Here Comes Ralph

As a Federal Election appears to be on its way sooner rather than later, Alberta Premier Ralph Klein has volunteered to stump for his ideological soulmate, Stephen Harper.

This is welcome news to anyone who is deeply concerned about the future of Canada. Since coming to power in 1993, Klein's Conservative government have imprinted their unique vision on this page's Alberta neighbours through such measures as:

-Promising public sector workers that a 5% wage rollback would prevent a 20% layoff, then proceeding with the layoff anyway.
-Threatening to invoke the Notwithstanding Clause to stop same-sex marriages in Alberta.
-Deregulating Alberta's electrical industry despite overwhelming public opposition, creating massive rate increases and power outages.
-Blowing up the major downtown hospital in Canada's fastest growing city.
-Refusing to pay compensation to mentally handicapped people sterilized against their will under government care.
-Refusing to sign the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child
-Burying a government report on auto insurance when the results showed the majority of those Albertans surveyed wanted a public system similar to the one in British Columbia which offers substantially cheaper rates.
-Passing Bill 11, which allowed for the establishment of private hospitals in Alberta, while several appointed board members of Regional Health Authourities held stock in American private health care firms.
-Siding with the Bush Administration on the Kyoto Accord and the Invasion of Iraq.

Klein's personality would also make a substantial impact on the Conservative campaign. During his tenure with the Alberta Tories, Klein has flipped the bird to environmentalists, screamed drunken insults at homeless shelter residents, and stormed out of press conferences huffing "I don't need this crap."

Indeed, for those who are deeply concerned about the future of Canada, we should greatly welcome Klein's overture to the Harper camp - the more involved he gets in the campaign, the more likely Stephen Harper never becomes Prime Minister.