Pretty good article. But the Liberals are not a "leftist" party, they are a "center" party...one that is badly disorganized at the present time and losing its strength to 3 different smaller parties...the NDP, the Greens, and the Bloc Quebecois. The NDP and the Greens could be described as somewhat "leftist".

The ONLY truly "rightist" party in Canada is the Conservatives under Harper and their base of support in the populace is, at best, only about 40%, I would think.

40% can win a majority government, though, if the other 60% get split between 3 different parties! Therein lies the problem.

The part of the article that summed it up best was this:

"The Conservatives may not represent the views of most Canadians, but with four parties fighting for the left-wing vote, the Conservatives might win simply by sliding up the middle."

That is Harper's objective. If he achieves it, things will get considerably worse in Canada, because the government will have been hijacked by a minority viewpoint, and not with good results.

The Liberals used to effectively represent the broad centre of Canadian viewpoints. They lost cohesion due to their own internal mismanagement, their sense of entitlement, and their general arrogance, and the fox is now in the henhouse.

This Conservative fox does not represent the will or wishes of the majority of Canadians, but if the Conservatives get the majority government they are seeking, then the will and wishes of the majority of Canadians won't count for jack shit, because a majority government IS, in effect, a limited dictatorship (until the next election).