tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post8076608039075699256..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Steve Harper, the Manchurian CandidateThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-67595165862706190272012-12-10T14:37:48.280-08:002012-12-10T14:37:48.280-08:00@ Anon. Others have explored the merits of state ...@ Anon. Others have explored the merits of state ownership of fossil fuel resources. It's actually quite common and seems an effective means for creating sovereign wealth funds like Norway's that, I believe, is now the largest in the world.<br /><br />In any case that horse is long gone from the corral as far as Canada is concerned.<br /><br />The irony is the people of Alberta had someone who knew how to handle their natural resource. Unfortunately they chose to ignore him while he lived and now they're in the red and probably in line for some fiscal and environmental surprises.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-17831702827869651262012-12-10T14:21:22.762-08:002012-12-10T14:21:22.762-08:00What is the answer? Government owned companies in...What is the answer? Government owned companies in this country? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-147484280425995312012-12-10T10:13:00.557-08:002012-12-10T10:13:00.557-08:00" The opposition sure hasn't been up to t...<i>" The opposition sure hasn't been up to the job of taking Steve down."</i><br /><br />There is an opposition? Certainly not a "loyal" opposition!kootcoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344208424209840730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-53132036314617313582012-12-10T07:46:30.780-08:002012-12-10T07:46:30.780-08:00Hi KC. We'll have to wait and see how Steve&#... Hi KC. We'll have to wait and see how Steve's numbers settle after the KPMG F-35 report comes out. He may have finally done himself in. The opposition sure hasn't been up to the job of taking Steve down.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-56743830551467482742012-12-10T06:45:42.352-08:002012-12-10T06:45:42.352-08:00This gradual shift to the exact opposite of what h...This gradual shift to the exact opposite of what he claimed (and was, by some, perceived) to be, is surely the most spectacular political descent narrative in living memory. How do you go from a 'small-government' conservative who ran his primary political rise to power on transparency, and who was excessively vocal against state ownership of energy and China in particular, to the most secretive PM ever who oversees the largest deficit in history who sell a near majority share of a primary energy sector to the Chinese government?? How does a politician do this and still maintain a single supporter?? Remarkable really. Kirbycairohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528654183160305877noreply@blogger.com