{"id":72498,"date":"2019-08-04T10:33:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T14:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=72498"},"modified":"2019-08-04T11:57:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T15:57:44","slug":"listen-up-if-you-think-there-is-still-fun-in-politics-just-watch-this-next-election-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/listen-up-if-you-think-there-is-still-fun-in-politics-just-watch-this-next-election-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen Up! If you think there is still fun in politics, just watch this next election campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5890\" style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5890\" class=\"wp-image-5890 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/10\/HM-0020-2-Profile-picture-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/10\/HM-0020-2-Profile-picture-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/10\/HM-0020-2-Profile-picture.jpg 321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hugh Mackenzie<br \/>Huntsville Doppler<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Fun, in Politics?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the federal election in this country just a few months away, it will be interesting to watch the dynamics of the various political parties as they fight for their positions on the national stage. It will be different this time, in part because of the presence of the so called People\u2019s Party of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>I for one am not sorry to see Maxime Bernier and his newfound political party as part of this election cycle. It gives us an opportunity to put all the nuts in one basket, where we can clearly see them and know who they are. To be clear, this is not a conservative party, but it<strong> is<\/strong> the reason Maxime Bernier could not find a home there.<\/p>\n<p>His new political movement is an alt-right party, leapfrogging on disturbing trends seen in the United States and other parts of the world. In my view, it could be a comfortable home for white supremacists, homophobes, neo-nazis and racists. I would like to think that we have none of these in Canada, but sadly we do, and the People\u2019s Party is welcome to them.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Bernier\u2019s new movement is yet another sign of political polarization in Canada. Gone are the days when political parties could vigorously debate important national and provincial issues, often finding a middle ground, without demeaning their opponents, almost to the point of metaphorically questioning their parentage. Fierce debate and yet respect across party lines was a genuine commodity in those days.<\/p>\n<p>Today, it is a \u201cmy way or the highway\u201d approach to politics. You are either with me or you are  against me and if you are against me, you must be the enemy. If you are the enemy, I am not even going to talk to you.<\/p>\n<p>This type of atmosphere in the political realm must be very hard on many if not most elected people. I do believe that the majority of individuals who seek elected office do it for the right reasons: to serve the people they represent, to make our country more prosperous, and to have a platform to express their views. There must be a high level of frustration when they find so often that their hands are tied, when they are told what to say, when they are forbidden to challenge the boys in short pants from the PMO and when they are discouraged to fraternize with those who hold different opinions.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>In that regard, I think of people like Jane Philpott and Jody Wilson-Raybould, both first-rate parliamentarians. More top of mind, however, I think of two people who have recently and tragically died, both at too young of an age, who in my view must have been very disturbed by the polarization and nastiness of politics today.<\/p>\n<p>The first is David Caplan who died suddenly a week or so ago at the age of 54. He was a Liberal and former Minister of Health. He was a fierce partisan. His friends called him the Happy Warrior. But he knew how to work with people. He listened to their ideas and he was never afraid to cross the aisle to work with people whose opinions were different than his. Most importantly, he treated everyone with respect, a quality sadly missing in politics today. I worked with David Caplan on a number of occasions, from the time he was a young school trustee. Among the many people I worked with over the years, he is one of those that stands out. He was that kind of guy.<\/p>\n<p>Another shocker came yesterday, when it was learned that Deepak Obhrai had died from a fast acting liver cancer at the age of 69. Now most people, even some of the initiated, will have no idea who he was, but in my view he was one of the best parliamentarians we have. He has served as a member from Calgary for 22 years, having been elected five times. He was Dean of the Conservative Caucus. He ran for the Leadership of the Party when he knew he didn\u2019t have a snowballs chance in Hell of winning, because he had things he believed it was important to say.  He was outspoken, he was funny, he was innovative, and he was loved by people on both sides of the aisle in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Both of these men exuded warmth, wisdom kindness, and good humour. How little of that we see in politics today.<\/p>\n<p>And now, we are entering into an election period where the reality is that few of these important qualities, so necessary in a positive and open democracy, will be evident. It is going to be a mud slinger. The party leaders are already at it, using wedge issues such as homophobia and abortion to smear each others&#8217; character when they should be concentrating on issues such as the economy, climate change, healing a divided nation and ensuring that no one, as they now must do in Quebec, needs to choose between their faith and their career.<\/p>\n<p>It is my view that people\u2019s sexual orientation and issues related to a woman\u2019s body have no place in politics. They are personal and they are private, and they don\u2019t need a bunch of politicians judging them or telling them what to do. Pierre Elliott Trudeau said it best when he said there is no place for the state in the bedrooms of the Nation. Wedge issues are simply intended to distract from issues that really <strong>are<\/strong> the business of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Trudeau is reported to have told a group of students at McMaster University that political involvement included pizza, sex and all sorts of fun things. He may be right about the sex, but if you think there is still fun in politics just watch this next election campaign.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! Sign up for our free newsletter <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the federal election in this country, just a few months away, it will be interesting to watch the dynamics of the various political parties as they fight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[26,442,829],"class_list":["post-72498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commentary","tag-breaking","tag-hugh-mackenzie","tag-listen-up"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Listen Up! 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