本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛The old pledge to cut immigration? Gone, replaced with promises to help immigrants use diplomas earned abroad to win professional employment credentials here (even though, technically, professions such as the law are under provincial jurisdiction).
Gone, too, is the Reform-Alliance opposition to bilingualism and the near-complete lack of sympathy for Quebec's aspirations. Harper now talks about decentralizing, righting the fiscal imbalance between Ottawa and the provinces, and inviting Quebec to join the Feds at some international conferences.
Or consider the Harper of pro-American caricature who once wrote admiringly of the "calibre and experience of the Bush cabinet," claiming "the Canadian equivalent is an embarrassment" compared with "even the worst American cabinet in recent years." Now he chides Martin for not being tough enough with the Yanks.
In the same vein, the Harper who once called Canada "a Northern European welfare state in the worst sense of the term" has now reversed the traditional Reform calls for a parallel system of private health care. Says the Harper of more recent vintage: "We must treat all patients equally for essential health-care services, regardless of ability to pay — anything less is un-Canadian."
And the party's old rejection of multiculturalism? Also shunted off the stage. As Wiseman puts it: "Now Harper says, `I'm against same-sex marriage' and makes a specific appeal to multicultural communities and says, `By accepting same-sex marriage, you're undermining the creeds of many people in our multicultural communities.'"更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
Gone, too, is the Reform-Alliance opposition to bilingualism and the near-complete lack of sympathy for Quebec's aspirations. Harper now talks about decentralizing, righting the fiscal imbalance between Ottawa and the provinces, and inviting Quebec to join the Feds at some international conferences.
Or consider the Harper of pro-American caricature who once wrote admiringly of the "calibre and experience of the Bush cabinet," claiming "the Canadian equivalent is an embarrassment" compared with "even the worst American cabinet in recent years." Now he chides Martin for not being tough enough with the Yanks.
In the same vein, the Harper who once called Canada "a Northern European welfare state in the worst sense of the term" has now reversed the traditional Reform calls for a parallel system of private health care. Says the Harper of more recent vintage: "We must treat all patients equally for essential health-care services, regardless of ability to pay — anything less is un-Canadian."
And the party's old rejection of multiculturalism? Also shunted off the stage. As Wiseman puts it: "Now Harper says, `I'm against same-sex marriage' and makes a specific appeal to multicultural communities and says, `By accepting same-sex marriage, you're undermining the creeds of many people in our multicultural communities.'"更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net