CIVITATENSIS

I just think a lot of Conservatives can broaden their perspective on what it means to be globally Conservative if they merge ideas with the Conservative Party of Canada.

The USA Conservative people could take fiscal policy lessons from Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada, who is doing an outstanding job with managing Chrysler’s subsidiaries in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Why don’t USA Conservatives explore what it means to be Conservative in Canada? Canadian Conservatives have family values practices that can guide USA Conservatives.
For example, values where the health of family should be denied to nobody regardless of their ability to pay for insurance because it’s a fundamental right, just like the culture of life.

Also USA Conservatives believe in a right to life and likewise Canadian Conservatives do not support capital punishment for that reason.

USA Conservatives believe in freedom and liberty and so do Canadian Conservatives, that’s why you are free in Manitoba, Canada to Harvest Hemp seeds where in USA it’s illegal.

US Conservatives do not believe in government coercion and so do Canadian Conservatives, that’s why Canadian Conservatives would never coerce the leader of a foreign country, Iraq, to disarm or be disarmed.

USA Conservatives believe in profitable energy independence and so do Canadian Conservatives, that’s why Canadian Conservatives get their oil from Alberta crude and not from Saudi Arabia.

USA Conservatives believe in free enterprise, so do Canadian Conservatives. That’s why Canadian Conservatives believe not in “buy Canada only” or “Buy American” slogans but instead believe in supplying Softwood Lumber just like America freely provides Cinema.

So why can’t USA Conservatives assemble with Canadian Conservatives?

Also Obama people should be closer to Ignetieff.

And Ralph Nader should get to know Elizabeth May.

and Dennis Kucinich should become friends with Jack Layton.

And Sotomayor should become friends with Gil Duceppe.
and in Canada religion is valued highly enough that no Government or state has the right to intervene or use religion or faith as a tool for any legislative policy or initiative. What is this “faith-based” initiative stuff?
FYI I’m American, not Canadian, I just know a lot about my neighbors (neighbours) to the north

I wonder sometimes if the government of both nations mine and the one to the south are run by a few boards that hold the corperate interests and that we get to elect middle management every 4 to 5 yrs ?

Oh sure the Senate and the Governor General can’t be fired (Canada) or economically punished – but it seems by the time they get such an appointment they are so trained to “party politics” they aren’t free thinking persons anymore -

Senate also seems a good place for the government to hide really talented people so they can’t do any harm

Look at our Govenor Genral though she (not a political person ) seems to have done more in less time than any of her predecesors – I wonder what she thinks of her new boss Queen Elizabeth 11 ?

I just wanted to know what everyone thinks about the recent political news in canada right now. A vote of confidence has been proposed for dec. 8 and talks about a coalition government being formed between the Liberals and the NDP.

here’s more details if you want to know:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081127.wfiscalpolitics1127/BNStory/Front/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081127.wfiscalpolitics1127

In 1912, Teddy Roosevelt split from the Republican Party along with a bunch of progressive Republicans to form their own party, The Progressive Party. I was wondering if anybody knew if they had a color with which they could be identified? Maybe even just a color that was popular to them? Thanks.