First Ministers Meeting

It's been a while, since Christmas was busy for me and slow politically. However, an error-riddled article on CBC prompted me to write again.

Harper announced $1 Billion in aid for provinces yesterday, anticipating economic issues based mainly on crazy business deals in America. Since most people know about the sub-prime mortgage disaster, I'll skip it. Today, Harper starts his second meeting with all of the premiers since he was elected, in 2006 (not 2005, CBC). I mean, anyone saying that we've had such a wonderful government for so long is a saint, but I still prefer the facts.

Harper plans to ignore Charest and McGuinty, since they're just whining for more money, and saying they deserve more money than, for example, PEI, which has a nearly defunct fish and agriculture industry, a premier that keeps promises so well that he'll leave them with the HIGHEST PER CAPITA DEPT IN CANADA before he leaves office in 2011, with the municipalities considering jacking their taxes so they won't lose money with his tax cuts, and already a high unemployment rate. Quebec and Ontario: you enjoyed a good ride, now it's time for a little equality, which is what Harper did.

I believe this is a great plan, which will provide emergency money for the many single-industry towns in Canada, but hopefully the money isn't simply used to bail out. Diversification is a must. Everything doesn't have to be done in Smog Central, people in northern New Brunswick can assemble parts as well, or better, than those in Ontario. They don't need to always use saws to prepare wood for the market. All in all, I think Canada will come out of this ordeal a lot better than America.

Harper also wants serious talk of Senate Reform, perhaps so that the deal can be done in time for the next election. Dion criticizes such a move, naturally, because the Liberal enjoys the current stacked Senate. Cosmo magazine (yeah, the one about sex that your daughter reads)started the revolution to change the US Senate, maybe it'll do the same in Canada? (I doubt it. It wasn't about sex back then) Dion enjoyed pointing out that in Harper's "first meeting with the premiers in over two years" (which is impossible, since he hasn't been our Prime Minister for that long yet), he should concentrate on things such as, oh, avoiding a recession. Well, he has taken care of that. Unfortunately, when the US economy collapses, so does every other economy. It won't last long, however, and we can surely just rebuild our economy to be stronger and more diverse, since we've got a lot more of a line of credit to move around with.

Quit your Liberal whining, Mr. Dion. Please. We all beg you. It's the same rubbish day in and day out. Any respect I had of you when out the door when you forgot how long you've been out of power for.

Goodbye.