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White House congratulates Canada's Harper on election win
The Agence France Presse via Yahoo! News ^ | January 24, 2006

Posted on 01/24/2006 1:15:54 PM PST by new yorker 77

The White House congratulated Canada's Conservative Party and its leader, Stephen Harper, on their election victory and promised to bolster bilateral relations.

"We congratulate the Conservative Party and Stephen Harper on their victory," said Scott McClellan, chief spokesman for US President George W. Bush.

"The United States and Canada have a strong and bilateral relationship, and we look forward to strengthening our relations and working with the new government," said McClellan.

Harper's party has promised a crackdown on government corruption after chasing the scandal-plagued Liberals from power after 12 years in Monday's election, which saw the conservatives fall short of an overall majority.

Bush was expected to place a congratulatory telephone call to Harper soon, said McClellan.

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TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush43; callthewaaambulance; canada; canadianelection; congratulations; stephenharper
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To: MinuteGal

He's a great guy! I love my new Prime Minister!!!!


21 posted on 01/24/2006 1:44:38 PM PST by Ashamed Canadian (America - please invade us now!!)
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To: WashingtonStateRepublican

In Canada blue = Conservative, but I knew what you meant.


22 posted on 01/24/2006 1:46:36 PM PST by Beagle8U (An "Earth First" kinda guy ( when we finish logging here, we'll start on the other planets.)
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To: Ashamed Canadian

I never liked "Neocon". It sounds too "liberal revolutionary".

Maybe, "Proud Canadian Conservative"?


23 posted on 01/24/2006 1:47:51 PM PST by CodeToad
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To: new yorker 77

Vancouver would be blue, rural BC would be red.

Liberals solid in Toronto = blue

Results suggest rift between urban, rural voters
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canadavotes2006/national/2006/01/24/urban-rural-060124.html


24 posted on 01/24/2006 1:47:59 PM PST by MD_Willington_1976
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To: new yorker 77

Wonderful! The world is turning Conservative! And beating back the 'liberal hoards'.


25 posted on 01/24/2006 1:48:45 PM PST by aligncare (Watergate killed journalism)
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To: new yorker 77

Ha! Libs on both sides of the border are so mad they could spit!


26 posted on 01/24/2006 1:49:20 PM PST by johnny7 (“Iuventus stultorum magister”)
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To: HHKrepublican_2

Thanks. Now THAT is a beautiful North American continent.


27 posted on 01/24/2006 1:51:53 PM PST by aligncare (Watergate killed journalism)
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To: Ashamed Canadian
You should change it to Proud Conservative Canadian with your Quote as "Formerly 'Ashamed Canadian' as of January 23, 2006"
28 posted on 01/24/2006 1:53:24 PM PST by new yorker 77 (FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
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To: GMMAC; fanfan

(((.)))


29 posted on 01/24/2006 1:54:49 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (We Acadiens have nothing to do with Québec)
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To: new yorker 77

Thanks Friends. My new name is under consideration. Living in the leftist cesspool of Southern Ontario, you should see the lefties both on television and in the streets. They are in utter shock. They cannot believe their new leader is Conservative and Toronto is now effectively isolated from Government.

What really is getting to them is his good will towards President Bush.


30 posted on 01/24/2006 1:56:14 PM PST by Ashamed Canadian
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To: WashingtonStateRepublican
Ah, In Canada Conservatives are blue , liberals like commies are red... But we get your point.
31 posted on 01/24/2006 1:57:54 PM PST by Snowyman
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To: Snowyman

Actually, I've often wondered who was it that designated conservative counties to be red? I think it was the MSM during the 2000 election. Can anyone confirm?


32 posted on 01/24/2006 2:12:00 PM PST by aligncare (Watergate killed journalism)
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To: Squawk 8888; GMMAC; Pikamax; Former Proud Canadian; Great Dane; Alberta's Child; headsonpikes; ...

Canada Ping!

Please FReepmail me to get on or off this Canada ping list.


33 posted on 01/24/2006 2:12:34 PM PST by fanfan (" The liberal party is not corrupt " Prime Minister Paul Martin)
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To: aligncare

Don't know. Up until a couple of years ago, I thought Republicans were blue too .


34 posted on 01/24/2006 2:15:20 PM PST by Snowyman
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To: MD_Willington_1976

That's correct. Northern Ontario is also blue (kinda like the Upper Midwest) and the Atlantic is mostly blue as well.

Quebec is a teal-red-blue mixture.


35 posted on 01/24/2006 2:19:28 PM PST by Heartofsong83
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To: Ashamed Canadian

I just love him too!! And I can honestly say I DESPISE that creep Buzz Hargrove. He's a real trouble maker. A pathetic man with no moral compass. He and Martin should fit easily into the same pod!!

Stephen will WIN OVER many others now that he's been given the chance.


36 posted on 01/24/2006 2:25:53 PM PST by Canadian Outrage (I want Western Canada to SEPARATE - Western Canadians CANNOT win in a corrupt system)
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To: MD_Willington_1976

I'm a born and raised B.C. girl. Vancouver is a city that has been RUINED. It now has MORE immigrants than Canadians and that really changes things. It's a different city than I remember that's for sure. I'm glad that I live in the Southern Interior which is not only beautiful but CONSERVATIVE.


37 posted on 01/24/2006 2:28:34 PM PST by Canadian Outrage (I want Western Canada to SEPARATE - Western Canadians CANNOT win in a corrupt system)
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To: HHKrepublican_2; Heartofsong83
Elections Canada's map is here. There's a lot of Liberal Red and NDP Orange in the Canadian North and Atlantic Canada. Ontario doesn't look as bad as you think - since the Liberal Red is pretty much limited to Toronto and Northern/Western Ontario. Quebec looks very BQ teal, except around Quebec City and in Pontiac.
38 posted on 01/24/2006 2:32:15 PM PST by conservative in nyc
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To: Canadian Outrage

I was born in Sydney BC, I lived on Vancouver Island for 24 years... I just turned 30...

I'd say a lot of the liberalism started with the draft dodgers, followed by the "Socialized" immigration. I call this the "Soft Cold War", where old guards planted the seeds of socialism in the the young guard then set them free to leave, that way they "kill with kindness" and sow the seeds of socialism.

Canada has continually been sown with those seeds...


39 posted on 01/24/2006 2:47:43 PM PST by MD_Willington_1976
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To: HHKrepublican_2


40 posted on 01/24/2006 2:49:57 PM PST by GMMAC (paraphrasing Parrish: "damned Liberals, I hate those bastards!")
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