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Well, he could repeal universal healthcare, cease all peacekeeping operations, institute an apartait social system, institute an Isle of Man-style tax code, and then annex Greenland and Alaska for good measure. That would be decidedly more conservative.

   

and the kittens, dont forget the open season on the kittens.

   

Shows how out of touch you are. Those of us on the "hidden agenda" mailing list have been "taking care of" the kittens under cover of night for years now.

   

I think the seal clubbing is enough for now Sorry that one was too easy

   

Dan, a few things:

1. Canada no longer has universal health care. People now have the right to private healthcare if they want to pay for it.

2. Peacekeeping in Canada is not really a partisan issue. How it's carried out may be, but peacekeeping itself to my experience is become a Canadian institution of its own.

3. Apartheid is not a conservative value. It's the left in Quebec that most closely supports a form of apartheid in Canada.

4. While the Isle of Man's tax cap is quite conservative, their idea of a unitary (worldwide) tax is not.

5. Annexing Greenland means war with Denmark whose military is roughly on par with the CF (with both having superiority over the other in various ways but, on average, being roughly on par with each other). There's also the question of what would be gained by annexing a territory that operates at a net loss to Denmark. Maybe if they ask nicely the Danes might just give it to them.

6. Annexing Alaska? I've no doubt Mr. Harper noticed the US killing a guy in one of the world's most heavily equipped anti-air zones. In any case, after the US utterly defeats Canada in any failed attempt to seize Alaska the first thing we'll do is make them keep Quebec.

   

Don't worry Bart. I was just throwing out what Mr. Taseko's idea of conservatism is.

   

At the same time, the 8 million or so Canadians who didn't vote for Harper could used for the exact same argument!

   

We still have universal healthcare and we've always had the right to pay for private healthcare if we choose it.


Don't be so sure of that. Canada's never lost a war. The USA's record isn't quite so good.

   

I copied this, but damn it's true!

If a liberal likes guns, they buy one and go to a shooting range.
If a conservative likes guns, they pass laws making them available in national parks.

If a liberal sees a threat, they look at all aspects of removing it.
If a conservative sees a foreign threat, they invade the neighboring country.

If a liberal is homosexual, they live their life honestly.
If a conservative is homosexual, they marry heterosexually and then get arrested for visiting gay prostitutes.

If a black man or Hispanic is liberal, they're identical to every other race.
If a black man or Hispanic is conservative, they get used as a poster child by Fox News for people who don't like Obama.

If a liberal is down-and-out, they try and work their way out of the situation while taking what aid they can.
If a conservative is down-and-out, they say it's because Obama taxed them too much.

If a liberal doesn't like a talk show host, they point out the absurdity of their statements.
If a conservative doesn’t like a talk show host, he shouts over them.

If a liberal is a non-believer, he's accused of child sacrifice.
If a conservative is a non-believer, he still goes to church.

If a liberal needs health care, he fights for reform in the health care industry.
If a conservative decides he needs health care, he gets denied because of a preexisting condition.

   

Just wait until Canada is as old as the USA. We all collect undesirable artifacts of old age

   

Personally, I've never liked Harper, and though he claims to be a centrist, his past views on issues like health care, the social safety net, separatism, etc concern me too much to vote for him.

IMHO, his bully tactics the past five years in minority, his changing in press releases from Government of Canada to "the Harper government", etc reinforce the notion that he really hasn't changed one iota.

Oh, on the surface, he's publicly changed his views of this "northern European welfare state", but like many I fear now that he has a majority, he'll change the country in ways past conservative parties never did. Ultimately, the question is how much the party base out West will sway his decision making. If he lets them go too far, he'll be out on his ass in four years. Frankly, I think he's smarter than that, but given his past history, I honestly don't know.

BTW I don't know if anyone publicly equated Trudeau with Mao or Stalin (or anyone similar), but it happens fairly often on internet forums these days.

   

I don't care if you people burn us down into the Stone Age, we're NEVER going to take Quebec!






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I agree.

   

What if we tell you there's oil there?

   

That won't help. Lately, after we invade a nation with rich oil reserves, we have a nasty habit of returning the nation to its people. One would think that since the USA was once part of the British Empire, we'd understand the concept of conquest, but we just seem to be silly Americans again

   

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