Tuesday November 29, 2005

Blame Canada, blame Canada

• Posted by Rob (#1) on November 29, 2005 06:38 CET

Well, it looks like someone finally did:

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin's minority government was ousted Monday by a parliamentary vote of no confidence. There will be new elections in Canada, probably in late January.

As usual, the direct cause is government wasting money:

Mr. Martins opponent, Stephen Harper of the Conservative Party, organized the no confidence vote. He says he hopes revelations of a scandal that saw millions of dollars in government contracts go to supporters of the Liberal Party under former Prime Minister Jean Chretien, will convince Canadians to change leaders.

Be warned though: in the twenty-first century, reckless spending is no longer a liberal trademark. Conservatism is not unfamiliar with big-government waste of money these days.

If only libertarians had a party to vote for that is strong on national defence.

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