Reform Party (aka Tory) Majority - Bridge Jumping Time

I really hope we all keep in mind how strongly we (most of us) felt in this election, and keep that same level of engagement for the next four to five years. Now more than ever we need to keep up the public pressure on a government that refuses to engage with the media, the public and the institutions our country has built up over 150 years.



For the next five years we will have no progress on the environment, no progress on social justice issues, no rational revision of our foreign policy. We'll keep selling asbestos and muzzling civil institutions and we'll show no leadership on any of the alarming issues, environmental and social, this planet faces.



There will be no bold moves on anything besides the economy as Canada stagnates under a government that is far more extreme than many people who voted for them now realize.



It's not going to be fun, but it will be very instructive. I think four to five years of a Tory majority will finally expose them to Canadians as what they truly are. But that's the future.



Remember: 60% of Canadians did not vote for "The Harper Government", and most of them never will. Social progressives, activists, educated urban dwellers, the artistic community, civil servants, trade unionists and the entire province of Quebec have almost universally rejected the Conservatives. Millions of working-class and rural Canadians did likewise. There is a broad, massive consensus against this kind of government, this kind of regressive policy and the politics of fear and division.



The Big Blue Machine won this election fair and square and we now have to deal with the consequences of the shortsightedness, arrogance and ineptitude of our progressive political leadership. Vote splitting lost this election and needs to bring about a necessary merger of the centrist consensus in this country.



The Liberals and NDP will never co-operate unless we force them to, and this election is just a step on the road to reclaiming our country and restoring the fair-mindedness that makes Canada more than a pale reflection of America and Britain.



So please, people, stay engaged and hold the Tories to account - because their record is clear.



They won't make it easy on us!