There are many good things that Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party have done since coming to power in 2006, and especially since attaining majority government in May of this year, unfettered by the lefty Liberals and the anti-capitalist, proletariat pumping NDP; I know it intuitively but I just cannot think of anything right now. There must have been something.
However, as the future decades roll by I have little doubt that the legacy for which Stephen Harper and this Conservative Government will be most remembered will be these three things: Asbestos, Kyoto, the Alberta Tar Sands. Further, I do not expect the judgement of history to be kind or to be swayed by the argument that these policies are in the best interests of the economy, especially when it is shown that, short or long term, they are NOT economical, neither for Canada nor globally, when full-cost accounting is employed and the dollars and cents impact on health-care (especially cancer and cardio-pulmonary disease), drinking water, agricultural land and global warming mitigation is calculated, not to mention the incalculable cost of environmental and associated species loss.
One other thought. How much money does the Harper Government spend each year on promoting Canada's image, trying to counter all the (deserved) negative publicity? Maybe we should run a competition something like this one sent to me by a friend in Australia (thanks MOM) which attempts to help the town of Asbestos in Quebec.
How to sell Asbestos, Canada | The Gruen Transfer
