Financial Crisis Affects Canadian Election Politics

(25 Sep 08 - RV) Canada is also heading for general elections, which are scheduled for the middle of October, with Stephen Harper’s minority Conservative Party seeking to move into the majority and reform a more solidly-positioned government. Harper’s main challenger, the Liberal Party’s Stephane Dion of Quebec, is running on a complex platform involving environmental responsibility and tax reform. The editor and publisher of Canada’s oldest Catholic Newspaper, Joe Sinasac of the Catholic Register told us the financial crisis in the US is affecting the tone and substance of electoral politics in his country…