Open and Shut: Why America Has Barack Obama, and Canada Has Stephen Harper Book

An interesting perspective could be that the election of Obama was, in some respects, the consequence of Americas horribly difficult, but ultimately successful, quest of racial justice. The election of Stephen Harper might be another chapter in the battle for environmental justice. I appreciate that the word racial and environmental justice may be too value laden for many.

But the carbon age (aka status quo), proponents who were very active in their support for G W Bush, were also threatened by Stephane Dion and his carbon tax pollution not income approach and so successfully marshaled their political hatchet men.

However once elected this 'conservative' government faced an economic downturn caused by war and debt and they promptly chose to incur a deficit building the infrastructure of yesteryear, eg roads, bridges and parking lots. These are in effect public subsidies for oil consumption, dirty or not. The final chapter has not be written in this Canadian book yet will parliament be produce a government able to nurture of profitable green economy or not?