Growing up in some strange storm; Nobodies cold and nobodies warm.

There has always been a publicly accepted correlation, between the Conservative Party of Canada [Or more so the Republican Party of the USA], and Christianity. This connection has always irked me deep down, partially because I am a Catholic, with strong beliefs, who also holds socialist political beliefs and a strong passion for the new Democratic Party. I do not align myself one iota with the Conservative party of Canada, in my mind they are a plague, for many reasons, but what I am about to say is far less than inflammatory, but just how my mind lines up the Bible with the CPC.

Jesus, as those of you have read the Bible will know, was a compassionate non-judgmental man who loved all in his path. He was most often seen with what was the scum of society in the age. He believed in them, and he believed in his powers to heal, love, forgive and help in any way that he could. Countless times throughout Matthew [which I will use as an example for this] it is said that a person who helps is a Good Samaritan, a good Christian. I agree with this wholeheartedly, and this is why the connection between the Conservative Party and Christianity is most troubling. In my mind, through his actions, Jesus was a socialist. He believed in the common man, and he believed in equality for all of his father’s children. Is this what the Conservative party proposes? Higher taxes for those at the bottom of the earnings scale, and a tax break for the wealthy were in their 2006 Budget. Is it a good Christian who forsakes his neighbors to higher costs of living, and a healthcare system privatized, becoming far more inaccessible to the poor? Call it trivial if you may, but the fact that the general public affiliates the Conservative Party with Christianity, is really an insult.

This isn't an advocacy for the NDP, or the Liberals, or any non-Conservative party. All the parties have their flaws; definitely, this is merely an observation of something that at least in my personal opinion is so very untrue. Jesus teaches us to embrace those who have nothing, to help the poor and the needy, and to make the load on people as light as possible. Does our governing party; the economically rightwing, tax-break for the rich, and tax-hike for the poor friendly party do that?

We can always ask the next influx of homeless people their thoughts. A .5% tax hike for those who already live on the economic edge will be killer.

I hope we're all enjoying our 1% GST cut. The majority of us won't feel the backlash effect.