There was a time when Saskatchewan was soley led by the CCF/NDP for 20 years straight (beginning with the father of universal health care, Tommy Douglas, in '44), then 8 yrs of PCs, then Blakeney (NDP) for another 9 years.
There isn't one gov't in the world that doesn't spin like a top under certain circumstances.
Israel just seems to do it all the time, with impunity, no matter what the story is. The boy who cried wolf comes to mind every time I read, "Israel said ...".
Don't forget Harper selling the Wheat Board to Bunge Limited and the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company, so profits were privatized instead of being shared by all the farmers.
You're right, his base won't call him out. But we've got some of the best journalists in the world here in Canada and I guarantee you every one of them will hold his feet to the fire on that topic.
It all has to with with money, ie: if you invest in proper care for the kids = it costs more than just warehousing/condemning them to the bare minimum.
Because it's a Canadian comedian who is starting to break through into America.
I get that it may not be news to some, but to others it would be because 1) she a woman and 2) she's starting to gain attention in the largest market in the world.
Just as an experiment, without using google, tell me the names of 5 women who've broken into the US market in the last 10 years. Now do the same for 5 Canadian women.
