coverage is remarkable. Here's the latest little bit:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24504-2004Jul2.html
The interesting thing about the article is that is really echos what
many of my friends back in BC and Manitoba talked about. Several of
them were Tories but voted liberal because of their dislike (rather
disgust) of Harper.
I really feel the same way about the Conservatives myself. They were
responsible for a 60% cut in federal funding for research. When my
grant was zeroed out, I really had no choice but to look to the US. I
know of many other grad students and scientists who ended up doing the
same.
larry
On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 01:39:30 -0400, Brian Meloche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 16:59:15 -0600, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > PQ has 54 seats? Wow. Who is the leader of the PC part right now? I
> > though it was a matter of a minority Liberal government?
>
> Stephen Harper is the leader of the new Conservative Party of Canada,
> which was formed to merge the Progressive Conservatives and the
> Alliance Party. The Conservatives got 99 seats, second to the
> Liberals' 135. A majority is 155 of the 308 seats. With the NDP with
> 19 and one independent, the Liberals were able to form a government...
> barely. Minority governments don't tend to last very long. I imagine
> that will be the case this time.
>
> Thanks to being in Windsor due to the recent death of my mother (for
> those that don't already know), I got to vote this time around in an
> advance poll. I voted Liberal, but the NDP MP won the riding. I used
> to be a "card-carrying" member of the party, but now I just think they
> are the lesser of evils. Conservatives will never get my vote after
> the GST... NEVER... no matter what they currently call themselves.
>
> By the way, I never saw any coverage in the States about the Canadian election.
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Brian Meloche
> http://www.brianmeloche.com
>
>
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