Source: Associated Press
Pres. Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper remain at odds over a proposed oil pipeline from Canada through the U.S., with Obama showing no interest in speeding up a project that the Harper sees as vital to his nation’s economy.

With most people’s attention focused on the struggling economy and the terror attacks in Mumbai, it’s no wonder no one is talking about the political crisis in Canada. Our neighbors to the north are facing an actual coup attempt by the liberals and socialists. I don’t mean that metaphorically either. The current conservative government of Stephen Harper who recently won re-election may be toppled on Dec. 8th.

Harper won re-election by sticking to a conservative platform and refusing to sign a $30 billion dollar bailout package left-wingers have been pushing for.

Even though the liberals/socialists were soundly defeated in the election, on Dec. 8th they’re hoping to remove Stephen Harper’s administration from power.

Harper’s electoral message was clear:  Proven leadership for troubled economic times.  The Liberals offered up a candidate who primarily pandered to the all-important Canadian constituencies of polar bears and artists.  He was so lame that even the media couldn’t bring itself to endorse him, which is the canary in the coal mine for a Liberal.

In the last week of the campaign, when parties are typically expected to max out the charge card on handouts to bribe voters with their own money, Harper said that little would be forthcoming.  He still won.

But why would liberals let a little thing like an electoral rout get in the way of victory?  A month after the election, the Liberals and NDP socialists have decided that it’s time to shove the designated driver out the door and take the wheel.

What set these sensitive souls off this time?  Well, Harper said last week that there will be no outright bailout beyond his ongoing tax cutting efforts, and he decided that political parties should forego the funding they’re getting from taxpayers until such time as the economy improves.

Liberals called this latter move “mean spirited”.  The audacity of denying Liberal hands the comforting, familiar warmth and shelter of the cash register drawer during the dead of winter!

The Liberals had a crackerjack fundraising scheme for several years, until it was revealed that they were laundering taxpayer funds into the pockets of their party-friendly donors and pals.  Now, like a juice-monkey cut off from his steroid supply, they have no game.

Liberals are hoping that a parliamentary vote on December 8th will install them in power, propped up by the socialists and Quebec separatists.  And power is the only thing all these factions have in common – besides a pathological addiction to other people’s money.

Even though Harper won the election fair and square, the liberals believe they can muster enough votes to remove him from office. Imagine that? The party that loses just takes power by force anyway — sounds more like Venezuela than Canada. Harper also promised during his campaign to keep Canadian troops in Afghanistan which technically Canada is obligated to do as a member of NATO. The liberals clearly don’t care too much for rules however, so you can probably throw NATO commitments out with the democratic election.

The conservative administration of Stephen Harper has been good for Canada and good for the U.S. It will be a shock if this coup really happens. A liberal takeover will be a disaster for Canada both from an economic standpoint and in terms of national security.

Canada is an important ally in the war on terror. The last thing either country needs are a bunch of weak-kneed left wingers running the place.