Canada wihtout Bush?

[JAh-man]

Just wondering what people think is going to happen to Harper now that his puppet master is losing control of his country.. With no Bush propping him up and telling him what to say, Harper isn't going to last very long.. This is the beginning of the end for the conservatives.. I'm really going to enjoy watching this..

[scribblet]

Just wondering what people think is going to happen to Harper now that his puppet master is losing control of his country.. With no Bush propping him up and telling him what to say, Harper isn't going to last very long.. This is the beginning of the end for the conservatives.. I'm really going to enjoy watching this..

Good grief, gimme a break will ya.

[JAh-man]

Just wondering what people think is going to happen to Harper now that his puppet master is losing control of his country.. With no Bush propping him up and telling him what to say, Harper isn't going to last very long.. This is the beginning of the end for the conservatives.. I'm really going to enjoy watching this..

Good grief, gimme a break will ya.

Nope, no more more breaks.. Just the begginning of the end, so deal with it..

[scribblet]

Dream on.

[JAh-man]

Honestly whats going to happen when Bush has lost all his power, leaveing the Harper all alone surrounded by a country that hates him??

[normanchateau]

Just wondering what people think is going to happen to Harper now that his puppet master is losing control of his country.. With no Bush propping him up and telling him what to say, Harper isn't going to last very long.. This is the beginning of the end for the conservatives.. I'm really going to enjoy watching this..

If the Republicans are tossed, I anticipate US forces will withdraw from Afghanistan sooner rather than later. This can only spell disaster for Canada's mission in Afghanistan. And disaster for Harper's re-election prospects.

[Canuck E Stan]

Honestly whats going to happen when Bush has lost all his power, leaveing the Harper all alone surrounded by a country that hates him??

GOP losses could hurt free trade

"Look beneath the superficial and you'll find we'd do better under the Republicans because they are ideologically for freer trade. The Democrats are more reflective of their labour interests," he said in an interview.

"There's no doubt Democrats are going to make gains and those coming in are not likely to be as committed to freer trade as were their Republican predecessors. That's going to present us with challenges."

Ideally, business on both sides of the border would be further integrated because cross-border irritants tend to be resolved much more easily if American and Canadian business interests operate in tandem, not at cross purposes.

"Further investment and integration means we'd be much better placed to weather the protectionist wave that's coming," Robertson says.

Now, it's far from hopeless even if the polls are correct.

Robertson says Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has thawed the lingering permafrost between Ottawa and Washington. "We have some real leverage right now because of what we're doing with security and the fact we have something Americans care about, specifically energy," he adds.

keep your chin up, unemployment under the Liberals pays well, and so does welfare.Rae days will be here again.

[scribblet]

Rae Days who can forget that....Ontario won't

The loss of power for Bush will have no effect on Harper, thats just hypobele, a knee jerk reaction to liberal losses. Bush is in his last two years and a lame duck president anyway, two years from now I anticipate a democratic win and withdrawal from Iraq. Afghanistan is a little different, depends on NATO, and neither is it likely that the liberals would pull out completely, they would likely honour the committment as they put them there in the first place.

[jdobbin]

keep your chin up, unemployment under the Liberals pays well, and so does welfare.Rae days will be here again.

So you fully expect free trade end this year?

[jdobbin]

The loss of power for Bush will have no effect on Harper, thats just hypobele, a knee jerk reaction to liberal losses. Bush is in his last two years and a lame duck president anyway, two years from now I anticipate a democratic win and withdrawal from Iraq. Afghanistan is a little different, depends on NATO, and neither is it likely that the liberals would pull out completely, they would likely honour the committment as they put them there in the first place.

So you think that Harper will have a hostile relationship with a Democrat-controlled House of Reps and possible future U.S. president who might be Democrat as well?

Sort of like the hostile relationship Harper has with Ontario now?

[scribblet]

So you think that Harper will have a hostile relationship with a Democrat-controlled House of Reps and possible future U.S. president who might be Democrat as well?

Sort of like the hostile relationship Harper has with Ontario now?

Where did I say that?

He'll have an amicable working relationship with whoever is in power, it only makes sense - as for Ontario, you can't please all of the provinces all of the time. Just some of them some of the time...

[jdobbin]

Where did I say that?

He'll have an amicable working relationship with whoever is in power, it only makes sense - as for Ontario, you can't please all of the provinces all of the time. Just some of them some of the time...

Just curious if Harper will have a hostile relationship when Democrats try to end free trade.

[Wilber]

Where did I say that?

He'll have an amicable working relationship with whoever is in power, it only makes sense - as for Ontario, you can't please all of the provinces all of the time. Just some of them some of the time...

Just curious if Harper will have a hostile relationship when Democrats try to end free trade.

