[Steely Tom]

I'm not Canadian, but as I understand it, Canada has two conservative parties, which splits the conservative vote and allows the Liberals to win election after election. The conservative parties constantly feud with each other in different parts of the country. There have been many attempts to get them to reconcile and put up a united front against the Liberals, but these always come up short due to various personalities and long-standing grudges and vendettas.

I'm sure there are Canadian freepers out there who can correct me or expand this explanation.

(steely)

[JeeperFreeper]

AHHH! Too bad. Nonetheless, if the Canadians do manage to corral government waste, I want the technique imported here to U.S at once.

[-YYZ-]

HAD two conservative parties, the Progressive Conservative (hello, oxymoron?) party and the Reform Party. The two have merged. At one time someone had proposed a name of the Conservative-Reform Alliance Party (CRAP? heh heh). For a while the Reform party was known as the Alliance. Now the two of them together are known as the Conservative Party.

While I worry about the stupid and/or unadvisable things they might do in power, I KNOW the stupid, unethical, illegal and inadvisable things the Liberals have done and will continue to do.