I wrote to all the MPs earlier in the week, and among the typical Conservative platform responses that I got back from many of them, I found John Weston's reply to be the most substantial. (John is the Conservative MP of West Van, Sunshine Coast, and Sea-to-Sky region.)
In his email reply, he said the following:
原帖由 John Weston
Finally, if Liberals suggest this Conservative government is not legitimate because it did not receive 50% of the popular vote, I would remind them that no Liberal government in Canadian history has ever received 50% of the vote (that has only happened twice – by Conservatives in 1958 and 1984), and I can’t remember Liberals ever suggesting that the three majority governments won by Jean Chretien in 1993, 1997 and 2000 with 41.3%, 38.5% and 40.8% of the vote, respectively, were somehow less than legitimate.
For more than 140 years, despite the fact that parties almost never get 50% of the popular vote, our parliamentary system has produced stable and legitimate governments. In my view, this is not a weakness of our system. It is an enviable record of balancing three principles necessary for any successful electoral system – democracy, legitimacy and stability.
With such obvious lies, It is clear to me that the Liberals are only interested in playing political games and finding ways to put their own interests ahead of those from Canadians. Shame on these hypocritic scumbags!!! 
For those who are buying into the argument that the coalition deserves to take government because they received the majority of Canadians' votes, are you still supporting their cause in the face of this blatantly obvious lie?
-Lik |
發表於 2008-12-4 07:00
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