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| Annual Stampede Breakfast PM Harper |
I know what you are thinking but bear with me. The West began a split from the
Progressive Conservative Party of
Brian Mulroney and
Joe Clark in the late-eighties, early 90's. The West had already rejected the Liberals for the most part in the 70's, Robert Stanfield PC and the CCF were embraced.
The Liberals through unilateral changes in campaign reform are responsible for giving over $ 60 million dollars of taxpayers money to the right of centre party led by Stephen Harper since 2004.
Liberals, Democrats and Separatists MP's Love Stephen Harper and their
voting record in parliament proves it. Canadian voters have only awarded a minority since 2004 but PM Stephen Harper has never had a non-confidence unlike
Paul Martin who did within two years of his mandate. Voters rejected him in 2006.
Background in the Liberal mindset on campaign reform.
Campaign Reform by Liberals in 2000
The new
Canada Elections Act introduced by Bill C-2, which came into force on September 1, 2000, does not alter the voting process itself, but modifies the federal electoral system to make it more accessible, fair and transparent.
It greatly empowers the Top Civil Servant at the head of Elections Canada as previously it could only be enforced through the criminal courts.
In 2003, the Chrétien government passed An Act to Amend the Canada Elections Act and the Income Tax Act. This Act amended the Canada Elections Act to include stronger financial disclosure and registration requirements for political entities, introduced new limits on political contributions, and tighter restrictions on contributions from labour unions and corporations to political parties and leadership contestants. The Act further implemented new public financing provisions, allowing political parties to access public funding to support their activities. The Act also amended the
Income Tax Act, increasing the maximum tax credit for a political contribution.-MapleLeafweb
The Liberal Party must miss a trans-formative leader such as Stephen Harper:
Stephen Harper was born in Toronto and
attended Leaside Richview Collegiate Institute. When he was very young he was a Liberal and than later a PC.
"What drove him into politics was indignation, outrage," argues commentator William Johnson, who has written a biography called Stephen Harper and the Future of Canada. It was ideology, not love of the game, that Mr. Johnson believes pushed Mr. Harper into public life.
"One thing that I would say about him, with great conviction, is that he's a straight arrow," Mr. Johnson believes. "What you see is what you get. He's not good at acting or pretending. He doesn't weep with widows and hug every orphan in sight, and he won't wear a hundred hearts on his sleeve. By character and by principle he opposes all the photo ops and false sentiments" that are part of political theatre.-
Who is Stephen Harper?
Stephen Harper grew unhappy with political culture of several parties and with the help of many reshaped the political landscape in Canada.
History in the making a slow romance with Ontario playing hard to get.
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| Canada Day PM Stephen Harper |
The
2006 Canadian federal election (more formally, the
39th General Election) was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the
Canadian House of Commons of the
39th Parliament of
Canada. The
Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of
seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes: up from 29.6% in the 2004 election. The election resulted in a
minority government led by the Conservative Party with
Stephen Harper becoming the 22nd
Prime Minister of Canada. By proportion of seats, this was Canada's smallest minority government since
Confederation. Despite this it was the longest serving minority government led by a party other than the Liberal Party of Canada, and the third longest serving minority government overall.
In 2008 Canadian federal election (40th General Election) was held on on Tuesday October 14, 2008. The Conservative Government were able to pick up an additional 19 seats, Liberals gave up 26 seats, Separatist lost 2, and the NDP picked up 8 additional seats. The Green Party gain no seats but make tremendous gains with raw votes.
In November of 2008 the conservatives tried in their economic update to
stop the flow of taxpayers money in excess of $ 10 million per year to their own political party war-chest but the coalition led by Dion, endorsed by all opposition political party leaders
demanded the political subsidy remain and it was undemocratic to remove it. They were threatening an election over it.
The Conservative Party of Canada has been able to raise $ 147,594,561 without the Liberal Campaign Reform changes. If you include the subsidy they have earned through various revenue streams nearly $ 250 million since 2004.
- In 2006 the Bloc and NDP took turns passing the Conservative Party of Canada's Agenda.
- In January 2009 the Liberals abandoned their coalition in order support Stephen Harper.
- In September 2009 Jack Layton did the same.
- In 2010 we have at least thirty Liberal MPs who are unable to show up, whipped not, to vote against Stephen Harper Conservative Party of Canada Agenda.
- This summer Ignatieff spent his summer dancing, talking about his unrequited love for the Conservative Agenda and visiting friends asking for money. The Liberal Express summer bus tour has been a flop, according to a new Leger Marketing poll.
h/t/
Pundits Guide Party Financing.
The Harper Govt accomplishments
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