sealman

A small example right from Harpers own mouth> Living in Manitoba when he was first elected with a minority and he told us. Some of our planks such as private health care may be difficult with a minority but I accept the will of the Canadian voters. For those of you old enough to remember Diefenbaker,Mulroney and Joe Clark, you are well aware of the destruction caused by conservative federal governments. Then cross breed conservatives and Reform. That is enough to make the strongest shudder to think what will happen in the next 5 years.

I am retired military after 30 years of service and not in the catagory of your focus. However I am old enough that I clearly remember vividly that previous Conservative majorities all the way back to 1957 have been disaterous to Canada.Harper may well be the best of what is available at this time but not to the extent of a blank check majority.We needed a minority to keep his reform agenda buried.Now he will be able to pull out that agenda and vote down anything in his path. That my friend will not be good for the country. Young people who seem to vote heavily for Harper need to be carefull of what they wished for.

Canadians should beware of getting what they asked for. Harper IS NOT a conservative and never was. He is a reformer as are the mainstays of his caucas. They have kept a low profile while awaiting a majority government.Now that they have achieved majority we will see the hidden reform agenda surface.The NDP along with remnants of the other parties are like jobs with no meaning all all.Harper was given a blank check to do anything he wants to for the next 5 years and by that time Canadians will be crying over this decision.