Originally Posted by
MarkB
Nice job laying everything out.
I believe Harper generally has the right idea about the economics of the country.
There's a few things that I perceive are issues though, it would be good to get some supportive evidence to put my mind at ease on these issues:
1) - Harper has been labelled by some a "bully", who pushes his agenda through. That would cause concern in regards to democracy, and whether my representative in parlaiment is really voting for me, or for Harper.
2) - The whole revoke citizenship thing - does that only apply to people who carry dual citizenship, and are not Canadian by birth right? I don't see how you could revoke citizenship of a person who was born in Canada. I think you can revoke their rights as a citizen, as they do with prisoners, but not their citizenship (this would make them a non-citizen in any country).
3) - Harper has been viewed to reduce help to those in need. Look at applications by refugees. People need help, and one of our values has always been that. Has that changed?
4) - Also look at the guy recently freed from Egypt. Canadian government apparently did very little to help. If some government around the world takes advantage of us, are we not going to get support from the Canadian government???
5) - Bill C-51. That seems to have gone against our rights. I understand the purpose, but this power in the hands of the wrong people (corrupt government officials, corrupt police, etc) can be used to extort people, victimize the innocent, etc. Why was this pushed through parliament so quickly? Isn't there better wording that would respect people's rights to an opinion, rights to privacy, etc.?