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Thanks to a push to "unite the right" the two parties joined to form The Conservative Party. From what I can see, the progressive part of the progressive conservatives was excised both in name and spirit from the party. It is, more or less, The Reform Party with a few more members and an ability to win seats in the East (mostly thanks to the Liberal Party being massively corrupt and, in many ridings, unelectable).
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Techincally, they managed to get a sleeper agent elected to be head of the PC party, who then sold the party's name to the Reform party. This wasn't that hard, as the PC's party uniform support over the nation was insufficient to elect more than a handful of MPs.
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Having more than two viable options is a privilege, I hope you guy understand that.
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Canadian splinter parties are mostly relics of regional parties, grown in stature. Imagine if a Texan party split off from the Republicans because the Republicans became too liberal for them. Or a California party formed, because the Democrats where not liberal enough for them.
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Dion is making the same mistake John Tory made in the Ontario election - he's stickign stubbornly to a bad a idea (the carbon tax) that will kill him at the polls.
With the uncertain state of the economy and the rise in the cost of livng, the last thing people will accept is more taxation.
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It's a good idea, and it isn't higher taxes. It is really fucking easy to make a carbon tax really close to revenue neutral.
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I for one am excited for the upcoming election. While it is wrong to underestimate the Liberal party at any time, I think that by the time this election is over you will see the Liberals smashed into the ground. The Liberal version of 1990s conservatives. For too long the Liberal Party has decided they know what is best for us. Their legacy is big government, compromised freedom of speech, compromised property rights, and compromised federalism.
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You mean, they oversaw huge tax reductions and deficit paydowns, and thus they are the party of big government? I'm just checking.
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When the Toronto Star and CTV omit center important aspects on Stephen Harper's testimony regarding the non-existant Cadman affair, that is not balance.
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Who do you believe -- a grieving widow, or the tape recordings of Harper? Wait a second, they both agree that financial incentives where offered to an independant member of parlaiment to change their vote, and Harper knew about it.
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THE ELECTION IS ON!
October 14th is election day.
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Trust Stephen Harper to follow his own laws. I'm sorry, I meant break. :-)
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Has anyone read that law? It clearly states the power of the Governor General is untouched. So while he may have broken the spirit of the law, the letter of the law is unbroken.
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Either he meant it at the time, in which case it is promises made, promises broken. Or he wasted the time of the parliament on a bunch of pointless posturing garbage.
Which is the case?