I agree the Liberals are socialists and the NDP Stalinists, but you forgot to mention that the Tories are statists. Canada managed to avoid the US meltdown for one reason: our banks were not forced to offer risky mortgages to those who couldn’t possibly afford it. Accordingly, we didn’t get the housing collapse which precipitated your banking collapse and the other spin off disasters. We did, however, spend billions to participate in the GM/Chrysler bailout and went from a surplus to $60 billion deficit in order to “stimulate” the economy. I give him no credit simply because he refrained from following Obama (which would have given us a $175 billion deficit).
The supposedly “conservative” Harper government engaged in reckless spending increases over its first 6 years in office, appeased the Quebec separitists with declarations of Quebec “nation” status, continued to import hundreds of thousands of muslims and sikhs who are intent on transforming our culture, barred its own MPs from evening raising contentious issues such as abortion and homosexual marriage, continued the ruinous practice of transfer payments from rich to poor provinces (thereby giving an incentive to the poor provinces to remain poor), introduced legislation which will undermine internet privacy, and pledged undying allegiance to our Stalinist healthcare system.
Harper may be a better alternative to the NDP, but he is no conservative. And now that he has a majority founded on increased seats among urban dwellers and ethnic voting blocks, look for him to move the Tories even closer to the “centre”. Conservatism simply does not exist as a viable political philosophy in Canada.
That’s why I called them “centrist” and not “right wing.” ;-)
Of course, even a rightist government will take decades to undo the damage that Nazi Trudeau caused. I see his progeny held on to his riding in PQ.
Harper is no conservative?!
Riiiight. :)