people were pissed at Harper, or so i was told...
i was at the Indianapolis 500 this year with a tour group which including a couple from Calgary...one morning over breakfast we started talking about politics- this couple were real conservatives and told me Calgary- the Canadian equivalent of Texas, had elected a straight out socialist a few months earlier and they were both pissed and concerned...
i’m not sure if it was an election for just Calgary or the entire province but the writing was on the wall..
It was the province, though our Calgary city council leans far to the left as well. It’s like cancer.
I’m very depressed.
Just got word this morning that I’m being laid off from my job as western editor for a trade publication after this month, too.
Beer tonight!
cheers
Jim
From the water cooler in a very liberal city:
“When I traveled in Europe I was treated very badly as a Canadian. Our reputation is not good in Europe. They ask how we can stand a warmonger like Harper. They are puzzled that Canada refused to sign on to global warming accords, and think the oil sands make Canada look bad”
To which I think who cares what has been Euro weenies think?