Corruption: A Liberal Issue

January 3rd, 2006

Well, as you can guess from the title, I disagree with the post that Laura made. Not in it's entirety, I will be focusing on the Canadian aspect of things.

For twelve years, we have had the same government in power- the same party, many of the same MP's, and people with the same ideals. This, in my opinion, constitutes "absolute power," and we all know the old saying "Absolute power corrupts absolutely." Well, in Canada, that saying has been proven in practice, because of the Liberal party.

I'm not saying every party is perfect, and only the Liberals are corrupt- we all know that Tories, the NDP, the Parti Quebecois (Provincial wing of the BQ), have all had scandals attached to them when they were in power at one time or another.

Herein lies the issue- twelve years of corruption, of scandal, and of lies are twelve years too long, in my opinion. We don't know if the Conservatives are corrupt- they haven't been in for twelve years. A new leader, a new vision, a new Canada. If I wasn't on my way out, I'd add more. Expect Part 2 later this evening.