Sept 21st, 2021: "O Canada"




The election result in Canada reflects where we are as a nation. We remain divided as a nation as ever. The truth is that we can do without this election because the outcome is almost the same as what we had after the 2019 election.


          2019   2021

LIB.     157     156

CON.   121     121

NDP.      24       27

BQ.        32       32

Green.     3        2


(The result for 2021 is not official at the time I wrote this blog)


Maybe the PM and the Conservative Leader need to step down and allow their respective parties to elect a new PM and a new leader. The PM was hoping for a majority mandate, and he didn't get it. That is a defeat by itself. The Conservative Leader was hoping to form a new government. He didn't get it either.


I think it is ok that NDP continues to be our beacon of social consciousness. I am still baffled by the existence of BQ in a federal election. For those of you who are not familiar with Canadian politics, BQ stands for Bloc Quebecois, which is a political party that has its only aim to undermine our constitution under the banner of protecting the French language culture in Quebec. Both of these parties will continue their roles as power brokers in the new Parliament.


The result is what I expected. We have no leader in Canada that can unite the country. We have no leader who has the moral fiber that can lead with integrity. We as a nation have also lost our identity as one that has a fear for God. Our country is going through its own spiritual desert. It is not about changing a government. It is about being after the heart of God as a nation. We are nowhere close to that. For that alone, we all have lost. The results of this election confirmed that.


Romans 1: 18-23

"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things."

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