and apparently neither is the National Post:

http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=8f3dbecd-3985-417e-b387-839753fe9494&k=66744

It’s not very often you hear words of praise or preference about anything Dion from the Post but I like many other Canadians have come to the same conclusion: Im just not dumb enough to buy that argument.

The Liberals poor stewards of the economy? Yeah give me the Trudeau argument about services and spending; that doesn’t amount to a hill of beans in 2008. The basic fact is outside of the oil economy the Conservatives have an absolutely terrible track record when it comes to financial management. I lived in Canada during the successive Liberal surpluses and unlike the outraged Conservatives, I was always pleasantly surprised when our surpluses were bigger than projected. You know sometimes its not a bad thing to be proud of yourself when you do a bit better than you thought you would. But then again outrage is more the common sentiment from the land of Oil and Gas.

So the Post supports Dion’s economic plan. Why? Well it’s simple. Canada needs a tune up. Unless you live in a hole or far out rural Canada things in Canada’s city need a fix. Obviously you’ve forgotten that the world will see the state of Vancouver in 2 years. Yeah its a great city to live in but man things are needing a paint job. Now a lot of Tories like to carp on about their tax dollars and probably right now they are hunting high and low for a “bridge to nowhere” to latch their argument too. The problem with that argument is this: Our country is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. Add on a harsh climate in some spots and you need a healthy infrastructure to keep the country running well.

Im not sure if its a continental affliction but it seems the general mindsense of politics:conservative-good/all others-bad,tax cuts,tough guy dickhead “leadership” and redneck diplomacy, all seems rather redundant to me. I lived in Europe for five years and to be honest I earned more, had more spending money in my pocket and my quality of life was higher.

So why would we convince ourselves that trying to improve our country by investing in it is a bad idea? Im not advocating investment in Toronto but investment in Canada. Im truly tired of such divisive partisan arguments and to be honest Mr Harper even your own side isnt buying your argument these days.