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Finally, Harper and McGuinty
may be singing the same
tune
(Toronto
Star)
They are
not always
wrong
by Angelo
Persichilli
THE HILL
TIMES
I've said it many times and I'll say it again,
Canadians' preferred hobby is the "Blame the Americans" game.
Many times we might be spot on. When we are tire of that game,
we sometimes move on to the "We're better than them" game
which I have a little more difficulty with. But there's
definitely one element of the U.S. political system that our
politicians should borrow and that's the need to put aside
partisanship and to work together for the sake of
country. (Full
story)
Obama for Mayor of
Vaughan
The majority of Canadians have celebrated Barack
Obama's victory as the first black president of the United
States. I am very happy about Obama's win, but I asked many
politicians why in the American melting pot a black politician
can become the president of United States while in Canada, the
country of multiculturalism, and we can't even elect a black
mayor of Toronto.
Since I wasn't able to get an answer
from anybody, in fact the reaction I had was another question,
("Yeah, it's a very interesting question. Why?"), I wrote this
fictional, satirical and, of course, exclusive interview with
"Mr. Canadian Multiculturalism" himself.
Mr. Multiculturalism, all
Canadians have rejoiced after Obama's historical victory,
however, do you believe that he could be elected Prime
Minister of Canada?
"It would be fantastic but he
doesn't speak French." (Full
story)
Shuffle:
Ontario wins, Quebec
looses
Ontario, environment,
immigration, minorities and women—these are the five messages
Prime Minister Stephen Harper wanted to give in presenting the
Cabinet sworn in last week.
Giving the three major
economic portfolios to MPs coming from Ontario—Finance
Minister Jim Flaherty, Industry Minister Tony Clement and
Transport and Infrastructure Minister John Baird—Harper
definitely wanted to send a message to the biggest Canadian
province that his government recognizes the problems it's in
and it wants to help.
If the previous Conservative
government was slanted towards Quebec, the message this time
is clearly slanted towards Ontario. (Full
story )
An opportunity for the
Bloc
The 40th Canadian Parliament will start
next month with the political parties looking for answers to
the same questions they failed to answer in 2006. The
Conservatives will try to form a government with balanced
representation from all Canadian regions, including the big
cities such as Toronto, Montreal, Quebec and Vancouver. The
Liberals will look for a new leader; the NDP will try to find
a strategy to influence government activities and the Bloc
Québécois will just be happy to be alive.
(Full story )
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