A once in a lifetime Monday!
Like VE Day, the fall of the Berlin Wall and 7/11 things changed in the world on one day. Maybe not in the whole world but for certain in Canada as the long election campaign ended with a dynamic change in the government.
The people rejected the dark reign of Prime Minister Harper who inflicted a government of secrecy, fear and division on the people. In his pitch for reelection he offered more of the same and even deeper control of the tools for social progress and democracy in Canada. He offered no vision or hope for a better life for all people including First Nations, immigrants, 'Old Stock' Canadians and anyone who was not favourable to his policies.
The new government led by Justin Trudeau, strangely the son of one of the most autocratic Prime Ministers in our history, offered a vision of hope for the future. He seems to be a lively, enthusiastic man who has since proclaimed his intent to implement his promises made during the campaign.
Will it happen? No doubt the corporate elite will seek to undermine changes they perceive will impinge their bottom lines. Oil and coal producers are among them and US and International corporations will not like some promises and employ expensive lobbyists to influence issues in their favour. Business leaders are accused of fashioning a new world order where national governments are subservient to the will of a few huge corporations. Trading partnerships like TPP, NAFTA and others put more power in the corporate realm where a national or local government is restrained from policies that are good for its people as opposed to the profits of a foreign organization. Big pharma is an example of such a sector. Lets add the brewing industry in this context.
Canada could be on the brink of an even better future just like America when Obama was elected. Obama was prevented from fulfilling his mission. Let's hope Trudeau and Canada does not suffer the same fate.
