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Conservative Party Wins in Canada Election

Sign of the times…

AP reports: “Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party won national elections Monday and ended 13 years of Liberal rule, a victory expected to move Canada rightward on social and economic issues and lead to improved ties with the United States.”

“The triumph for the Conservatives came with many Canadians weary of the broken promises and corruption scandals under the Liberal Party, making them willing to give Harper a chance to govern despite concerns that some of his social views are extreme.

“Tonight friends, our great country has voted for change, and Canadians have asked our party to take the lead in delivering that change,” Harper told some 2,000 cheering supporters at his campaign headquarters in Calgary.

Relations with the Bush administration will likely improve under Harper as his ideology runs along the same lines of many U.S. Republicans”. (Emphasis ours)

What will Michael Moore do now?

Others blogging:
Captains Quarters
Michelle Malkin

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2 Responses to “Conservative Party Wins in Canada Election”

Matthew Says:
January 24th, 2006 at 12:50 pm
They’ll likely have a minority government though so they may not get much done in the way of advancing a conservative agenda.
RetiredWatchdog Says:
May 4th, 2011 at 6:44 am
PM Harper may have his faults and is by no means perfect, who is, but right or wrong he makes a decision and sticks by it. There is an expression in military leadership: lead, follow, or step aside. It is time for the Liberals to step aside and rethink their future as they did not demonstrate the clear vision and leadership Canadians were seeking. More of the same old, same old.

Although on the opposite side of the political scale, the NDP and its Leader Jack Layton should be given due credit for their wins and gains. Jack Layton will make a tough opposition leader in the house and certainly do his best to keep the PC’s on their toes. That is his job as opposition leader.

The PC’s should not take their majority for granted as Canadians will be watching them closely for the next four years. At the end of the four years they had better show results.

Canadians voters have a long memory and have fired governments (Federal or Provincial) if they are not satified with their performance. Unlike in the US system, which to us seems to be in perpetual election mode, (no criticism intended) once an election is called we only need 40 days to decide whether to “rehire” or “fire” the Prime Minister and his party.

Some provincial parties have been sent to oblivian for non-performance: Ask the Social Credit party in British Columbia under Premier Vander-Zalm or the NDP under Premier Bob Rae (now a federal liberal) in Ontario.

PM Mulroney (PC), PM Cretian (LIB), PM Martin (LIB) all felt the Canadian voters rath in their time and paid the price. The PC party under MULRONEY was nearly decimated by the Liberals. Now “Iggy” and his Liberals have been decimated by the NDP and PC parties in this election. The Bloq Quebqious (Pro- Seperatism Party) under Gille Ducieppe was beated so bad by the NDP in Quebec (unheard of in Candian history) it no longer has party status in Parliment.

There are lessons to be learned from this election by both the victors and the vanquished.

Our system my be strange to most Americans but it work for us.

Conservative Party Wins in Canada Election

2 Responses to “Conservative Party Wins in Canada Election”

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