How far are we away from losing our rights and freedoms?
We have moved further and further away from a liberal democracy in the last 20 years until now everyone working for the government fears for the loss of their job if they do not do and speak exactly as dictated by the PMO. No one--the Cabinet, MPs, the Executive, Justice, public servants--is free to speak about anything contrary to Harper's personal beliefs in the same way as the Chinese president Xi Jinping and the Russian president Putin control their government. Harper has even had journalists fired. Anything connected with the federal government is high risk so a relative of someone in government will not do anything to jeopardize a job.
Everything is done without consultation, Harper makes arbitrary decisions and as the head of the national government leaves everything domestic to the provinces without adequate funding. But he takes no interest in what the provinces are doing or the constituents in them, knowing that the multinationals and big business will pay for the votes he needs to keep the party in power. And as long as he refuses to reform the electoral system (and the tax system) he thinks he is guaranteed his place in the sun. And he may be.
He has become so lofty that he moved away from MPs in the Senate Red Room during the Throne Speech to a chair beside the GG, as in next to the Queen and entirely separate from Canadians. He's all but crowned.
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