Liberals put party before the people

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Liberals put party before the people

Ignatieff nomination demonstates Grit flaws

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You wanna know what's wrong with Canadian democracy, the way it's practiced by the federal Liberal party?

Look no further than Michael Ignatieff and his nomination as the Liberal candidate for Etobicoke-Lakeshore.

Here's a guy who was born in Toronto but who has mostly lived and worked in other countries.

He teaches at Harvard, but returns to U of T in January as a "visiting professor," for heaven's sake. Ignatieff writes critically acclaimed books that only the elite read, and is widely touted to be a future prime minister in the mould of Pierre Trudeau.

Okay, now he's got the nomination in Etobicoke-Lakeshore, but it's not as if the voters of that riding chose him.

FOISTED ON THE VOTERS

Rather, he was foisted on them -- chosen by "acclamation," which means no one voted for him.

He's the choice of the party, not the people.

Not only that, two other candidates for the Liberal nomination were prevented from challenging his.

Sound familiar? Like a dictatorship, eh?

WE CAN BLAME OURSELVES

If we, the voters, don't do the right thing, and if we re-elect the same guys who've so abused propriety, decency and honest democracy, then we've no one to blame but ourselves for the arrogance and corruption that has been so rife in government.

In just the two ridings mentioned above there are sound alternatives to the Liberal establishment.

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Liberals put party before the people

Ignatieff nomination demonstates Grit flaws

  http://w3t.org/?u=eh1

You wanna know what's wrong with Canadian democracy, the way it's practiced by the federal Liberal party?

Look no further than Michael Ignatieff and his nomination as the Liberal candidate for Etobicoke-Lakeshore.

Here's a guy who was born in Toronto but who has mostly lived and worked in other countries.

He teaches at Harvard, but returns to U of T in January as a "visiting professor," for heaven's sake. Ignatieff writes critically acclaimed books that only the elite read, and is widely touted to be a future prime minister in the mould of Pierre Trudeau.

Okay, now he's got the nomination in Etobicoke-Lakeshore, but it's not as if the voters of that riding chose him.

FOISTED ON THE VOTERS

Rather, he was foisted on them -- chosen by "acclamation," which means no one voted for him.

He's the choice of the party, not the people.

Not only that, two other candidates for the Liberal nomination were prevented from challenging his.

Sound familiar? Like a dictatorship, eh?

WE CAN BLAME OURSELVES

If we, the voters, don't do the right thing, and if we re-elect the same guys who've so abused propriety, decency and honest democracy, then we've no one to blame but ourselves for the arrogance and corruption that has been so rife in government.

In just the two ridings mentioned above there are sound alternatives to the Liberal establishment.

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Indeed there are, lets hope the voters wake up from their sleepwalk.