What kind of Leader do you want?

Well here's a metaphorical outlook of the situation in Canadian elections and what the leaders are saying:

The neighbor's house is on fire and the fire department has been called (US economy taking its nosedive and Senate trying to come up with a law to solve it). The boss of the house we live in is explaining how our house is built with brick and stone and will not catch fire like the neighbor's house, we do not have to worry about our house catching fire (our banking system and how our economy works is built upon stronger foundations than the US). What do the other leaders who want to be the boss of our house are saying? "PANIC!!! OUR HOUSE IS ABOUT TO CATCH ON FIRE!", then they all ridicule the current boss of our house in doing nothing.

The current boss mentions how we can spend our time to get a water hose and perhaps spray our lawn and our wooden sheds which may be at risk (a proper time to invest in low priced stock, a proper piece of advice considering that our economic system is based upon Invest-Produce-Consume and that if one of these three components is damaged, it affects the other two). How do the other leaders respond to our current boss's advice? "PANIC!!! WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE POSSESSIONS IN OUR ROOMS!", then they all ridicule the current boss of our house for giving foolish advice.

The Investor within our economy has to have confidence that his investment will bring him a return, this will only happen if the Producer and the Consumer do their jobs. If leaders yell out PANIC, the Consumer will consume less. If the Consumer consumes less, the Producer will not produce as much and the Investor will worry and invest less. Less investment will mean less Producers which will then make the situation a real cause for panic.... there will not be enough Consumers (they just lost their jobs) etc for a downward spiral. Our current boss of our house is maintaining a calm head and saying that things are on track and the others are using the election to gather extra votes by risking our economy.... Does the Canadian population really want self-serving leaders who use panic to get votes? Our house is intact, there is no reason to panic. We can take preparations, which are already being done, to try to protect the weaker aspects of our economy.

So I ask again, if you are in a shopping center and the fire alarm has rung out to have the area evacuated because of a fire in an office building next door.... who do you prefer to be in charge of the evacuation, the one who calmly guides us towards the exits and says that everything is fine or the ones who scream at the top of their lungs: "PANIC! EVERYONE FOR THEMSELVES! oh and vote for me because I saved your life!"

Look at the situation, see how our economy works. See what our current boss has succeeded in many projects.... as a minority government!!! Forget the foolish name-calling or the rhetoric or the propaganda of all of the political parties (yes even the current boss's political party engages in this..... its the nature of our current political system to do it that way and the public seems to encourage it because very few of us verify claims made) Be scientific, the proof is there.... verify.

Now I do see flaws in our current system of democracy, our electoral processes and even in the whole legitimacy of whether or not we should vote; but, while we are "playing" with these flawed rules, we should try to play well while we try to figure out how to change the rules themselves to make the "game" more fair for all.... and in this view; I hope we will verify the claims, I hope we will see how the economy currently works in the world we live in, and I hope we take the time to understand that for any diplomatic measure used, there requires a strong military in the background to impose order (do we really think that police officers could do their jobs without firearms? but that is another argument for another blog). Enjoy the Canadian elections!