It is a sad event when even in Canada, the majority of the people do not exercise their democratic right to vote. It is even more unbelievable when political parties, especially the liberal party, enjoy the fact that the majority of the population does not vote. They count on it as it allows them to force their controlling agenda on a population that for all points and purposes are content to be led by the nose and forced into complying with draconian law.
This appears to have been the problem in Canada from the very beginning. People feel their vote does not account for anything. They believe their vote is meaningless and in many cases this attitude has been taught to them.
Changes to the Canadian constitution have allowed for the creation of something that was not considered at the time of passing. At one time the Canadian people voted for a person in their riding that would represent them in the parliament in Ottawa. This concept has been done away with. The people of Canada no longer vote for a person to represent them in parliament. The people are now voting for a person whom the leader of the party has chosen, that will represent the leader of the party to the riding. This is a far cry from the original design of Canadian election of representative.
By this present day electoral system, parliament has been pushed aside to be nothing more than a body of high priced bell hops that have virtually no meaning to the Canadian population. So as parliament is being pushed aside, the people appear to have been pushed aside a long time ago, likely before parliament was pushed aside. At least at one time there was hope that the democracy in Canada was strong and resistant to a form of dictatorship where the leader of the party controlled not only the party, but also who got into the party. Now the leader of the party is also the dictator of the party. Hence the concept that Canadians elect a person who will represent the leader of the party to them. Parliament has, for all purposes, become null and void.
This is how power is obtained by political parties. At this present point in the life of Canada if the party can obtain the votes of only 30% of the voting population, it will enable that party to rule even with a majority of seats in parliament. It is that 30% that the parties hope to attract all the while ignoring the other 70% who appear to be content to let happen what ever happens, believing that their vote doesn't matter. Well it does matter. It matters a lot.
Right now it would appear to be an accurate description of the so called majority of the Canadian public. That description appears to be this: "Canadians don't care about politics. As long as they have a bottle in one hand and some form of domestic life to have coitus with, they are content to wallow in their own urine and fesses." That would appear to describe the "non-voting" population. It needs to stop. It needs to change. Canadians need to realize that all votes count and that they need to know what the party, not just the leaders, but the party stands for.
It would appear that at this present stage of Canadian democracy, the liberals are counting on the 70% majority not to vote. That way the liberals can concentrate on the larger centers such as greater toronto and hamilton area and ottawa obtaining their votes, and since they don't have to worry, the eastern coast of Canada is expected to vote liberal without question. The liberals don't care about the western provinces as the majority of the population is in Ontario and Quebec.
The majority of Canadians need to wake up to the fact that collectively their votes count and by using their power to vote in the upcoming election, they can change the direction of Canadian democracy. With the majority of Canadians voting there is a strong movement that we no longer elect a person who only represents the leader of the party to us, but to actually vote for a person to represent them in parliament, the way it should be.
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