Letters to the Editor
Re: By-Elections
Since the by-elections were called it has been announced that Lori Idlout, the NDP Member of Parliament for Nunavut has crossed the floor to join the Liberals. Besides providing further proof of the lack of legitimacy of the system called a representative democracy because elected MPs are accountable to neither electors nor their parties and think they are above being held to account, this also means that if the Liberals win the three April 13 by-elections there will be no need for the Speaker to cast his vote to break a tie. But the story does not end there. A news item in the National Post, referring to the April 13 by-election in Terrebonne, includes the following:
"Philippe J. Fournier, founder of the polling aggregator website 338Canada, said it was a 'stroke of genius' for the Liberals to call for a by-election to be held on the Monday after their party convention in Montreal, which will mean lots of exposure prior to the vote.
"With Carney's government riding high in the polls, even in Quebec, having that media visibility for the Liberal leader in those final days will only be beneficial for his party as voters are headed to the polls, said Fournier."
It certainly underscores the point that the by-elections will once again reveal that the electoral system is corrupt – a corruption that is all "within the law."
Reader from Northern BC
These politicians who have crossed the floor or defected to the Liberal Party show no allegiance to those who voted for them or the Party they ran for or Canada. They only earn the contempt of the people for their pragmatic calculations like Carney himself makes. Whatever their reason, the people do not like it.
Reader in Scarborough
The call made by TML for the people of Terrebonne to go all to defeat the Liberals and for people to use the by-elections to discuss their own concerns and demands, responds to the need for the people to keep the initiative in their own hands no matter what so-called majority the Carney party machine engineers. The declaration that Carney governs with the consent of the governed is an ill-gotten one that will not save the Liberals because the people will continue to fight for their rights and the rights of all. This is what the kind of rotten operation the Liberal government is running will reveal.
Reader in Montreal
The announcement of the two Toronto candidates in early February by the national Liberal party, not the riding associations which nowadays have no say and exist in name only, also speaks to the corruption of the system of party government where the people have no say in who will run or what they do once elected, all controlled by the central party apparatus beholden to private election machines whose mission is to do whatever it takes for their "client" to win. Nothing to do with what Canadians need or want. It is despicable.
Reader in University-Rosedale riding
The shenanigans of the Liberal Party to claim a "mandate" which they then declare shows they have the "consent of the governed" tells us that Carney's mandate is in the style of a fairy tale where all kinds of diversions are used to stop the people from asserting their right to govern themselves. An example is Carney's assertion that he is fighting for Canada's independence by increasing war production.
Reader in Montreal North
The floor crossings and defections to the Liberals from both the Conservatives and the NDP reveal the crisis of legitimacy facing the cartel party system and the necessity for renewal. They aim to shore up Carney's claim that he is defending sovereignty, creating prosperity and following an independent course for Canada and has popular support and to divert from the fact that he is in fact serving the oligarchs, trampling on rights, including those of the Indigenous Peoples, and following a course for the economy which is harmful, removes value from the economy, fails to address the needs and concerns of the people. All of what is taking place is destructive. It shows that what is called a representative democracy is beyond repair and requires the renewal of the democratic processes, from elections to how governments are formed to how the Parliament works.
Reader in Manitoba
The floor crossings and shenanigans of the Liberal Party machine to claim they have a majority government and that this gives them a "mandate" are clearly out of control. What is left of the claims that we live in a democracy if the system has neither the consent of the governed, nor is it the case that the popular will is turned into the legal will? That neither exists is demonstrated by analyzing what is taking place in the parliament with the floor-crossing and the backroom dealings, etc.
Reader in Edmonton
The floor crossings in the parliament and defections to the Liberal Party expose the rot in the cartel party system. The attempts by Carney to gain a majority through capturing seats at any cost shows the desperation of the man to gain legitimacy for his anti-people agenda.
Reader in Guelph
This article was published in
Volume 56 Number 6 - March 11, 2026
Article Link:
https://cpcml.ca/TML2026/Articles/T560063.HTM
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