Harper Strikes Gold

Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada have struck gold. The colour of wheat. The Saskatchewan Party were swept in as the new majority provincial government of Saskatchewan on November 7, 2007. The left wing extreme NDP party, under Lorne Calvert, was trounced as voters rejected another four years of failure. The Saskatchewan Party, a right wing party with connections to the federal conservatives, has promised to strike a much more amicable relationship with Ottawa. Premier-designate Brad Wall said Thursday he will not commit to continuing the previous government's legal action against Ottawa over the equalization formula (1). As a "have" province, Saskatchewan no longer needs equalization payments. In 2008, the payments will be zero. Sounds bad, but the Saskatchewan economy is booming. The roads are paved with gold.



And, the new Saskatchewan government is going to opt out of the wheat board dispute (2). This debate is best left to Ottawa and the Wheat Board, and not provincial minions. Besides, the Wheat Board is doomed for failure. It is anti-democratic and anti-free enterprise. Our neighbours and friends to the south of us must see this as some archaic remnant of communism. A failure and silly idea.



Why does this sort of this thing always "crop up" in Saskatchewan. First it was Medicare. Doomed from the beginning, socialized medicine would in later generations threaten Canada's economy as provincial governments came under intense financial pressure to pay the bills that increase exponentially every year. A failure and silly idea. Too late to totally scrap, but perhaps under a more free enterprise-driven provincial and federal governments, a more fair two tier system can be introduced that meets the demands of all while reducing waiting times. It has been shown to work well in other countries. So, why not Canada. So, why not under the tutelage of the New Government of Canada.



With right wing or right-of-centre governments now in full and absolute control of the Western provinces (with the Eastern provinces like Ontario and Quebec starting to fall in like dominoes), we begin to see the emergence of a new sociopolitical movement in Canada that will be historical and unprecedented since the glory years of the old Progressive Conservative Party of Canada under then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. It took some years, but the right is reunited under Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his conservatives. Our conservatives.



So, to all in Saskatchewan, welcome aboard the blue train. There's gold in thar hills - or at least, in thar fields of wheat and barley. Canada's bread basket, and Canada's new leader for a market driven economy based on free enterprise rather than dated and irrelevant socialist principles.

Quebec Turns a Corner and Makes a Right Turn

Quebec has turned a corner in its political future, making an about turn to the right. Towards the right wing. A poll conducted by Ipsos-Reid between November 6th and 8th, 2007, has our Tories and the Bloc Quebecois tied at 31% (1). The once (so-called) mighty Bloc Quebecois (BQ) and Parte Quebecois (PQ) are in disarray and floundering as their values are no longer shared or tolerated by Quebec. A wave of 'new' federalism is sweeping across Quebec. The old ways of the BQ and PQ are irrelevent. We are seeing a resurgence of the Canadian nationalism in Quebec that we have not seen since the days of Mulroney when Canada stood proud and united both on the national stage and World stage. Not Canada and Quebec. Canada! Oh Canada; inclusive of the ten provinces and three territories. As the current Conservative government has said on a number of occaisons, "the Bloc Quebecois are no longer relevant."

What does this mean for Quebec? Nothing but good news. Under a conservative majority government, Quebec will prosper. Quebec will maintain the veil of sovereignty, but will be a equal partner in confederation with the other provinces and territories as it was meant to be. Quebec's new partnership with Canada brings benefits to Quebec. Now, you have voice in Ottawa. A voice that represents your best interests and listens to you. A singular voice that will resound in the halls of Parliament for generations. The conservatives have been listening to Quebec, and understand your needs and values more so than any other federalist party, and are light years ahead of the irrelevant BQ or PQ. The last Quebec election and last Federal by election shows Quebec (and the rest of Canada) that the federal Conservative party has Quebec's best interests at heart - a throwback to the glory years under the Honorable Brian Mulroney. Quebec can feel safe in knowing that many of those people in Mulroney's administration are now actively working in the Harper administration.