To the 62 Percenters

I have been reading and hearing almost incessantly the mantra of those who support the overthrow of the government as being justified because, after all, 62 percent of Canadians didn’t vote for Harper and Canada is a democracy. Frankly, I’ve heard better justification from penny ante, tin pot Central American dictators and African strongmen. But ok, let’s look at that…

According the Elections Canada

62.4% of Canadians did not vote Conservative…ok, it’s a fact.

73.8% of Canadians did not vote Liberal…what??

81.8% of Canadians did not vote NDP…Oh my…

90.0% of Canadians did not vote Bloc…mon Dieu!

93.2% of Canadians did not vote Green…ice is melting faster!

I suppose that means that if you loose an election you should be entitled to a mulligan, right? Perhaps we can do it Separatist style and just keep voting until the desired results are achieved?

Let’s go back a bit…

In the 2004 election, again according to Elections Canada, the Liberals won with 36.7 percent of the vote. Nobody complained.

And so by the same logic as the 62 percenters, Canadians should’ve overthrown the Liberal government simply because 63.3%, (a larger percentage) of Canadians did not vote Liberal? So,


If elected with 36.7% of the vote, it’s ok. Democracy in action.

If elected with 37.6% of the vote it is a travesty of justice, you don’t speak for Canada…oh, and you’re mean spirited and arrogant and not from here.


What does this tell you?