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Stephen Harpers Conservative

Stephen Harpers Conservative: Go to the canada150.gc.ca website . This is going to be one lousy 1867-2017 party. People will be scrambling to get out; there will be bodies piled up at the exits, according to The Star. Theres a message from a Minister Glover. I do not know who she is. There is no signature, no ID, just a picture of a peppy-looking woman in a bumpit assuring us that she is working closely with public and private sector partners to identify opportunities to mark this significant milestone in our history. A great lassitude overwhelms me and In 2017, Canada will celebrate its 150th anniversary. Its a hugely important birthday my darling Canada is such an advanced child and Stephen Harpers Conservative government has been planning a celebration. Theres a timeline. Of what? The exciting five-year buildup to 2017 that I had not noticed was taking place. It starts with the War of 1812 not that again and plods from war to war pausing to note various royal bits most Canadians dont know what a Queens Jubilee is and the signing of agreements to do things that never worked out. As the great Kady O Malley of cbc.ca points out, with one obscure exception, nothing in the past 50 years is even mentioned. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.