Astute observations about Harper and how he has complete domination over our laws and government.
Ralph Heintzman, a professor at the University of Ottawa and head of the federal Office of Public Service Values and Ethics, says Canada might just have the most centralized political system in the world.
“The Canadian prime minister is probably the most powerful political executive in the world because there is nothing, once he has a majority in Parliament, to restrain him or her,” he told the Winnipeg Free Press in a recent interview.
“In most other Westminster democracies, there are peculiarities of the system, which act as checks, formally or informally.”Heintzman cites parliamentary systems in the U.K. and Australia where the party leaders are chosen by MPs, as opposed to party members like in Canada.”
That turns the power relationship upside down,” he says. “The leader controls the caucus. The caucus does not control the leader.”
In other words, members of Parliament in Canada are inclined to vote the way the prime minister wants them to or risk losing opportunities to serve on cabinet or even in caucus. In the U.K. and Australia, MPs yield more power over their leader.
If you aren’t scared yet, you should be. The Canada that we knew and loved is eroding before our eyes. There is very little to protect us from the forces who want to take away the essence of who we are and replace it with something far more sinister – unrestrained fascism.
