The Liberal Advantage
Well, isn't that typical? Doesn't matter what this Harper government does, the Liberals are up there front and centre shrieking about Conservative deceit and failure. Leading the country down the garden path of diminished opportunities to advance into the bright shining future that is most certainly Canada's in the 21st Century. That bright future would be so much more fundamentally assured with the Liberals at the helm. Where, actually, they belong, as a birthright.
The Conservative government is capable of doing nothing, absolutely nothing right. The Liberals, after all, knew what they were doing when they shed taxpayer funding to all those Liberal insiders in the Sponsorship scandal that brought down the Chretien government. The Liberal government, under Jean Chretien, opened trade with China through frequent high-level trade missions costing millions of dollars, led by a triumphant prime minister (paving the way for his Power Corporation entree as private citizen making big bucks).
Except that the Sponsorship scandal was a scandalous evidence of Liberal entitlement to wallow as they wished. And while Mr. Chretien is now decrying the Conservative-led government for dropping the trade ball on China, real statistics in international trade reveal that those much-vaunted trade missions did not result in greater Canadian exports to China, but increased Chinese imports to Canada. Revelations that few seem interested in pursuing to their logical conclusion: Chretien accomplished nothing. For Canada, that is.
The Liberal Party was so busy courting ethnic votes that it went out of its way to attend jolly ethnic celebrations, like those of the fundamentalist portion of the Sikh community in honour of the founder of violent Sikh separatists. Much as there was a Liberal presence at Tamil Tiger events even though the Tigers were deemed terrorists like the Sikh separatists. And let's not forget prominent Liberal MP presence at Palestinian-support marches in Quebec where the flag of Hezbollah waved prominently.
And when the H1N1 viral pandemic hit Canada again in the fall, the Liberals were up and screaming in Parliament about the Conservative government's tardiness in ensuring enough vaccines for Canadians, their inefficiency in supplying health clinics all over the country, busy frantically inoculating at-risk populations. When, in fact, Canada was far ahead in its productive capability of vaccine, and in its vaccination program, compared to the U.S. and Europe.
The latest now is the country's economic recovery which the Liberals claim lags behind other G7 countries. Canada's GDP fell far more slightly than that of other countries like the U.S., the U.K. and Japan, and all indices are for a steady, slow growth into full recovery. As for the infrastructure program, the majority of municipal projects have been approved, and have been initiated, with the funding ready to flow far ahead of expectations.
Municipalities, despite the claims of the Liberals, appear to be fairly content with the manner in which the Conservatives have managed the infrastructure funding. The federal-provincial partnership is flourishing. One municipal source offered the opinion: "...But at the end of the day, if you'd told me that we'd be where we are now when they announced the plan, I'd have said you were being way too optimistic."
Despite all the Liberal fear-mongering and claims of government ineptitude, most Canadians appear to feel differently, that they have confidence where the Liberals see none. Liberals claim to be the only party to be responsive to the needs of Canadians. Which, when reading of Liberal senators' move to weaken the government's consumer product safety legislation, in the process risking the proposed authority for Health Canada inspectors to expeditiously recall dangerous products, is puzzling.
The Liberals in the Senate have been busy persuading Liberals on the social affairs committee to support amendments which are meant to curtail Health Canada's ability to have its inspectors seize products, and recall those considered to be potentially dangerous to Canadians. Amazing, isn't it?
The Conservative government is capable of doing nothing, absolutely nothing right. The Liberals, after all, knew what they were doing when they shed taxpayer funding to all those Liberal insiders in the Sponsorship scandal that brought down the Chretien government. The Liberal government, under Jean Chretien, opened trade with China through frequent high-level trade missions costing millions of dollars, led by a triumphant prime minister (paving the way for his Power Corporation entree as private citizen making big bucks).
Except that the Sponsorship scandal was a scandalous evidence of Liberal entitlement to wallow as they wished. And while Mr. Chretien is now decrying the Conservative-led government for dropping the trade ball on China, real statistics in international trade reveal that those much-vaunted trade missions did not result in greater Canadian exports to China, but increased Chinese imports to Canada. Revelations that few seem interested in pursuing to their logical conclusion: Chretien accomplished nothing. For Canada, that is.
The Liberal Party was so busy courting ethnic votes that it went out of its way to attend jolly ethnic celebrations, like those of the fundamentalist portion of the Sikh community in honour of the founder of violent Sikh separatists. Much as there was a Liberal presence at Tamil Tiger events even though the Tigers were deemed terrorists like the Sikh separatists. And let's not forget prominent Liberal MP presence at Palestinian-support marches in Quebec where the flag of Hezbollah waved prominently.
And when the H1N1 viral pandemic hit Canada again in the fall, the Liberals were up and screaming in Parliament about the Conservative government's tardiness in ensuring enough vaccines for Canadians, their inefficiency in supplying health clinics all over the country, busy frantically inoculating at-risk populations. When, in fact, Canada was far ahead in its productive capability of vaccine, and in its vaccination program, compared to the U.S. and Europe.
The latest now is the country's economic recovery which the Liberals claim lags behind other G7 countries. Canada's GDP fell far more slightly than that of other countries like the U.S., the U.K. and Japan, and all indices are for a steady, slow growth into full recovery. As for the infrastructure program, the majority of municipal projects have been approved, and have been initiated, with the funding ready to flow far ahead of expectations.
Municipalities, despite the claims of the Liberals, appear to be fairly content with the manner in which the Conservatives have managed the infrastructure funding. The federal-provincial partnership is flourishing. One municipal source offered the opinion: "...But at the end of the day, if you'd told me that we'd be where we are now when they announced the plan, I'd have said you were being way too optimistic."
Despite all the Liberal fear-mongering and claims of government ineptitude, most Canadians appear to feel differently, that they have confidence where the Liberals see none. Liberals claim to be the only party to be responsive to the needs of Canadians. Which, when reading of Liberal senators' move to weaken the government's consumer product safety legislation, in the process risking the proposed authority for Health Canada inspectors to expeditiously recall dangerous products, is puzzling.
The Liberals in the Senate have been busy persuading Liberals on the social affairs committee to support amendments which are meant to curtail Health Canada's ability to have its inspectors seize products, and recall those considered to be potentially dangerous to Canadians. Amazing, isn't it?
Labels: Canada, Government of Canada, Politics of Convenience
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