promise to not overthrow this government for at least a year, giving the coalition government two chances to release a budget.

Let me get this straight: Canadians have just voted for a Conservatives-led minority government, with Stephen Harper as its leader and thus, our prime minister. Now, because of backroom deals that entails who-knows-what, Stephane Dion, who was abandoned by his own party, could potentially become our prime minister, then followed by someone else who Canadians have not even considered as our prime minister when the Liberals have their leadership convention in May? When did Canadians give their right to choose a government to the hands of the Liberal delegates attending the leadership convention?

I am not necessarily for or against a coalition government of any sort – if the Liberals, the NDP, and the Bloc, want to run in an election as a coalition and wins, that’s fine. Let Canada have its first coalition government since the 1920s. But LET US CHOOSE! Heck, if the Marxist-Leninist Party and the Communist Party decide to run as a coalition, and actually win the federal election, so be it. But this coalition is something that has just been cooked up by the Liberals, the NDP, and the Bloc. I didn't see in my ballot a couple months ago any candidates that says "Liberal-NDP-Bloc Coalition." I chose to vote either the Conservatives, the Liberals, the NDP, or the Green Party. The decision to topple a government right now and replace it without an election is a total disrespect to democracy, and thus is despicable at best (I can use harsher words, but I don't want to resort to profanity here). While one can say the Liberals, the NDP, and the Bloc collectively have more popular support in the country than the Conservatives, is it certain that all these supporters of the parties support the idea of such a coalition? I know for a fact that many Liberals hate the Bloc and feel that they represent a force that tries to destroy confederation... would they vote for the Liberals should they know that they are going to sleep with the enemy?

The reason why so many people from around the world decide to make Canada their home is because of its democracy, not because of corrupted backroom deals that run rampant in the infra-structure of the government – many Canadians have known that far too well.

Please, do something - write to the media, write to your MP, call talk shows. Let them know that this is despicable, and cannot be tolerated. Don't let Canada turn back its clock to become a corrupted nation where politicians run backroom deals and bypass the eyes of the voters.