Coalition versus Harper Majority - Bogeyman exposed and it's not the Coalition

As I wait with bated breath for the Mansbridge interview with Stephen Harper - I figured it was just as well to talk about the Coalition.

If the media is hell bent on driving Harper's coalition issue - which clearly they are - then let's really look at it.

Mansbridge - without question - as if on Harper's cue brought the coalition word into the interview with Michael Ignatieff. Since then - the media like bees to honey - have been all over the comments and changing words here and there as they go.

So let us look at a Coalition versus a Harper Majority

The following would presume that the coalition will consist of Liberal, NDP, and Bloc:

1. Health care under the coalition versus health care under a Harper majority; I would be more assured that the coalition would protect universal health care more than a Harper majority.

2. Education under the coalition versus education under a Harper majority; I would be more assured that students and their families would fare better regarding funding of education under the coalition versus a Harper majority.

3. Seniors under the coalition versus seniors under a Harper majority; I would be more assured that seniors would have a higher standard of living under the coalition than under a Harper majority.

4. Child care and family needs under the coalition versus under a Harper majority; I would be more assured that the coalition would do more cumulatively for families and child care under the coalition versus under a Harper majority.

5. Taxation under the coalition versus under a Harper majority; I would be more assured that average Canadian families and small to medium sized business would fare better than banks and oil companies under the coalition versus a Harper majority.

6. Peacekeeping and defense under the coalition versus under a Harper majority; I would be more assured that Canada would play a more vital and peaceful role under the coalition versus under a Harper majority. Further I would be more assured that veterans would have a higher standard of living and receive the necessary health care they need under the coalition versus under a Harper majority.

7. Crime under the coalition versus crime under a Harper majority; I would feel much more assured that the coalition would steer us away from failed American crime policy and more toward the "Canadian" system of justice and further the RCMP leadership would have a chance of recovering from the mess created by Stephen Harper. Additionally - I would be much more assured that the coalition would defend Canadians charged and held in other countries than I would under a Harper majority.

8. The Economy under the coalition versus the economy under a Harper majority; I am certain the economy would continue to improve under the coalition as most of our recovery was because a) the opposition parties forced Harper and Flaherty to set objectives for incentives during the downturn caused by corporate corruption and illegal activity and b) the banking system in Canada (which was established under all parties historically) was not as impacted as other jurisdictions.

9. Regional Representation under the coalition versus under a Harper majority; I know that regions of the country would be better represented under the coalition versus under a Harper majority. The Prairie provinces and British Columbia would certainly be protected with NDP input, Ontario under both Liberal and NDP input, Quebec under Bloc, NDP, and Liberal input, the Maritime provinces with Liberal and NDP input, and Newfoundland and Labrador with input under Liberal and NDP. A Harper majority is the most divisive possibility for election outcome and poses the greatest threat of breaking up the country.

10. Trust and Accountability under the coalition versus under a Harper majority; There is no doubt - after the display under a minority Harper government - that if given a majority the contempt would increase exponentially and Harper would believe that Canadians sent him a message of "we don't care" about the law, rules, protocol, transparency and trust - if a majority was achieved. I further am more assured - with an annoyed Conservative opposition that they would do everything possible to out any wrongdoings by the coalition.

So there you have the bogeyman exposed - are you afraid of a coalition? I am not and that is why Harper has not achieved the majority he so hungers for.