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ELECTIONS
2008
On September 7,
2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper dissolved Parliament and called a
general
election for October 14, 2008. The MLPC participated with a total of 59
candidates across the country, posting updates on its website for every
day of the election. This material is organized into the following
categories -- News, Commentaries, Letters, Candidates, Multimedia. |
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Congratulations to
All MLPC Candidates and Those Who Joined Them!
Congratulations
to
all MLPC candidates for their work in this election and to all those
who joined them in advancing the cause of democratic renewal not only
in the ridings, but by contributing to the discussion on the website
and championing the people's striving for empowerment in many other
ways.
The MLPC fulfilled the aim it set for itself in this election by making
sure the people's demands for a pro-social agenda and for an end to the
anti-social agenda of the Harper government were provided with a
tribune, both through the program for democratic renewal advocated by
its candidates and through its election website.
The MLPC website will remain active in the coming days to analyze the
significance of the election results and work out how the people can
combine their energies to overcome the grave dangers which the new
minority government and the continuation of the status quo poses to
their lives. All those who wrote to the MLPC during the election and
especially all those who applied to join its work will receive an
answer. Thank you all for your contribution to this important work!
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Election
Results
The Need for Workers to Take an Active Approach to Their Empowerment
The
Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada considers that the election results
will deepen the political crisis in which Canada has been mired since
the 1993 election. That election wiped out the old Conservative Party
and established the Bloc Québécois as the Official
Opposition. This ended the equilibrium in the Parliament based on a
national party in power and a national opposition. In this election,
the demise of the Liberal Party is proceeding apace and no party can
claim "a mandate" to govern so they are all claiming they will govern
together. It would be laughable if it were not so dangerous to see all
of them claiming how they will now govern "together." [more]
• Harper's
"Strengthened Minority"
• False Notions of What It
Means to Be Progressive
• The Shaky Foundation
of "All Our Rights and Freedoms"
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