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the new conservative party was a union of reform and old conservatives. Reform was, and would have been in the wilderness if not for such a union and if not for the lib scandal. But again, that being said, they will never maintain power if they are extremist, as they would have no real base to support them on a national level. However you categorize the parties, the fact is, over decades, those parties have produced a country with policies that would be judged progressive by any world comparison. You might take it for granted, but if you lived in the US or elsewhere, you might look back far more fondly on Canada, as I did when I lived in the US. Don't worry, I don't think Harper will last 18 months - as he only has a minority. Once the libs get their act together, they will quickly be back in power, as long as they can disown the corrupt bs of the past party. Volpe did not make a good start of that (lol). It's easy to assume the current political climate in Canada is similar to the US, when we inundate ourselves with American news. But it's not the case. The fact is, whether we like it or not, terrorists do exist and do want to attack. We don't have to scare ourselves by that fact, our allow ourselvevs to be scared by politicians, but neither should we ignore the threat because some yahoo in the WH loves to say 9/11 a hundred times over. I don't find the timing interesting at all. I see nothing wrong with what went down. They are innocent until proven guilty, but I do give kudos to our agencies for stopping what could have been a real threat.