"Invest in Canada - We're Bananas!"™

Canada is in upheaval due to the present PM's belt-tightening plan to remove a portion of the generous taxpayer subsidies granted Canada's political parties. The Liberals supported all kinds of Conservative initiatives in the past, troops in Afghanistan, budgets, etc., but ending their subsidy was a bridge too far. As the Liberals would say, "we're entitled to our entitlements".

Because of this outrage, the opposition parties are in revolt against the government. A coalition of also-rans, rejects, and separatists has been formed to save Canada. How Canadian!

As a result, Canada is the new Italy.

Or, as John Ivison put it, "the world's coldest banana republic". This should be good for foreign investor confidence. Canada's new motto: "Invest in Canada - we're bananas!"™.

What the opposition parties don't realize (except for the separatist Bloc Quebecois) is that when they thumb their nose at the duly elected present government they thumb their nose at the Canadian electorate, especially the West. The opposition are like sharks in a frenzy over the smell of blood. They have lost their senses. They are going to save Canada -- but taxpayers, not them, will be footing the bill. Their rage over lost subsidies made it perfectly clear that it is only our money, not theirs, they are willing to commit to Canada.

When the new Coalition is sworn in, rather than pledging their troth, they will be pledging their trough. And Quebec will likely be the biggest trough of them all.

How do you solve a problem like Canada?

Canada should re-align and form two nations, one, a socialist paradise led by Quebec, the other, a capitalist, self-reliant powerhouse led by Alberta. Individual provinces could re-align as they saw fit. I know which way I would go.

The Quebec-led nation could subsidize itself to its heart's content. Of course, the other provinces would all expect daddy Quebec to subsidize them. This would be a new role for Quebec, which likes to be on the receiving end of Canada's generosity. Quebec's unofficial state motto with regard to Canada's subsidizing role is "Let it Flow, Let it Flow, Let it Flow".

And that's the way the Alberta-bound Ball bounces.

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