Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site hcr.UUCP Path: utzoo!hcr!chrisr From: chrisr@hcr.UUCP (Chris Retterath) Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: Re: American view Message-ID: <609@hcr.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Mar-84 15:20:32 EST Article-I.D.: hcr.609 Posted: Tue Mar 20 15:20:32 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Mar-84 15:52:52 EST References: <3568@utcsrgv.UUCP> Organization: Human Computing Resources, Toronto Lines: 18 If USA Today is right-wing, then John Gamble must be an ultra-right wing MP. No kidding, folks, so it says in March 19th's Toronto Star. C'mon, you guys, just because Canada is a welfare(=socialist) state, it doesn't mean that anyone slightly right wing anywhere else is automatically a reactionary ultra-right wing fanatic here. Maybe you've been fooled by the labels: just for your info, the federal and Ontario Conservative parties are BOTH pretty well socialist, while the federal Liberal party is about as far away from a laissez-faire liberalism as you can get without joining the NDP (Socialist party of America?). I actually thought that the part of the article quoted was exceedingly fair and correct in its assessment of Trudeau's policies as perceived by many Americans. But then again, I'm not an American myself. Chris Retterath hcr!chrisr