Just thought I'd put this in as part two of an ongoing series of bizarre far-flung coverage.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/edit/archives/2004/03/02/2003100852Beset by scandals and torn by controversy over the legalization of gay marriage, the once-powerful Liberal Party of Canada is starting to look increasingly vulnerable
By Randall Palmer
REUTERS , GREENBUSH, ONTARIO
Tuesday, Mar 02, 2004,Page 9
"Those Liberals, they're nothing but a bunch of
crooks."
Floyd Salmon, Canadian store owner
In the back of Greenbush General Store, in the heart of a tiny village an hour south of Canada's capital Ottawa, the locals get together twice a day to chew the fat over coffee and the odd cigarette.
What they are talking about should be enough to make Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and the local member of parliament, Joe Jordan, gag on their own coffee as they mull the next election, likely this year.
"Those Liberals, they're nothing but a bunch of crooks," came the opening volley from store owner Floyd Salmon.
Martin is eager to seek his own mandate as prime minister as soon as possible. He was elected in 1993, 1997 and 2000 as part of prime minister Jean Chretien's team, but he had his own ambitions and forced Chretien to step down in December after seizing control of the Liberal Party the month before.
Martin has done his best to portray himself as an honest agent of change, despite having served as Chretien's finance minister and most powerful cabinet member for eight-and-a-half years.
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