By Henry McRandall
WRISEUP.COM
While some pundits have aptly noted that the old left-right paradign may no longer be applicable in U.S. politics, the same could somewhat also be true in Canada – except for one thing: a paradigm shift may actually be occurring north of the longest undefended border in the world.
The carte blanche given to Amerikkkan banks and corporations to control the country’s elections may indeed have ended any genuine difference between the Democrats and the Republican Tea Party other than in rhetoric.
But there is still a glimmer of hope that because of the difference in election financing laws relative to the U.S., the Canadian people – if not necessarily the Canadian political class – still seem to intuit that a political paradigm shift in the land of pea soup and tourtiere – especially in the region where pea soup and tourtiere originated – is possible. read more »