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David
28-01-06, 08:40
Conservatieven nemen roer over in Canada

In Canada hebben de conservatieven de parlementsverkiezingen gewonnen. Zo komt er een einde aan het dertien jaar durende bewind van de liberalen én een mogelijk einde aan de openstelling van het huwelijk.

Volgens de definitieve resultaten veroveren de conservatieven 124 van de 308 zetels in het parlement. De liberalen hebben 103 zetels, de Franstalige separatisten van Québec 51 en de sociaal-democraten 29. Eén zetel gaat naar een onafhankelijke kandidaat.

De nieuwe regeringsleider wordt de 46-jarige conservatief Stephen Harper (foto). Hij heeft al een drastische verlaging van de belastingen en betere relaties met de Verenigde Staten beloofd, maar wil ook de openstelling van het burgerlijk huwelijk voor partners van hetzelfde geslacht ongedaan maken. De regeringsgesprekken beloven niet makkelijk te worden. Harper moet immers op zoek naar een minderheidsregering, omdat de conservatieven dertig zetels te kort komen voor een absolute meerderheid. Het is zeer de vraag bij wie hij steun zal vinden.

De liberalen boekten een zwaar verlies van dertig zetels. Dat is te wijten aan een financieel schandaal en verbroken verkiezingsbeloften.

Aftredend premier Paul Martin heeft zijn nederlaag erkend en Harper gefeliciteerd met diens overwinning. Hij kondigde ook aan te zullen opstappen als partijleider.

mark61
28-01-06, 11:10
Gaan ze dan die getrouwde stellen uit hun huizen slepen?

Verder is de eerste rel met de VS al losgebroken.

~Panthera~
28-01-06, 12:07
Geplaatst door mark61

Verder is de eerste rel met de VS al losgebroken.


??

mark61
28-01-06, 12:34
Geplaatst door ~Panthera~
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Canada wil met marine-ijsbrekers de Noordelijke IJszee, of hoe het daar heet, gaan patrouilleren. Gaat ws. 'illegale' onderzeeërs die daar langs sluipen. VS is boos.

mark61
28-01-06, 12:38
Canada's leader faces frustration
By Lee Carter
BBC News, Toronto

The new Conservative prime minister in waiting is vowing to "change Canada" after his 23 January election victory.

However, it seems very unlikely that Stephen Harper will be able to effect much change at all.

He may even have difficulty pushing through his relatively modest election promises.

Mr Harper is in the frustrating position of being elected with a more slender minority than even the Liberals managed in the last Ottawa parliament.

And the Conservatives know all too well the kind of havoc they were able to inflict on the governing party and its leader Paul Martin during that chaotic 18 months.

The left-wing New Democrats, which has managed to increase its number of seats, is unlikely to be in any mood to want to make deals with a Conservative government.

Quebec

That leaves Mr Harper in the strange position of trying to work with the Bloc Quebecois, a party that only has representation in the French-speaking province of Quebec and whose most passionate ideological position is to separate from the rest of Canada.

Kady O'Malley, a journalist with the Ottawa parliamentary newspaper The Hill-Times, says that even though the two parties worked together before, if only to defeat the Liberals, their ability to be allies in this parliament will be extremely limited.

"The Bloc Quebecois may be interested in areas such as the provinces' relationship with the federal government," she says.

"But the Bloc is in a bit of a tricky position because they actually lost support in Quebec to the Conservatives during the election," she adds.

"I can't imagine Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe is that enthusiastic about the idea of helping the Conservatives look good."

Election promises

The only Conservative election promise that Mr Harper is likely to receive all-party support for is proposed legislation to root out government corruption and misspending.

But the Conservatives may not receive parliamentary backing for campaign priorities such as increasing Canada's military spending and proposed anti-crime legislation.

One area where Mr Harper's victory is likely to have an impact is Canada's relationship with the United States, which became strained under the last two Liberal leaders.

Prime Minister Paul Martin infuriated the White House recently by publicly lecturing the Bush administration for not signing the Kyoto agreement to reduce greenhouse gases.

And during the election campaign Mr Martin also angrily denounced the US ambassador to Ottawa, who had warned that the Canadian government's increasing anti-American rhetoric was becoming a "slippery slope".

Tread carefully

A Harper government in Ottawa is bound to be received with more warmth than the Liberals were - if only for being somewhat more ideologically in step with Washington.

But the Conservative leader is going to have to tread carefully and not appear to be too cosy with George W Bush, a US president disliked by most Canadians, according to opinion polls.

Weinig pret voor Charlie Harper.

mark61
28-01-06, 12:40
Ow hier is ie.

Canada sends navy to Arctic north
By Lee Carter
BBC News, Toronto

Canada is sending its navy back to the far northern Arctic port of Churchill after a 30-year absence.
The visit by two warships to the area is the latest move to challenge rival claims in the Arctic triggered by the threat of melting ice.

The move follows a spat between Canada and Denmark, over an uninhabited rock called Hans Island in the eastern Arctic region.

A visit there by Canada's defence minister last month angered the Danes.

Now two Canadian warships, the Shawinigan and the Glace Bay, are on a mission to display what Canada calls its territorial sovereignty over parts of the Arctic it believes are within its borders.


Click here for a map of the region
The dispute seems rather odd, when scientists say the region around the island is unlikely to be rich in oil or other natural resources.

But Canada is deeply worried that it has taken what it considers as its Arctic territory for granted.

The islands were not included in border discussions between Denmark and Canada more than 30 years ago.

Warming concern

It is also believed that global warming is causing the rapid melting of the ice across the Arctic, and that could make the legendary North-West Passage linking the Atlantic and the Pacific passable for ships for the first time.

The US has already said it regards the passage as an international strait, not Canadian waters.

~Panthera~
28-01-06, 12:45
Nou dat weer. :moe:

vervelen ze zich ?

mark61
28-01-06, 12:47
Geplaatst door ~Panthera~
Nou dat weer. :moe:

vervelen ze zich ?

Ze moeten zich verdedigen tegen Deens Imperialisme. :moe:

Was zeker niks op tv.

~Panthera~
28-01-06, 12:48
Geplaatst door mark61
Ze moeten zich verdedigen tegen Deens Imperialisme. :moe:

Was zeker niks op tv.

Geen fuck gezien nee.

mark61
28-01-06, 12:49
Geplaatst door ~Panthera~
Geen fuck gezien nee.

Canadese tv bedoelde ik. Je moet wat in de winter.

~Panthera~
28-01-06, 12:51
Geplaatst door mark61
Canadese tv bedoelde ik. Je moet wat in de winter.

Heb alleen UPC kabel tv, nou dan weet je het wel. :moe:

mark61
28-01-06, 12:58
:moe: Pfff, ik bedoelde, die Canadezen vervelen zich in de lange winter, gaan zich drukmaken over the lord knows what.

~Panthera~
28-01-06, 12:59
Geplaatst door mark61
:moe: Pfff, ik bedoelde, die Canadezen vervelen zich in de lange winter, gaan zich drukmaken over the lord knows what.


Lekker duidelijk. :fuckit:

:haha: