National Leadership or lack thereof

This is a little an exert of a letter I sent to the CBC Online

It's a rant about the government proposal to give a $60 billion dollars in tax cut and a reduction to the GST to 5% that passed recently in the House of Commons because the Liberals abstained from the vote which was a confidence motion.

I'm so thoroughly disappointed by the Stephan Dion's leadership of the Liberal party of Canada. Mostly because of the way he’s been playing a loosing game of chicken with the Tories - a party that did NOT win a majority at the ballot yet is still driving this country’s agenda day in and day out. The Liberals have become enablers in the conservative agenda – they are essentially propping up the gov't of Harper by not standing up to these confidence votes because they’re not ready for an election. What really goads me is that the Liberals don't have a vision of Canada as an alternative to the status quo.

60 Billion dollars is a windfall that was blown away in private and corporate tax cuts and the Liberals never even tried to offer an alternative to the cuts by proposing spending that could improve the lives of Canadians. A few hundred dollars in my pocket at the end of year doesn’t compare to 60 billion dollars collected from ALL Canadians which can make a HUGE difference with things like Health Care, the environment, city infrastructure, socials safety net, arts and culture or even the failing industries all over the country.

The real strength of a federal government is in the way it can balance the smallest contribution from individuals to make a huge difference that benefits all Canadians. Liberals showed total lack of foresight when they supported this last mini budget, they’ve resigned themselves to being the nagging party instead of governing from the positive – in the process they have become enablers to a conservative mandate which is dragging the majority of Canadians - who did NOT vote for that mandate - with them. I am thoroughly annoyed that this minority gov't is running like a conservative majority because the Liberals have no vision for a greater Canada. The Liberal party need to change direction FAST.