Like many people, I’m troubled by the impending possibility that Bill C-51 will become law. Our new old government certainly seems to want things that way.

What bothered me is that I couldn’t really find a clear rationale for such a draconian piece of legislation. This bill will virtually eliminate the rights of Canadian citizens if it gets passed into law. Yes, it’s under the guise of suspected possession of deadly products like Vitamin C and homeopathic prescriptions, but then, why should we trust Canadians to take care of themselves when our own health care system is basically a massive ATM for the pharma companies?

And then I realized that this is the ‘thin edge of the wedge’ in a bigger plan to privatize our health care system. The same thing is happening with our legal system and a woman’s right to choose.

The Conservatives are great planners and the rest of us simply aren’t. They know that they can’t bring in radical right-wing privatization to our health care system or a woman’s rights to abortion without creating a massive uproar and overthrow.

Instead, they are working under the premise that they are chipping away at institutions, one piece of legislation at a time.  Boring, dull legislation that most Canadians don’t care about when they don’t involve panti-less pop stars.

The Conservatives are counting on a majority in the next election and I’m afraid that we’ll hand it to them.  With that, they won’t need stealth anymore.  Their jack-booted thugs will simply toss our door down and take what’s ours.  Canada.

And if they don’t get a majority, Dion will do everything he can to support them.