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Party
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on
Love
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Inspiration comes in many forms, but nothing convinces
me to take pen in hand quicker than closed-minded, ignorant bigots who abandon all
precepts of debate and resort to mindless fabrications and misrepresentations. I
think I have had enough of the genteel set, aglow in their own self-righteousness,
referring to the Canadian Alliance as a party built on hate, be it toward the GST,
people of other cultural backgrounds, politicians or our political institutions.
This couldn't be any further from the truth. If anything, the Reform Party was based
on love, not hate. It consisted of people who shared... |
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freedom
of choice
responsive
government
united
people
multiculutral
reward
accomplishment
economic
responsibility
national
government
representational
democracy
economic
sovereignty
evolving
challenge
include
aborgine
people in
life of
country
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- A
love for freedom of choice in the consideration
of yet another alternative, one that might be more interested in representing the
views of its supporters, rather that dictating the positions to be taken.
- A love of
governments that might actually listen, that might address the concerns of its supporters
or be mature enough to realize the potential consequences of failing to live up to
their promise.
- A love
for the concept of a single, united people, undivided by government encouraged self-interests
that keep us apart, controlled, and mere pawns of those who wish to perpetuate the
status quo.
- A love
for an immigration policy that might attract those who share our desire to build
this nation and a government responsible enough to address the problems that should
be expected to arise in the mixing peoples of various cultural backgrounds and values
into a single society.
- A love
of the concept that one's actions and accomplishments should determine reward, but
only within standards that might apply to all Canadians, such as a pension scheme
that would be legal if offered to any other citizen.
- A love
of political leadership that demonstrates economic responsibility, especially at
a time when politicians seem to view their offices as a means to feed a spending
addiction.
- A love
for a Senate model that would establish a truly national form of government, where
every province is equal regardless as to size and population, where its members are
given validation through election rather than appointment, and establish a view that
this nation is more than two super provinces with colonial wings that are to simply
be subservient to the whims of the central region.
- A love
for government institutions and the British tradition of evolving such institutions
that would prompt reformation in order that they might be made more democratic and
representative of the people they are to serve.
- A love
for our Canadian dollar and the independence it allows our nation, to raise its value
to levels unseen of in the past forty years of Liberal and Progressive Conservative
governments.
- A love
of the Canadian way, one that continues to evolve to meet the challenges of today
and tomorrow, rather than marinating in stale memories of what once was.
- A love
for effective and economical government action that would see responsible budgeting
and programs that meet their objectives, unlike the gun control muddle that has failed
to demonstrate either.
- A love
for our First Nations Peoples that would promote democratic governance in accordance
to the times we live, inclusion in Canadian society rather than the segregationist
policies of the past, and resolution of their concerns in a manner fair to all and
consistent with the building of our Canadian nation.
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working
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something
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These ideals demonstrate a love for our country, its people
and its institutions that seem beyond the scope of understanding for some. To be
sure, there are those who hate, who do seem intent in perpetuating through their
propaganda certain stereotypes, while ignoring the mounting evidence of their own
short comings. While we regularly read in this and other publications articles of
corruption, incompetence, and deception at even the highest levels, supporters of
the Canadian Alliance remain inspired by those things we love to work toward providing
us all with something better. |
