You've Come Along Way, Conservatives

Don Martin in an interesting piece talks about how far the Conservatives have come since 2000. From the time when Stockwell Day became the leader of the Alliance, to the merger that united the Alliance with the Progressive Conservatives, to today where we have a Conservative government with Stephen Harper as PM.

The merger is the best thing that has happened to Canada in the last few years. Kudos to Stephen Harper and Peter Mackay for making it happen. Peter Mackay in my opinion has not been given enough credit for what he did. He gave up his leadership in the PCs and was called a Judas by former leadership rival in what he called a betrayal. Mr. Mackay would have betrayed Canada IMHO had he not gone forward with Stephen Harper to renunite the Conservative family.

This is the part I liked best in the piece that sums up the last decade nicely.

"For a party whose decade began with the mocking smirk of the Liberal political establishment at Mr. Day’s jet-ski stunt, the merger gave the Conservatives the keys to power — and the last laugh."

The last ten years have been good for Conservatives. The best is yet to come I believe.

Thank-you, Stephen Harper and Peter Mackay for uniting the right. The country is better off for it.

I shudder the thought of what would have been had the merger not have happened.