{"id":6,"date":"2008-12-10T21:11:32","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T05:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.stuzog.com\/majoritycoalition\/?p=3"},"modified":"2015-03-16T00:52:07","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T00:52:07","slug":"join-the-fight-for-democratic-government-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.stuzog.com\/majoritycoalition\/join-the-fight-for-democratic-government-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the fight for democratic government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.stuzog.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/5\/images\/maple_four_98x107.jpg\" class=\"small-left\" alt=\"The four-coloured Maple Leaf\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Democracy means the rule of the majority, but with another minority government, our country is being governed by a prime minister with only 22% support of the Canadian electorate. Whatever happened to the principle of majority rule?<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"boldunderline\" style=\"color: black\">It&rsquo;s time for a coalition government<\/p>\n<p>By forming a political coalition based on shared goals and policies, the three Canadian parliamentary opposition parties can form a coalition government that would better represent the views of the majority of Canadians than Stephen Harper&rsquo;s minority government. <\/p>\n<p class=\"boldunderline\" style=\"color: #0055D1\">Join the fight for democratic representation<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;ve set up a Facebook group called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/majoritycoalition\" target=\"_blank\">majoritycoalitioncanada<\/a>. The group is new but growing fast. Click on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/majoritycoalition\" target=\"_blank\">blue button<\/a> to the left to join this group. You will need a <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> account to beome a member, and you will not be bombarded with emails by joining this group. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoalitionCanada\" target=\"_blank\">follow our latest tweets<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"boldunderline\" style=\"color: #B40011\">Become the Change we need &mdash; Inform yourself!<\/p>\n<p>Pressure from concerned Canadians like you will help the three Opposition parties move past any short-term goals or personal ambition. It&rsquo;s time for a new approach to Canadian politics. By <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.stuzog.com\/majoritycoalition\/media-and-other-information\/\" target=\"_self\">informing yourself<\/a>, you can become part of that change. Browse our collection of <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.stuzog.com\/majoritycoalition\/media-and-other-information\/\" target=\"_self\">news reports and other links<\/a> on coalition politics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"boldunderline\" style=\"color: #7A0EFE\">Read and comment on the posts on our Blog site<\/p>\n<p>Click on the purple button on the left to reach the front page of our <a href=\"http:\/\/majoritycoalition.ca\/page\/1\/\">Blog site<\/a>. Here you&rsquo;ll find the latest on the progress of the Canadian coalition. Updated frequently, it&rsquo;s a treasure-trove of political history for political junkies and pol-sci students alike &mdash; and for anyone who wants to preserve and improve our parliamentary democracy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"boldunderline\">Yours for a democratic Canada<\/p>\n<p><em>Stuart Hertzog<br \/>\nVictoria, British Columbia<br \/>\nCanada, 2008<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"navigation\"><a href=\"#top\">[Back to the top]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.stuzog.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/5\/images\/maple_four_98x107.jpg\" class=\"small-left\" alt=\"Four-coloured Maple Leaf\" \/>Democracy means the rule of the majority, but with another minority government, Canada is being governed by a prime minister with only 22% support of the Canadian electorate. Whatever happened to the  principle of majority rule?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.stuzog.com\/majoritycoalition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.stuzog.com\/majoritycoalition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.stuzog.com\/majoritycoalition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.stuzog.com\/majoritycoalition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.stuzog.com\/majoritycoalition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.stuzog.com\/majoritycoalition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":865,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.stuzog.com\/majoritycoalition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.stuzog.com\/majoritycoalition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.stuzog.com\/majoritycoalition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.stuzog.com\/majoritycoalition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}