UNDER HARPER”S BUS
Under the bus goes Parliament
No debate and no dissent
Democracy is badly bent
In Harperland.
Junior staff go under the bus
Take it on the chin.
That’s the game you’re in.
Fact is, Robocalls R Us
In Harperland.
Budget watchdog is under the bus
He told the facts and got the axe
No more Parliament spending stats
In Harperland.
Ending poverty is under the bus
Poor don’t count if they’re not us
These are things they won’t discuss
In Harperland.
Under the bus goes the safety net
Either eat or you’re in debt
Helping people they don’t get
In Harperland.
Under the bus our reputation
Keeping peace and toleration
Now we are an arming nation
In Harperland.
Under the bus go libraries
All archives and histories
There’ll be no analyses
In Harperland.
Under the bus goes CBC
Public radio and TV
No one left to disagree
In Harperland.
Under the bus goes Medicare
They declare: “The cupboard’s bare
And two-tier care is perfectly fair!”
In Harperland.
Under the bus goes climate change
Won’t rearrange climate change;
Watch how weather gets really strange
In Harperland.
Native women are under the bus
If they all die
Harper won’t blink an eye
No inquiry, we all know why
In Harperland.
Stats Canada is under the bus
Evidence-based is just a waste
It’s ideological cut-and-paste
In Harperland.
The economy is under the bus
It serves the upper crust,
Not the rest of us
It’s not efficient, and it sure ain’t just
In Harperland.
Under the bus we plot and plan
Can we escape, oh yes we can
This bad dream that all began
In Harperland.
Let’s get out of Harperland
Roll the drum and join the band
Time for us to take a stand
NO MORE HARPERLAND!