"The more we take, the less we become a fortune of one that means less for some" ~ Sarah McLachlan

It's the start of the 41st election here in Canada and I am pissed off already.
I feel frustration at the lack of choice and a complete feeling of hopelessness. None of these political parties seems to be talking about what we really need. Electoral reform should be the jumping off point, affordable housing and affordable daycare need to be addressed now. Instead all I have seen are a bunch of old white guys trying to say the right thing and hit the right notes for the sound bite. It is atrocious.

And my fellow Canadians are going to vote (in record low numbers) for a government they think will protect them when they are rich...even though they are low to middle class right now. Stop that Canadians, just stop it.

Government should be there to make the tough decisions, the hard ones, like a parent who makes you eat your veggies and go to sleep at bedtime. None of us should be asked to vote on their popularity. Would you have voted for your Mother and Father if you had to elect new parents every time you disagreed with them or questioned why they were being so hard on you? Doubtful, you would have voted in new parents who made all sorts of promises. But we are not children and we need to recognize that the status quo is not working and election promises should reflect the state of our economy right now. This is not the time. It is time to get serious.

The process is broken. BROKEN. Would someone please run a campaign that will initiate actual changes? No, because they are all too afraid of losing "power".
So we will continue to suffer, our votes not counting, our government unwilling to change the very system it perpetuates. Power politics piss me off because I'm left feeling used and ignored.
And you know what? Nobody cares. None of my friends give a rat's ass about this election. They are just happy to think this is all there is or that they are helpless to change it. Apathy is apalling.

There is nothing at stake any more for voters because no matter who is in charge nothing is being done to improve the lives of low to middle class Canadians.
It is all such bullshit.

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