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  Anyone but Harper: A dissenting endorsement
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Last EditedMonsieur  Apr 30, 2011 03:24pm
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AuthorMatthew Hays
MediaNewspaper - Toronto Globe and Mail
News DateSaturday, April 30, 2011 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionHaving contributed to The Globe and Mail since 1997, I have been quite dismayed to read the paper’s editorial endorsements of Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party in the past three elections, their third appearing in Thursday’s edition.

One of the editorial board's key reasons for the endorsement is what they refer to as the “successful stewardship of the economy.” On this point, however, it could be persuasively argued that the Liberals’ solid managing of the economy in the 13 years prior to Mr. Harper’s election is what made Canada especially resilient after the severe 2008 recession. The Liberals beat back an excessive deficit and have rightly been praised internationally for having done so.

The Globe editorial correctly points out that Canada’s health-care system - and the burgeoning costs that go with it - is a growing concern. But this is hardly reason to support the Tories. On the contrary, after five years in office and with increasing anxiety among a majority of Canadians about our health care, the Conservatives have not made a single major policy initiative in an effort to mend it.
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