Canada: Conservatives Issue Fundraising Email

The federal Conservatives have launched an urgent appeal for donations of $100 and $200 as opposition parties hold talks about forming a coalition.

Canadian politics just keeps getting more interesting as the federal Conservative issue a fund raising email.Irving Gerstein, chairman of the Conservative Fund Canada, sent out an urgent appeal for donations of $100 and $200. The e-mail was titled: "The privilege to govern must be earned, not taken." The appeal may take a few liberties with the facts as it apparently says the opposition Liberal party was "completely rejected" by Canadians in the last election, held Oct. 14, and it's now trying to seize power through the back door. The Liberals did take a bit of a beating but still won enough seats to make the words completely rejected erroneous and misleading. "As you read this letter, the Liberals are holding secret negotiations with the socialist NDP and the separatist Bloc Québécois to overturn the wishes of Canadian voters and take power," the e-mail says. Is this actually against the wishes of Canadian voters? When you add the number of seats the three opposition parties received they exceed the number of seats the Conservative won, hence a minority government. "They want to take power and impose on Canadians a prime minister without a personal mandate, a Liberal-NDP coalition not one voter has ever endorsed and have it all backstopped by the separatist Bloc Québécois, who simply want to destroy the country. "We need your help to ensure that they do not succeed!" An email outlining the policies of the Conservatives and why the country needs them would have made better and more accurate reading.