12-17-2006, 02:17 PM
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Harper named Time's top Canadian newsmaker
The Canadian edition of Time Magazine has chosen Prime Minister Stephen Harper its 2006 Newsmaker of the Year.
Contributing editor Stephen Handelman writes that the prime minister who was "once dismissed as a doctrinaire backroom tactician with no experience in government has emerged as a warrior in power."
Handelman says Harper defied conventional wisdom about how to lead a minority government — "very, very cautiously" — instead pushing through "bold" changes, including:- Slashing more than $1 billion in federal programs.
- Reshuffling the federal bureaucracy.
- Reopening the wounds of the national unity debate by supporting Quebec's right to declare itself a "nation."
If Harper wins the majority he craves, in the election expected sometime next year, he may yet turn out to be the most transformational leader since Trudeau," the magazine says
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/...me-harper.html
IMO Harper is what this country needed.....you can't even compare Mr. Dithers to Harper. Even if he doesn't get a majority in the next election I will be just as happy if they are governing under a minority.
Last edited by jolinar of malkshor; 12-17-2006 at 04:13 PM.
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12-17-2006, 04:07 PM
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he is still too right wing for my taste. i'd rather the Liberals finally get a non-douchbage as their leader so they can take over again
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12-17-2006, 04:22 PM
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He's impressed me in a number of things. Other things I don't like the way they were handled.
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12-17-2006, 04:24 PM
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Had an idea!
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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
he is still too right wing for my taste. i'd rather the Liberals finally get a non-douchbage as their leader so they can take over again
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Good leader...crooked cabinet. Good tradeoff?
I like Dion...we'll see what he does in the future.
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12-17-2006, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Azure
Good leader...crooked cabinet. Good tradeoff?
I like Dion...we'll see what he does in the future.
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Dion is to stuck on Kyoto. Hell, the guy even names his dog that. If he ever gets in....can you say recession.
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12-17-2006, 05:36 PM
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Man of the year? Are you kidding me? A slow news year for Time in Canada this year I'm guessing. At least he is in a minority government. I would dread if he actually got a majority. I do not want to become America.
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12-17-2006, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by ikaris
Man of the year? Are you kidding me? A slow news year for Time in Canada this year I'm guessing. At least he is in a minority government. I would dread if he actually got a majority. I do not want to become America.
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Because his policies are just like America eh.....Nice insult to the American posters on CP.
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12-17-2006, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by ikaris
Man of the year? Are you kidding me? A slow news year for Time in Canada this year I'm guessing. At least he is in a minority government. I would dread if he actually got a majority. I do not want to become America.
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The left winged socialists need to equate Harper to America, because the scary boogy man rhetoric is all they got.
Can the Liberals talk about Ethics? Liberals, you want to answer that one?
Can the Liberal talk about results? They play an amazing shell game where they appear that they do things but in reality they haven't done squat. They sign up for Kyoto, knowing it will be an impossible goal to achieve and leave the problem for the next leader. (not to mention that Kyoto does not remove one atom of pollution on this planet ... just a transfer of wealth from developed to non developed countries)
They have and always be populists with absolutely no substance. And now they are populsts with a French national leading the way.
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12-17-2006, 05:52 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ikaris
Man of the year? Are you kidding me? A slow news year for Time in Canada this year I'm guessing. At least he is in a minority government. I would dread if he actually got a majority. I do not want to become America.
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Yeah, I had a hassle yesterday getting past all of the soldiers... with guns... in my Canadian streets.
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12-17-2006, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by peter12
Yeah, I had a hassle yesterday getting past all of the soldiers... with guns... in my Canadian streets.
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Have you had that problem in the US?
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12-17-2006, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Flames in 07
Have you had that problem in the US?
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Sorry, I was just making a lame reference to that ad the Liberals tried to run last election. The guy's comment is just a perfect example of left-wing fear mongering.
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12-17-2006, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
Because his policies are just like America eh.....Nice insult to the American posters on CP.
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You're right... I didn't mean to paint America with one prejudicial brush. I just do not feel very confident with Harper's policies.
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12-17-2006, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ikaris
You're right... I didn't mean to paint America with one prejudicial brush. I just do not feel very confident with Harper's policies.
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What policies do you not feel confident about. And no need to talk about the clean air act as I know most left wingers think that Kyoto is the cats meow.....other than that....what do yo unot feel confident about?
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12-17-2006, 06:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ikaris
Man of the year? Are you kidding me? A slow news year for Time in Canada this year I'm guessing. At least he is in a minority government. I would dread if he actually got a majority. I do not want to become America.
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Putting aside the fear mongering, who else would you select as Canadian of the year?
Can you even look at the question objectively? Can you put aside your evident hatred of Harper and what you have convinced yourself he stands for, and objectively name one person who has had as great an impact?
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12-17-2006, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Snakeeye
Putting aside the fear mongering, who else would you select as Canadian of the year?
Can you even look at the question objectively? Can you put aside your evident hatred of Harper and what you have convinced yourself he stands for, and objectively name one person who has had as great an impact?
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Ya I like what the real Time magazine in America has chosen: YOU. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...569514,00.html
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12-17-2006, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
What policies do you not feel confident about. And no need to talk about the clean air act as I know most left wingers think that Kyoto is the cats meow.....other than that....what do yo unot feel confident about?
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I don't think he's all bad, in fact in this minority situation he's pretty good. I like the senate reform he is proposing, as well as what he is doing in the Telecom sector. It's just that ever since it was known that he would have fully supported the U.S. in the invasion of Iraq, I simply do not trust him.
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12-17-2006, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by ikaris
I don't think he's all bad, in fact in this minority situation he's pretty good. I like the senate reform he is proposing, as well as what he is doing in the Telecom sector. It's just that ever since it was known that he would have fully supported the U.S. in the invasion of Iraq, I simply do not trust him.
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I think a lot of people were duped.....and many people including myself would have thought twice and done things different if we really knew what we know now. I still think that Saddam was an evil person and needed to be removed....the US just ****ed it all up.
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12-17-2006, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
I think a lot of people were duped.....
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Me too.
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12-17-2006, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Me too.
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The ever arrogant attitude of..'I told you so.'
Fact is, we all had good reason to believe Saddam had WMD, he WAS an evil person, and I supported the invasion because of that.
I believe Harper would attest to the same belief.
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12-17-2006, 08:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Azure
The ever arrogant attitude of..'I told you so.'
Fact is, we all had good reason to believe Saddam had WMD, he WAS an evil person, and I supported the invasion because of that.
I believe Harper would attest to the same belief.
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I never said "I told you so". But it is what I meant, so I guess you got me.
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