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January 24, 2006

Congratulations Canada!

Posted by Dave Blount at January 24, 2006 7:28 AM

It looks like the moonbats who threaten to move to Canada every time elections don't go their way will have to set sail for somewhere farther away — Cuba or North Korea might do. From AP:

Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party won national elections Monday and ended 13 years of Liberal rule, a victory expected to move Canada rightward on social and economic issues and lead to improved ties with the United States...

The triumph for the Conservatives came with many Canadians weary of the broken promises and corruption scandals under the Liberal Party, making them willing to give Harper a chance to govern despite concerns that some of his social views are extreme.

Concern on the part of AP, anyway.

Harper has said he would reconsider a U.S. missile defense scheme rejected by the current Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin. He also said he wanted to move beyond the Kyoto debate by establishing different environmental controls, spend more on the Canadian military, expand its peacekeeping missions in Afghanistan and Haiti and tighten security along the border with the United States in an effort to prevent terrorists and guns from crossing the frontier.

As in Germany, the margin of conservative victory was narrow, which will make governing difficult — especially if the Liberals prove to be as irresponsibly obstructionist as America's Democrats. All the same, this is definitely a step in the right direction, not just for Canada but for Western Civilization in general.

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