The Associated Press
16 October 2008
OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper sought to show he would make Canada’s financial health a priority and released an economic plan a day after his Conservative Party won re-election but fell short of a Parliamentary majority.
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“The No. 1 job of the Prime Minister of Canada is to protect this country’s economy, our earnings, our savings, and our jobs, during a time of global economic uncertainty,” Harper said Wednesday. “The mandate we received allows us to continue moving forward.”
A mandate on cluelessness.
Chavez says “Comrade Bush” turns left in crisis
Reuters | 15 October 2008
“Bush is to the left of me now,” Chavez told an audience of international intellectuals debating the benefits of socialism. “Comrade Bush announced he will buy shares in private banks.”
Chavez, who has insulted Bush in the past as a drunkard or the devil, called him clueless on Wednesday. He accused him of simply parroting the words of his aides without understanding the new policies that rely on heavy state intervention.