Canadians 'liberal and hedonistic' but can change, U.S. right-winger

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change, Paul Weyrich says

 

 

 

 

 

Canadians 'liberal and hedonistic' but can change, U.S. right-winger

says

Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:00:48 EST

 

 

A U.S. right-wing strategist says Canadians are " so liberal and

hedonistic " that Stephen Harper can't hope to change their philosophy

of " cultural Marxism " right away.

 

Given time, however, the Conservative prime minister-designate may

straighten them out, Paul Weyrich writes.

Stephen Harper: antidote to Marxism?

 

Weyrich, a Washington fixture since the 1970s, runs a conservative

think tank called the Free Congress Foundation.

 

His contribution to the Harper election effort was to distribute an

e-mail last week urging fellow U.S. right-wingers not to talk to

Canadian reporters.

 

[Zeppnote: oh, yeah. That'll convince Canadians that the American

right wing isn't just some goofy, paranoid cult...]

 

" Canadian voters have been led to believe that American conservatives

are scary and if the Conservative party can be linked with us, they

can perhaps diminish a Conservative victory, " he warned.

 

He turns his attention to Canada again this week in an article posted

on the foundation's website.

 

He says he talked to two Canadian Conservatives after the election –

one optimistic and one pessimistic about Harper's chances of changing

Canada.

 

The pessimistic view was that Harper, lacking a parliamentary

majority, can do little to make Canadians " adopt a more reasonable

view of the United States " and abandon Marxist principles " such as

same-sex marriage and abortion on demand, " Weyrich says.

 

He does not say how these things are linked in his mind to Marxism, a

doctrine better known for concepts of class warfare. But he suggests

that Harper has a few cards up his sleeve.

 

'It is not widely known in this country that a Canadian prime minister

has more power than a United States president.'

 

" Harper is pleased that the media and many in his own party are

nay-saying, " he writes. " Harper thinks that such pessimism would lower

expectations and give him additional latitude to accomplish his agenda.

 

" Harper's game plan apparently is to pit the federalist Liberals

against the Bloc Québécois and the decentralizing Bloc against

big-government Liberals.

 

" Canadian media understands that Stephen Harper greatly would expand

defence spending. He does not like the Kyoto Treaty. Paul Martin, the

incumbent whom Harper ousted, ran an anti-United States campaign. It

worked for Martin last year. This year it did not. More importantly,

Harper favours participating in the United States missile defence

program. Martin opposed such participation.

 

'Harper could appoint 5,000 new officials'

 

" It is not widely known in this country that a Canadian prime minister

has more power than a United States president. Harper could appoint

5,000 new officials. (No confirmation is required by the Canadian

Parliament.) The prime minister also could appoint every judge from

the trial courts, to the courts of appeal to the Canadian Supreme

Court, as vacancies occur.

 

'The prime minister also could appoint every judge from the trial

courts, to the courts of appeal to the Canadian Supreme Court, as

vacancies occur'

 

" Harper's partisans believe he could maintain power for four years,

during which time Conservatives hopefully would witness many vacancies

created by Liberals leaving the courts. The Supreme Court of Canada

currently is dominated by Liberals.

 

" As has been the case in the United States, cultural Marxism largely

has been foisted upon Canada by the courts. If judges who respect the

Constitution were to be appointed they would confirm that such rights

are not to be found in that document. Sound familiar? "

 

 

 

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/01/27/weyrich-harper060127.html

 

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