Why is the Canadian media being so easy on Stephen Harper?
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well they are simply treading the water and waiting to see when he will screw up. Most Canadian news agencies (with the exception of the CBC) are simply pro American right wing jokes that dont represent Canada at all and they like Stephen Harper because he shares their ideals, some examples include CTV and Global television which in my opinion are both garbage newscasters. But people at the CBC are showing no such sympathy for Stephen Harper and will surly pounce at the chance to humiliate him and downplay his marginal success if even that be present.
130106
Maybe because they listen to the spew of the media without knowing truly about what really happens. Maybe because they would rather follow an agenda than use some common sense. Maybe because they are so willing to buy into anything that supports their uninformed opinion based on little real life experience.\n\nWho knows why the liberals are like they are.
1063081
I have been a Canadian all of my life. We are basically a peace loving nation. One of our prime minister came up with a UN peace keeping force that tries and keep an eye on uncontrol situation in many countries before they become a war. Another thing is that we don't get involved in conflicts we know we can't win ie the Vietnam War. On a whole Canadians don't feel their government federal and provincally don't do enough for them. Even though we do have free medical care that's going the way of the dodo bird. On the whole Canadians live a lay back sort of life style in the shadow of the great American Eagle. And if you do talk to a Canadian in between the ages of 40-100 don't mention the avro arrow that was best airplane ever developed for it's time in Canada in the early 60's but the plane and plans for making further planes were destory. I wonder who didn't want to get ahead of them as a military nation?
461728
It's because the CBC has control of the rights in Canada and they just are good at messing things up.\n\nThey will be showing the semi finals and finals on the weekend I have read.
336770
Because Canadians are - on average - just that much smarter than Americans, and therefore adjusted their academic scoring system to reflect that.\n\nIf you doubt me on this - just look at your president !
123958
I actually think the media has much more of a conservative slant.  Considering that most main-stream media is owned by giant corporations, this is not surprising.\n\nMay I ask how you manage to fit so much information into your questions without going into the additional details?
1049852
There are so many parties here in Canada. We have a Liberal Party and a Conservative Party. Right now that is who is in government. Paul Martin is our Prime Minister and he is a conservative. Explains why he gets along so well with Bush. Jean Chretien, our former Prime Minister, was a Liberal. It really doesn't seem to matter who is in government, they all foul up somehow. Our votes are based largely on the population in the east. If we don't like the way it is going we can try to nullify the ballots by voting the opposite and going for a minority government where they have to work together with another party to head the government. This doesn't always work in our favour, either.
973505
Because the media is just one-sided and won't tell you all the good that is going on. Good news doesn't sell like bad news.
1109394
Because its a diversion story.  The vast majority of media are controlled by conservative corporations, which means they are republican.  They divert the attention of the American public elsewhere, like rattling keys in front of a crying infant, and a good deal of the American public falls for it.  These corporations will do whatever is best for the people in power that are able to tack easily overlooked items sentences long onto bills that take up reams of paper.  For instance, one senator might pen a bill that establishes a few small wildlife refugees but somewhere in the middle tack on something that gives cable companies the right to double your bill if you are a day late.  It happens all the time.  Politicians are big on making up a proposal that sounds wonderful and altruistic while slipping something REALLY lucrative in for their cronies.  \nSo that's why, because they can and Americans do not read the newspaper which is just as guilty of the same offenses but at least if one read a newspaper or 2 a week on top of watching the news, he'd get a better sense of what was really going on in the world.
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Stephen Harper\n\nYou can find out more about him on:\n\nhttp://pm.gc.ca/
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The Queen is a figurehead.  She exercises no control.  Her representative in Canada is the Governor General, who is appointed by the Prime Minister, who leads the party who won the majority seats in the House of Commons.\n\nWe pick the PM, he picks the Governor General.  We control our country.  We are thus sovereign.  The Queen represents our roots and gives our laws their legality.
494426
I'm from Canada and I like my leader.\n   He is for family values which the former Liberal government was against.\n   It's like a breath of fresh air having a leader who is for building up the country and not tearing it down.
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The Canadian people are mature enough to choose whichever direction they wish and need lessons on loyalty from no-one in this world.\n\nOf course the communists are not taking over Canada.\n\nCanada is one of the most highly respected nations on the planet, it is never at the back of the queue when it comes to providing aid or peacekeeping assistance.  Canada's kindness and compassion is born of strength of character.  Canada is a threat to no-one of goodwill.
507471
most people's opinions are formed by the media. what the media chooses to cover, what stereotypes they choose to feed into, what issues they decide get the ratings, etc. so our people are free to choose, but is it really freedom if they are only presented with selective information? most people do not take the time to look up facts, background, stats, etc. they trust that what they read, see, hear is the truth.  if you are interested in this subject, you should check out Bowling for Columbine, it's a documentary about the Columbine shootings, but it also has a very interesting part about U.S. media vs. Canadian media.  Of course, that's media, too.  :)
223297
well it is my personal opinion that the voters of Canada will realize that they made a big mistake when they elected Stephen Harper. His short term will simply be him taking social steps backwards and grooming Alberta. i think that he will screw up so bad that the liberals will get back in and the NDP will form the opposition. The new Conservative party will go the way of the PC's
1025505
The best reason is because your just like us here in Canada when it comes to elections. We know the people running are just a bunch of liars who will say anything to get elected and don't really care about us or the country. \n  The result is we don't bother looking into what the the parties stand for or what they want to do with thier term in office. That leads to low voter turn out and some scum bag gets elected to the highest office in the land with less than 50% of the qualified voters actually voting for him/her. Same **** every time.\n  But keep this in mind as long as you vote you have the right to complain, if you didn't vote SHUT THE HELL UP!!!
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They use words like "The U.S. once again has...." because the U.S. once again HAS...... The media seems to be more to the left because most journalism is liberal. It has to be or it would be judging everybody. O.K. seriously, most mainstream news doesnt report good things because good news isnt interesing. Do you remember when Clinton was in office they were just as rough on him. That is the job of the media, to investigate and report. Maybe it seems they are reporting a lot of bad because there is. If you are looking for righty news try a.m. talk radio stations, its what my husband does.