Canadian News and OpinionsCanadian News and Opinions How to Tell Your Dad He's Not a ConservativeIt's a funny thing: many voters make their decision because the family has always been Tories, or always been Liberals. In this election, that's a real problem. Why does your Dad think he's a Conservative? Probably because he voted for a Brian Mulroney, Joe Clark, or even John Diefenbaker. It's not that surprising really. Those men believed in Canada. Healthcare "The current federal-provincial funding formula ends in 2014. A serious, adult discussion is called for and I believe a blue ribbon panel of medical and financial experts could provide a sensible framework for the debate and for the decisions needed" Then there is the Progressive Conservative party, the PC party, which won only 20 seats. Now, the term Progressive Conservative will immediately raise suspicions in all of your minds. It should... They were in favour of gay rights officially, officially for abortion on demand. Officially -- what else can I say about them? Officially for the entrenchment of our universal, collectivized, health-care system and multicultural policies in the constitution of the country. You know, we’ve had a lot of task forces. I don’t know what we would necessarily benefit from another one. Immigration I want to echo very strongly the sentiment that has been expressed by many Canadians; that an essential element of our free society is that we judge people on their character and accomplishments, not upon where they come from, not upon their colour and not upon their faith I am the first Prime Minister of this country of neither altogether English nor French origin. So I determined to bring about a Canadian citizenship that knew no hyphenated consideration You have to remember that west of Winnipeg the ridings the Liberals hold are dominated by people who are either recent Asian immigrants or recent migrants from Eastern Canada; people who live in ghettos and are not integrated into Western Canadian society The Environment Whether the process proves to be Kyoto or something else, let's acknowledge the urgency of global warming.">Whether the process proves to be Kyoto or something else, let's acknowledge the urgency of global warming. "[Kyoto] is designed to address the so-called
'greenhouse gas' phenomenon, the hypothesis that the
increase of certain gases contribute to a long-term
global warming trend. On Parliament Parliament is more than procedure - it is the custodian of the nation's freedom." What matters to people now is not the bickering that goes on in parliament, it’s our ability to focus on what matters to them, and what matters to them is the economy. On Canada Atlantic Canada has a culture of defeat… There’s unfortunately a view of too many people in Atlantic Canada that it’s only through government favours that there’s going to be economic progress, or that’s what you look to… That kind of can’t-do attitude is a problem in this country but it’s obviously more serious in regions that have had have-not status for a long time. Canada is a Northern European welfare state in the worst sense of the term, and very proud of it. Diefenbaker, Mulroney, Clark, Kim Campbell, and Bob Stanfield share nothing with Stephen Harper. Steve Clarke Our Choice in Simcoe North.
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