IMHO

I needed to edit this post. I realize my opinion is hardly humble, but I spent seven hours at the University of Windsor's law library last night and by the time I felt compelled to write the original post, I was pretty out of it.

So it's time to rewrite on the beginnings of the election campaign.

So far, I am very pleased to hear that Harper will develop a public prosecutor’s office. Hearing this alone would make me vote for the Conservatives. Drop the G.S.T and my vote is in the bag.

The Liberals are trying to use a very tired argument that a public prosecutor’s department is “American Style” justice. Well, Martin, the U.K and Australia have the same and they are part of the Commonwealth in which Canada can look for legal support under our evidence laws. Nice try, but it won’t work. I think they are pretty damn scared at what the outcome of such a prosecution office will do to them. Obviously, Harper isn't so scared of his members getting caught as the Liberals appear to be.

As for Peter MacKay…do I smell a rat? What’s happening with him…why would he be against a public prosecutor? Is he getting influence with the Desmarais family or is he missing Belinda so much that he is presenting like a Liberal to get us ready for his defection to the Liberal Party? Peter is deflecting on just how effective it will be and never once did he mention on the CBC or CTV news that the Criminal Code of Canada has a part specifically for corrupt officials, including politicians. (That link is provided to the left on this blog).

The only problem is, we have the tools, but they are not being enforced. So having an independent prosecutor - away from the political influence of the Ministry of Justice - is the best thing for Canada and probably one foreign investors want assurance of before they invest in Canada. Of course, this would mean that Liberal connections would be rooted out and a cause for concern for them.

I want to give an example why there should be an independent prosecutors office. Ex Ontario Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Native Affairs Charles Harnick. In his testimony into the Ipperwash Crisis and shooting of Native Dudley George, he conceded he lied to Parliament.

This is contempt folks.

Next to federal Parliament, the provincial Parliament is one of the highest "courts" in the land and he deliberately lied because of his political affiliations and loyalty to Mike Harris, not his loyalty to the Constitution, the Charter or his legal obligations.

This is dangerous folks and another reason to remove the Attorney General out of the political realm and elect candidates based on no party affiliation. Of course, if there were an independent prosecutor's office in each of the provinces and territories, then we could make sure the appearance of Justice is pretty well uniform throughout the country.

And what’s with Minister Ralph Goodale? Why is he attempting to impede justice by trying to tell Canadians that the NDP and the Conservatives are engaging in a smear campaign when there is a very serious allegation of securities fraud and their announcement on income trusts? Why attempt to minimalize or even deter enforcing criminal acts?

One of my favorite NDP’ers is Judy W (I still can't remember how to spell her name let alone pronounce it). Ms. Judy asked those hard questions of the government and I say…’atta girl!

My other fav is Pat Martin (why hasn’t he been considered as the NDP Party leader?) Too bad he’s not in my riding, although I still wouldn’t vote NDP for alligning with the Liberals and using the money from over-taxing to take credit for "getting things done". But I guess it was better to wait for Gomery for a judgment and due process and all.

Martin said something about the Charter after his government was kicked out for corruption. He says they hold the Charter dear and they love Canada or something like that. Well, no. I don't believe they do.

They want to make their accomplishments at lowering the dept look like they are the guys to re-elect. But they lowered that dept at the expense of Canadians AND the Charter. Look to the C.E.D.A.W link to the left and read items 27 & 28 on page 6 that specifically cites Martin's 1995 Budget Implementation Act as a neglinet throw-caution-to-the-wind approach cause of discrimination against hundreds of thousands of women in Canada - then read the rest to find out how widely and how deeply systemic it is.

This evidence indicate how women, old and young alike, that his budget act affected, not the hundreds of thousands of men in this country that are not added to these statistics.

So much for fiscal accomplishments if one of the results is disrespecting your own Charter and cutting funding to Law Societies that would have been used to help Canadians ensure their legal and guaranteed rights under the Charter - that is - if the Law Societies were all above board and didn't squander it.

In closing, I couldn’t care less about a “Christmas” campaign. I think that was just the media whining because they didn’t want to work very hard. I wished they’d all just shut-up and VOTE.

We wouldn't have this problem if there were set election dates. It's bad form to whine about when to have an election given the system we're forced to endure. No one political party has the monopoly to say when 'Canadians' want to vote.

What is more serious is the fact that the Liberals are contemptuous of the Charter - which is part of our Constitution - by blaming the opposition parties for trying to show Canadians they take seriously the rule of law and their principles that Canada was founded on - by calling an election based on corruption.

We probably wouldn't be having an election if the Liberals didn't abuse their power.