Re: WAS: Gas Prices NOW: Canadian politics

From: Bob Tom (tigers@bserv.com)
Date: Sun Sep 11 2005 - 21:42:36 EDT


At 09:03 PM 9/11/05, you wrote:
>Does that biography have a name, other than the obvious?

Stephen Harper and the Future of Canada by William Johnson.
I had a hold on it at the Burlington library for the last 4 months
ever since I read about it on one of the blogger sites. Long, long
waiting list.

I've still got 100 pages to read and it's due back tomorrow :-(
Very good analysis of the man, both his pluses and his perceived
liabilities, based upon his writings, speeches and actions. I guess
I'll have to put another hold on it.

>I don't know if within the party that is widely known, and just glossed
>over or what.

My age is showing :-P I remember when this was brought up
briefly in some of the Toronto newspapers but the press
did not push it too far :-(

I had to laugh about his recent "better balanced budget" slogan.
When he was on municipal council, he would vote to spend taxpayers'
money even if it wasn't there.

>As for the ditherer.......
>I could go on for a long time about his crooked ways, <SNIP>
>The apple fell far from the tree with that one. ;)

See! An NDPer and a conservative can agree on something
besides Dakotas =-O

Bob



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