In a landark election victory Monday night, Canadian voters ended the 13-year reign of the Liberal party, installing in its place a Conservative minority government. Prime Minister-designate Stephen Harper, the Conservative leader whose platform was built largely around stemming governmental corruption and repairing Canada's relationship with the U.S., has said that his party will "take the lead in delivering that change" that the Canadian people have demanded.
While Harper has pledged to quickly fulfill his campaign promises, though, there will still be some opposition to his proposed policies. The newly elected government is still a minority party, holding under 50% of the legislature. This may make passing legislation difficult, as support from other parties will be needed to enact new law.
Regardless of this hurdle, he should be able to succeed in passing many of his proposed reforms. This is an outstanding development for the US, as a newly cooperative neighbor to the north, who is a major benificiary of US monetary and military aid (as the US Military is the de facto defender of Canada), should make a remarkable and visible difference in America's effort to secure her borders and to prosecute the Global War on Terror. Harper has said that he plans to increase peacekeeping troop levels in Afghanistan and Haiti, will tighten border security along the 2,000 mile border with the US in an effort to keep terrorists and weapons from crossing south into America, and will reconsider the missile defense system first proposed by President Reagan and resurrected by President Bush, but rejected out-of-hand by outgoing Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-na/2006/jan/24/012405452.html
http://www.townhall.com/news/ap/online/regional/canada/D8DRVL3G3.html
http://www.warawa.ca/
**wire reports from the Associated Press were also used in this analysis
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