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E-mailHail Canada: A right turn
As he sent off the masses of Cubans to march past the mission in protest of the "cockroaches," the ticker flashed:
"Conservatives win elections in Canada."
Sweet.
Stephen Harper, an economist who came up in Canada's libertarian movement, is prime-minister designate. His party does not have a parliamentary majority, but it may be able to press forward with the conservative agenda because Canadians may be ready.
To wit: tax cuts, improving relations with the United States, more military spending and reforming Canada's broken-down public health-care system with private-sector solutions. The long waiting lines led Canada's top court to declare that the public health service kills people.
Prime Minster Paul Martin, a liberal, stepped down Tuesday after a campaign plagued by government scandal and awful miscues.
The coup de grace was delivered by Mr. Martin himself. After gang violence in Toronto killed an innocent teenaged girl, Martin decried Canada's "culture of exclusion." He would discuss the matter with minorities.
Mr. Harper talked about law and order -- something Canadians, wisely, wanted to hear.
Which leads us to say: Hail Canada, and welcome.
