There might be trouble in the waters ahead for the Conservatve ship. Sailing through Atlantic Canada is proving to be quite the challenge for Captain Harper. Following Conservative Premier Danny Williams (Newfoundland and Labrador) encouraging all Canadians to vote anything but Conservative in the upcoming federal election, Nova Scotia's Conservative Premier Rodney MacDonald is encouraging members of the Conservative party to vote against their own party's budget. While Bloc support all but ensures that the budget passes, this most recent development highlights the interworking of intra-party federalism and exposes the internal workings of a supposedly cohesive unit.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2007/06/11/macdonald-budget-070611.html
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Correction: PROGRESSIVE Conservative premier Danny Williams and PROGRESSIVE Conservative premier Rodney MacDonald. There's a reason why the "progressive" was dropped when the CA/PC parties "merged". It wasn't for simplicity it was a deliberate move to shut out Red Tories. They're still Tories just not ReformaTories.
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