The sage advice from a consumate non-partisan?

Preston Manning. I can feel the chill throughout the Internet just with the mention of his name.

So what does Presto say that gets me to talking about him? In an article in today's Grope and Flail, the sage of Alberta says, in part:

The situation is now well known. Partisan overkill by the government (trying to kill the public subsidy to political parties) leads to partisan overreaction by the opposition (the creation of a coalition to bring down the government). The coalition must justify its partisan reaction on other grounds, so it claims to have formed because the government has "no plan" to address the deteriorating economy. This claim simply ignores the government's tax-relief measures, increases in health-care transfers, increased infrastructure investments, and credit and monetary initiatives.

He then goes on with his six ways to remedy the situation. I won't bore you with details. Suffice to say that the remedy includes: believing everything that Reform President Harper says; disbelieving everything that the opposition says; distrusting your brother and hugging your mother.

Manning is the President and CEO of the Manning Centre for Building Democracy. I wonder who elected him? Was his election democratic? Does he think that minority governments have more rights that the majority in Parliament? Does that sound like building democracy?