Chris Cook on Harper’s speech:
“More war abroad, increased law and order measures at home, and a determined, and militant attitude to governance; Stephen Harper’s Speech from the Throne tonight was a declaration in defiance of the majority will of the people, as often expressed on issues like the war in Afghanistan, environmental policies, international diplomacy, and those other attributes once recognized as hallmarks of the country’s character. And, unless there’s is a quick infusion of guts into the Liberal party, Stephen Harper will succeed where past attempts have failed to make of Canada an entity completely ‘harmonious’ with and indistinguishable from the United States.
The question remaining unaddressed, like the elephant in the middle of the nation’s Parliament, is:
“Why, considering the disaster the policies of George W. Bush have been for America, (not mentioning of course the millions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and those populating those dark holes around the world housing “enemies of the state”) would anyone in their right mind wish to emulate that program?”
It’s a question so far not asked by the Canadian Broadcast Corporation, and unlikely to be by their corporate colleagues, but if future Canadians wishing to remember the final gasp of the nation, (failing a sudden Liberal party determination to halt Stephen Harper’s progress) October 16, 2007 is as fitting a date as any to chisel onto the country’s tomb.” – Link
