No question about the later Chretien and Martin being Harperites in all but name... But now all that is being played out on a rather more open and visible (and global) canvas...
I would disagree that Harper is a "conservative" -- a Republican, a neo-Liberal, but certainly not a conservative in any of the ways in which Canada has understood the Conservative traditions... Conservatives believe in unity not division, social harmony not acrimony and back-biting, noblesse not gutter sniping, and they are not fans of markets and enemies of the public interest... The US tradition of right wing market uber alles Republicanism/whiggism which came into Canada through the US land grabbing, oil wildcatting and then academic invasion in Alberta was quite antithetical to Canadian political traditions and it was only with the Reform putsch over the PC's that the nomenclature shifted and got irrevocably Americanized and confused. M -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur Cordell Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 10:23 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION'; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] M The stats can privatization began some time ago under the liberals. Easy to blame Harper. Harper is a conservative and is carrying on a long term drift to the right. Easy to understand Harper's behavior but was mystified when the libs began the policy of charging for information. A confusing picture which worked its way into how the census was done and how much info was collected. arthur -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of michael gurstein Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 12:21 PM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [Futurework] M http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/01/science-canadian-science- publishing.html (Every action by Harper and his droids seems to diminish and embarrass Canada in the world!) M _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
