Dr. No
02-12-2006, 02:43 AM
From February 6, 2006 edition of the American Free Press (http://www.americanfreepress.net/):
Canada's Conservatives Win Victory
Right-Left Coalition Expected to Address Major Issues
By Mike Blair
Canada's Conservative Party, led by Stephen Harper, smashed the liberal stranglehold in the Great White North in national elections on Jan. 23. Now, people are hopeful that the Canadian government, which has been controlled by the Liberal Party for the past 13 years, will begin to address troubles facing the country, such as its porous border and oppressive gun laws.
Of 308 parliamentary seats at stake, Harper and the Conservatives trounced Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin's regime 124 to 103. Harper will be Canada's next prime minister, while Martin conceded defeat and announced his resignation as party leader.
Although they won, the Conservatives are expected to seek to form a coalition in Parliament with two other lesser parties, the leftist New Democratic Party, which won 29 seats, and the separatist Bloc Québécois, which won 51 seats. One independent was also elected in Quebec.
Compromises will have to be made, but a swing toward the conservative policies is predictable.
With the election of Harper the Canadian government is expected to improve its relations with Washington, particularly regarding immigration issues. Martin's government has maintained a virtual open-door policy for illegal aliens to enter Canada, which has allowed many to slip across the border into the United States.
Harper is expected to stiffen Canada's immigration policies and to work closely with Washington in curbing potentially dangerous aliens from entering his country. Harper is also against same-sex marriage and abortion.
In recent months the Martin government was hounding the United States to enact new anti-gun laws, more in line with Canada's stringent control of privately owned firearms. It was claimed that guns, easily obtained in the U.S., were finding their way across the border into Canada.
This posture blew up in Martin's face the day after Christmas when an innocent 15-year-old girl and six others were wounded in a shootout between rival gangs in downtown Toronto. Instead of focusing the public's attention on the gun issue the Canadian people rallied against crime in general in Canada, which included involvement of the Liberal Finance Ministry in corruption, including insider trading.
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Best known for his ground-breaking work exposing the U.S. government's abandonment of American POWs and MIAs in Korea and Vietnam, Mike Blair specializes in military affairs and gunowners' rights. Blair was cited by Project Censored for having uncovered the top "most censored" story of 1990 - a scheme to scuttle the Bill of Rights in the name of "fighting crime."
Canada's Conservatives Win Victory
Right-Left Coalition Expected to Address Major Issues
By Mike Blair
Canada's Conservative Party, led by Stephen Harper, smashed the liberal stranglehold in the Great White North in national elections on Jan. 23. Now, people are hopeful that the Canadian government, which has been controlled by the Liberal Party for the past 13 years, will begin to address troubles facing the country, such as its porous border and oppressive gun laws.
Of 308 parliamentary seats at stake, Harper and the Conservatives trounced Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin's regime 124 to 103. Harper will be Canada's next prime minister, while Martin conceded defeat and announced his resignation as party leader.
Although they won, the Conservatives are expected to seek to form a coalition in Parliament with two other lesser parties, the leftist New Democratic Party, which won 29 seats, and the separatist Bloc Québécois, which won 51 seats. One independent was also elected in Quebec.
Compromises will have to be made, but a swing toward the conservative policies is predictable.
With the election of Harper the Canadian government is expected to improve its relations with Washington, particularly regarding immigration issues. Martin's government has maintained a virtual open-door policy for illegal aliens to enter Canada, which has allowed many to slip across the border into the United States.
Harper is expected to stiffen Canada's immigration policies and to work closely with Washington in curbing potentially dangerous aliens from entering his country. Harper is also against same-sex marriage and abortion.
In recent months the Martin government was hounding the United States to enact new anti-gun laws, more in line with Canada's stringent control of privately owned firearms. It was claimed that guns, easily obtained in the U.S., were finding their way across the border into Canada.
This posture blew up in Martin's face the day after Christmas when an innocent 15-year-old girl and six others were wounded in a shootout between rival gangs in downtown Toronto. Instead of focusing the public's attention on the gun issue the Canadian people rallied against crime in general in Canada, which included involvement of the Liberal Finance Ministry in corruption, including insider trading.
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Best known for his ground-breaking work exposing the U.S. government's abandonment of American POWs and MIAs in Korea and Vietnam, Mike Blair specializes in military affairs and gunowners' rights. Blair was cited by Project Censored for having uncovered the top "most censored" story of 1990 - a scheme to scuttle the Bill of Rights in the name of "fighting crime."