Canada's Harper threatens to dissolve Parliament

I don't think all sore losers try to become dictators, but Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper sure as shit tries.

In recent parliamentary elections, only one out of every 5 voters backed Harper's Conservative Party. Yet 61% voted for parties that back the new coalition of the Liberals and the New Democratic Party. This coalition has a right under Canada's parliamentary system to form government and oust Harper, because together they have a majority.

Now that this coalition has decided to form government, Harper is throwing a mammoth tantrum like the big crybaby he is. He's decided to attempt what would literally be a right-wing putsch to keep the new administration from taking office.

His party is trying to shut down Parliament until late January so the new coalition can't take office. This is illegal, of course, but he wants to do it anyway. Harper also says that if he doesn't get his way on this, he will try to dissolve Parliament.

Isn't it nice to know our friends north of the border are being ruled by a right-wing dictator?

One is reminded of Bush's efforts in 2004 to cancel that year's election because he was afraid he'd lose. Indeed, Harper's party (which was once more respectable than its U.S. counterpart, the right wing of the Republican Party) has been coached lately by U.S. right-wingers.

And it shows. As another recent example, Harper illegally revoked the right of federal workers to go on strike.

Talk about a rule-by-decree regime!

(Source: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/dec2008/cana-d03.shtml)