It was the Liberals that had the hostile relationship with Washington remember. The Chretien bunch thought scoring points at home by poking the US in the eye was more important. Harper believes Canada needs good relations with the US so why wouldn't he try and work with Democrats to achieve the same end?

[jdobbin]

It was the Liberals that had the hostile relationship with Washington remember. The Chretien bunch thought scoring points at home by poking the US in the eye was more important. Harper believes Canada needs good relations with the US so why wouldn't he try and work with Democrats to achieve the same end?

Things just work out the way they work out. Conservatives have often had bitter relationships with American presidents in the past.

[Canuck E Stan]

keep your chin up, unemployment under the Liberals pays well, and so does welfare.Rae days will be here again.

So you fully expect free trade end this year?

Right now Ontario is begining to hurt in the manufacturing sector,Windsor is getting close to 10% unemployment,America's economy is heading for a slump.

Protectionist measures by the Democrats will mean American jobs will stay in America, that will mean even greater woes for Ontario's factories.

Harper knows the importance of American business for Canada.

Idiots who are Bush-wackers don't have a clue of the importance of free trade to Canada.

Alberta will prosper,Ontario will die.

When America sneezes,Canada catches the cold.

Rae days will return in wide screen,livng technicolour.

[jdobbin]

Right now Ontario is begining to hurt in the manufacturing sector,Windsor is getting close to 10% unemployment,America's economy is heading for a slump.

Protectionist measures by the Democrats will mean American jobs will stay in America, that will mean even greater woes for Ontario's factories.

Harper knows the importance of American business for Canada.

Idiots who are Bush-wackers don't have a clue of the importance of free trade to Canada.

Alberta will prosper,Ontario will die.

When America sneezes,Canada catches the cold.

Rae days will return in wide screen,livng technicolour.

And Bob Rae will end free trade and start a new NEP?

[Argus]

Just wondering what people think is going to happen to Harper now that his puppet master is losing control of his country.. With no Bush propping him up and telling him what to say, Harper isn't going to last very long.. This is the beginning of the end for the conservatives.. I'm really going to enjoy watching this..

Hate does not make for considered, logical, or even sane political positions. Hate makes you say stupid things, makes everyone roll their eyes when you're talking, makes you look dumb. Hate blinds you to reality, and makes you believe, despite all evidence to the contrary, that everyone feels as you do. It makes you believe ridiculous things because you want to and need to.

[Argus]

Honestly whats going to happen when Bush has lost all his power, leaveing the Harper all alone surrounded by a country that hates him??

During a recent poll, where Canadians were asked who would make the best Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper was chosen by a wide margin over all the potential Liberal leaders, as well as Jack Layton.

You might hate Harper - it certainly seems like it - but there's no evidence anyone else in Canada does other than those out on the fringe.

[Canuck E Stan]

.... those out on the fringe.

....Wasteland called Toronto

[Canadian Blue]

Just wondering what people think is going to happen to Harper now that his puppet master is losing control of his country.. With no Bush propping him up and telling him what to say, Harper isn't going to last very long.. This is the beginning of the end for the conservatives.. I'm really going to enjoy watching this..

Get off it. Bush didn't prop Harper up into government, and Bush isn't telling him what to say. This is about as intelligent as all those posts on here about conspiracy theories.

[theloniusfleabag]

Firstly, this 'Jah-man' thread is what I would call 'partisan trolling', and should be removed from the forum. Secondly, if I am over-reacting, then it belongs in Canada-US Relations moreso than Federal Politics.

Thirdly, I am a devout 'leftist', but I would still rather see Harper in power than pretty much anyone else that is around, especially Layton. If someone like Volpe became PM, I think I'd throw up.

[Ricki Bobbi]

Firstly, this 'Jah-man' thread is what I would call 'partisan trolling', and should be removed from the forum.

It clearly is trolling. During a "lockdown" of the boards you would expect the posts deleted and the poster banned.

Guess the lockdown isn't happening. Hmmm, I wonder why...

[Wilber]

It was the Liberals that had the hostile relationship with Washington remember. The Chretien bunch thought scoring points at home by poking the US in the eye was more important. Harper believes Canada needs good relations with the US so why wouldn't he try and work with Democrats to achieve the same end?

Things just work out the way they work out. Conservatives have often had bitter relationships with American presidents in the past.

True but it often depends on the existing governments view on using anti Americanism as a political tool.

[jdobbin]

True but it often depends on the existing governments view on using anti Americanism as a political tool.

Sometimes it is the American president who has a dislike for something about Canada just as Nixon did. He hated the Conservative prime minister.

[geoffrey]

leaveing the Harper all alone surrounded by a country that hates him??

The Harper? Oh my. The country did elect him, I dont know how much you can say the most liked party is the most hated.