Add this to the Globe and Mail, the National Post, The Economist, and probably others. Well not the CBC. But others. … (UPDATES with some more “others”, below)…
• ”…Stephane Dion, with his stumbling English delivery and ideological approach to politics, was not an obvious choice to lead a national political party…”
• “So on the ballot box question that’s on everybody’s mind – the slowing economy – we trust Harper to navigate the rough road ahead.”
• “A majority government for the Conservatives led by Stephen Harper is our choice.”
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The Ottawa Citizen is also on board:
• ”…Of all the leaders, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a trained economist, seems the most capable of steering the nation through these rocky times. He has not panicked on the campaign trail…”
• “Liberal Leader Stephane Dion would fare little better [than Jack Layton] as prime minister. His economic plan—which wasn’t even featured in the Liberal’s official platform—seems like it was sketched out on a cocktail napkin. It involves little more than meetings, emphasizing talk rather than action. It seems designed to capitalize on the fears of Canadians for the short-term benefit of the Liberals without offering any long term benefits to taxpayers.”
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Toronto Star-owned Kitchener-Waterloo Record, has put itself in line for a scolding by the “mother corp” (no, not the CBC —well actually…) the TorStar Corporation, by endorsing Harper and the Conservatives.
• “…And when we weigh things as fairly and carefully as we can, we conclude that Harper and his party deserve another term in government.”
• “Unfortunately, it is at this precise moment that Dion and his Liberals are asking Canadians to take a leap of faith that could land them on their backsides in the dust.”
• “Throughout most of its history, The Record has endorsed Liberals in federal elections. In fact in the past 40 years, there have been only two other occasions on which we did not. However, the Green Shift is a stumbling block we cannot clear.”
• “On balance, Harper has put Canada in a good, even enviable position to weather the coming economic storm. Proof of this came this week when the International Monetary Fund predicted that Canada will lead the Group of 7 industrial nations in growth next year, with our gross domestic product estimated to rise by 1.2 per cent.” …
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