Posted on 12/17/2006 4:28:03 PM PST by kanawa
TORONTO — Time Magazine has chosen Prime Minister Stephen Harper its 2006 Canadian Newsmaker of the Year.
Contributing editor Stephen Handelman writes that the prime minister who was "once dismissed as a doctrinaire backroom tactician with no experience in government has emerged as a warrior in power."
The magazine says Mr. Harper defied conventional wisdom about how to lead a minority government.
It says he slashed more than $1-billion worth of federal programs, reshuffled the federal bureaucracy, and reopened the wounds of the national unity debate by supporting Quebec's right to declare itself a “nation.”
At the same time, Time says, he has introduced a new standard of accountability for federal politicians, stewarded Canada's first major deployment of troops to a combat theatre in five decades and, for good measure, negotiated an end to a long-simmering trade wrangle with the U.S. over softwood exports.
The magazine says, "If Mr. Harper wins the majority he craves, in the election expected some time next year, he may yet turn out to be the most transformational leader since Trudeau.”
Perfect Pick Ping
Canada certainly seems to be on the road to escaping the mediocrity and corruption of socialism.
But Time chose ME person of the year!
You da man!
No they didn't they picked me- they clearly said "You" which as we all know means me. http://sacredscoop.com
Not yet. See if Harper can really turn things around or not. Trudeau was a disaster yet still is seen as wonderful by too many of the Canuckistani sheeple.
Oh darn they didn't pick me: they picked YOU instead! ;) LOL..!
Harper: My Canadian Friends have to 'Extactic' Right Now!
I used to tease them all the time in college about their 'liberal' government.
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I don't know but it seems lame that TIME picked "You" to be the person of the year? Shouldn't it be one person who most affected the news for the year, whether in a positive or negative way?
I agree, that is why they picked me.
Seems like Harper has done an excellent job derailing the gravy train! Great choice!
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