~ What do (Canadian) Liberals stand for? ~

A very good read and primer about the reason the Canadian federal Liberals have had so much success for so many decades.

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http://tinyurl.com/4hmzm

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Ideologically the Liberals have defined Canada as an open, peaceful and modern country. The federal liberal party has had its share of fiascos and idiots but Canadians have favoured the 'regime of tolerance' for decades. Wingnut mouthpieces like david frum and mark stern have tried to paint the centrist Liberals as pathetic, weak and lost but election after election Canadians favour the party of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Lester P. Pearson (equiv. to the peace minded Jimmy Carter) and the intellectually and internationally respected Pierre E. Trudeau (comparable to the world re-knowned genial mind and pecadillish Bill Clinton).

I've followed and supported the Liberal party both provincially and nationally and am (mostly) proud of their accomplishments. Canada's two largest provinces went Liberal just a while ago and the Feds seem to be holding their own in a minority gov't.

There are nuggets of gold in the 3 page article. Enjoy it and let your friends have the link.