Canada Votes for Hard Right Turn
http://www.bilerico.com/2011/05/canada_votes_for_hard_right_turn.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2011/05/canada_votes_for_hard_right_turn.php)
5/4/11
Mercedes Allen
For my international readers who view Canada as a kind of liberal oasis and are envious of developments like equal marriage and the near-passage of a transsexual & transgender human rights bill (actually, it did pass, but died in the Senate when the election was called), they may want to watch what develops in the next four to five years. Because Canada has had Conservative governments before - and even Conservative majority governments - but there is clear indication that yesterday's vote signals a hard turn toward the right, and with fewer mechanisms than in previous years to hold that in check.
Thank you for this post.I confess i am one of those people who viewed canada as a liberal oasis.I had actually thought about moving there for this reason.I have been to Quebec.I would have put up with the cold weather,but now i don't think so