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In his rush to
reduce the role of government in Canada, Mr. Harper would make
radical, unprecedented changes to our federation, dramatically
shrinking the role of the national government and severely limiting
its scope for the type of nation-building projects that have made
Canada a country that's respected - and even envied - all over the
world.
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From Mr. Harper's
own words and actions, it's clear that while he won't endorse the
official separation of Quebec, he would deliver de facto separation
by implementing the Bloc Quebecois agenda, not only in Québec, but
in every province.
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On May 24th 1994, Mr. Harper said
"Whether
Canada ends up as one national government or two national
governments or several national governments, or some other kind of
arrangement is, quite frankly, secondary in my opinion". He
has said this repeatedly over the years.
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In 1997,
he and his confidant Tom Flanagan, in their Next City magazine,
suggested coalitions were the only route to Conservatives seizing
national power and implementing their plans. They suggested an
alliance with The Bloc Québécois “would not be out of place”.
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At
Harper’s conservative convention in March of this year, he inserted
a special part ‘D’ into the Conservative Policy paper entitled “Open
Federalism”. It is a provincial rights manifesto.
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In
addition, Harper’s policy calls for the support of the Council of
the Federation that was established on December 5th, 2003, by
provincial premiers. The preamble to the creation of the Council
states that the provinces are sovereign within their own
jurisdiction, and that they have an equal status within Canada.
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What will Ottawa's role be in Harper's "Open Federalism"?
A glimpse can be found in Mike Harris and Preston Manning's paper
"A Canada Strong and Free",
where on page 20 they suggest that the
federal role should be limited to areas
such as defence, foreign affairs, and ensuring free inter-provincial trade."
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To their
credit the separatists, including Mr. Duceppe, have always been
clear what they want but Mr. Harper moves stealthily to reach his
goal.
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The
election of Mario Dumont's Action Democratique de Quebec on March
26,2007 as opposition in Quebec has given Mr. Harper a new ally.
The ADQ speaks of "autonomy" for Quebec while Mr. Harper speaks of
"autonomy" for all provinces.
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Now the
Harperites hope to build on Mr. Dumont's political infrastructure in
Quebec to increase their Quebec base.
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It is
time to fight not only the BLOC/HARPER team in Ottawa, but the ADQ/Harper
team in Quebec City....... JOIN TEAM CANADA 2007 to
SAVE OUR COUNTRY!
