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...That doesn't mean Canada is moving in the same anti-Big Government direction as, say, the U.S. At least two-thirds of Canadian voters cast their votes for the left-tilting Liberals, N.D.P. or Bloc Quebecois. But according to Ottawa pollster Frank Graves of EKOS Research, Canadians are increasingly inclined to take a gourmet approach to politics--picking policies that suit their shifting tastes, regardless of ideology. "More and more people don't want a political label," says Graves. And if Harper can manage government well over the expected short life of the next Parliament, they may be ready...
...rule. A low point, yes, but one that at least a few party veterans view as an overdue opportunity to heal internal wounds and rebuild. "It's time to regroup," says departing Environment Minister St?phane Dion, one of the 13 Grits (out of 21) to survive the combined Tory-Bloc onslaught in Quebec. "It's not the end of the world to be the opposition." Meanwhile, the New Democratic Party, with 10 new seats, is poised to exploit Liberal disarray...
...That doesn't work." The Afghanistan deployment, Nato's first mission outside Europe and North America, seems to answer a question that Nato member governments and their taxpayers have increasingly been asking: Is there still a role for the alliance established in 1949 as a counterbalance to the Soviet bloc? Watching the International Security Assistance Force (isaf) on the ground in the north and west of Afghanistan, under Nato command, there seems no doubt that the alliance has rediscovered a sense of purpose. The isaf, mandated by the United Nations to help the Afghan government improve security, has already taken...
...benefits," says Richard Fiesta, director of government and political affairs for the Alliance for Retired Americans, an organization with 3 million members that advocates for issues affecting seniors. GOP strategists point out that the low-income elderly won't get slapped with the doughnut hole charge, removing one potential bloc of angry voters. But Republicans should be more worried about grumbling among middle- and upper-middle-income seniors who aren't even dealing with the current Medicaid to Medicare transition woes. They have leaned more Republican than Democratic in the past, and come November, they might be sick enough...
...Israeli presence in some areas—represented a significant and welcome evolution in his philosophy. The decision was an act of political courage, made in the face of intense pressure both from the thousands of Israeli settlers being uprooted from Gaza and from his own right-wing Likud bloc. To give him greater freedom to promote his vision of peace, Sharon recently announced that he was leaving Likud, the political party he helped found 30 years ago, to form a new, more centrist party, called Kadima. As Sharon clings to life, his lasting legacy may well be his Kadima...