There Is No Question We Are In Trouble......

.....but are the alternatives, liberals, ndp, bloc, green, a solution? I don't believe so. We need to start kicking ass rather than kissing ass which is the hallmark of the left.

Party's over for Canada's Progressive Conservatives
Arthur Haberman 69 min. ago

I recently attended a university convocation ceremony at which an honourary degree was given to Joe Clark, celebrating his many contributions to Canadian politics and public life.

John Mraz: Is there a Prime Minister in the House?

Posted: July 16, 2009, 1:00 PM by NP Editor

It is said by wizened pols and pundits that governments are voted out, not in. There’s a lot of evidence that supports that axiom. In Ontario, Ernie Eves suffered the legacy of predecessor Mike Harris’s administration, shown the door by a then-unsettlingly demure, unknown Dalton McGuinty. Barack Obama may not have found a soap box upon which to preach his message of hope and action had the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld axis of imperialism not chased every moderate and undecided voter over the fence. Paul Martin, after a long-fought triumphal coronation, lost favour with the masses as the Liberal brand became synonymous with indictments, hearings and investigations -- deserved or not.

With an election forecast for this autumn or soon thereafter, the application of this axiom becomes difficult. All four elected parties and their leaders are currently struggling just to hold the ground for which they’ve fought. Polling suggests that no politician-- whether by character, ideology or ideas -- has created a wedge that might end this stalemate.

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.......is the answer over 'ome?

Kelly McParland: Harper could take a cue from Cameron on Pride

Posted: July 16, 2009, 3:00 PM by NP Editor

While Canada's Conservatives were once again doing their best to chase away votes last week, chastising Diane Ablonczy for supporting Toronto's Pride parade, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's counterpart in Britain was trying to make up for years of similarly bad decisions.

As The Telegraph reported:

David Cameron has publicly apologized for Section 28, the law introduced by the Thatcher government banning local authorities from promoting homosexuality.

The Tory leader, speaking at a Gay pride event, went much further than before in apologizing for decisions taken by the party when Baroness Thatcher was leader.

Mr Cameron, the first Tory leader to speak at a Gay pride event, said: "I am sorry for Section 28. We got it wrong. It was an emotional issue. I hope you can forgive us."

Section 28, which became law in 1988, banned local authorities from portraying homosexuality in a positive light. It became a totemic issue for Conservative modernisers. In 2003, when it was abolished by the Labour government, Mr Cameron voted for only the partial lifting of the ban.

The Conservative leader, who appears to stand an excellent chance of becoming Prime Minister as Gordon Brown's Labour government totters from crisis to crisis, made the announcement at a Pride "event," but did not attend London's Pride parade, pleading "constituency events."

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