Let's say you’re in a ship. The sea is very rough and the ship is shaking uncontrollably, the ship is in disrepair - disrepair because of the neglect by the captain and the crew. What do you think could happen? If you said that the ship could sink then you’re a realist. However if the captain keeps telling you not to worry, does this captain have any credibility? Canada is a small ship in the vast ocean of the world economy and tethered to a bigger ship called the U.S. which is in serious turbulent waters itself. Is the captain of Canadian ship not being irresponsible to continue assuring us that "everything is ok"? Should this captain and his crew not be fired? That captain currently happens to be Stephen Harper.
Harper has completely gone McCaniac (recent revelations show that in the past he took his cues from Pro-Bush Australian Prime Minister John Howard on the Iraq war) and keeps saying that the fundamentals of our economy are sound. We are in the same roller coaster ride as Wall Street. Early this week, when the Dow Jones plunged 778 points, the Toronto Stock Exchange dropped 850 points. I believe it was Pierre Trudeau who said that if U.S sneezes we get pneumonia. How can Harper say that we are going to be all right? Especially when he has patterned our economy after the U.S which is less regulations, lower taxes for the rich and big corporations and unbridled capitalism. Moreover our biggest trading partner is the U.S. We need to change the course and fire the current captain and crew.
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