The good Washington Times asked in their editorial whether Canada was about ready to send a gift to America—by way of the election of a good Conservative Stephen Harper government.
Of course I would see it as a gift from my Canada to my Canada, which the Americans and the free world can also enjoy.
[…] If Martin’s Liberal Party is re-elected for the fourth consecutive time, Canadian taxpayers will continue footing the bill for an expensive welfare state epitomized by its archaic government-run health-care system. Social policy experimentation on issues such as drugs and homosexual rights will continue in an incremental but decidedly progressive direction.
What will happen if Mr. Harper’s Conservatives win? Most important, Canada will have its first leader in living memory who actually believes Big Government is a real problem. A Prime Minister Harper may not be able to pass all the legislation he wants, but he would push to cut taxes and spending and the regulatory burden on Canada’s business sector.
The Liberals count on their overblown reputation for sound economic stewardship over the last decade to carry them across finish line in first place. In addition, a close race will undoubtedly feature much negative advertising. This pretty much guarantees the Liberals will use the nationalism card against the Conservatives. In practice, this means crude anti-American rhetoric to appeal to undecided electors of the vote-rich province of Ontario—the same voters who decided the last election, 17 months ago, following a Liberal campaign that successfully tarred Mr. Harper as “too pro-American.”
The Conservatives, meanwhile, could benefit from a growing public sense that, 12 years after the reins last changed hands, it may be time for a change. This sentiment has been reinforced by the recent judicial investigation into a corruption scandal surrounding the Liberal Party’s past funding of pro-Liberal advertising agencies in Quebec. […]
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