Kathleen Wynne to become Ontario’s first female and openly gay premier

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19. Ontario and Alberta Tories

I live within walking distance of the border with Ontario and go over quite a bit...though not as much since wannabe fascist CBP take it upon themselves to selectively bully US citizens coming back to our own country from Canada, treating us like shit for just going to Canada. Thank you, USA Patriot Act.

I rarely have trouble with Canadian customs ("where ya goin'?" "any firearms or pepper spray?" "any tobacco?" "No? OK, have a good day&quot ...it's coming back that sucks.

I don't know much about the Ontario and Alberta Tories directly, since of course I'm not Canadian (sigh), don't live there (unfortunately!) and can't vote there. I do remember that Mike Harris' Conservatives came to power in Ontario about the same time that we had the 1994 Gingrich sweep here, but Jean Chretien's Liberals were still in power nationally.

I have never been to Alberta but from what I have been told, politically it's the most like a U.S. farm/oil belt state...quite conservative. I do remember something about former Premier Ralph Klein wanting to institute user fees for health care and having private clinics at some level...again I don't know specifics.