THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF CANADA WANTS A KEYSTONE DECISION, AND HE WANTS IT NOW

JOHN BAIRD 

LAYS IT ON THE LINE 

CANADA WANTS 
TO KNOW  

Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, on a trip to Washington, tried to force an answer from the U.S. as to whether it will sign off on a 1,200-mile pipeline from the Alberta tar sands to the Gulf Coast.  Even when he said a No would be better than No Answer, he could not get the U.S. administration to tip its hand. 

Some reporting and analysis can be found here and here and here. 

CONSERVATIVES WIN BIG IN CANADA; STEPHEN HARPER SAYS NO HARD RIGHT

CANADIAN CONSERVATIVES 

GET THEIR 

PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY 

STEPHEN & LAUREEN HARPER 

The current and future Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, claims not to have a stealth program to lurch radically rightward in a "traditionally liberal Canada," even now that his Conservative party has won 167 seats out of 308 in a majority-powerful Parliament. 

Nonetheless, according to the AP, one political science professor is already calling Harper "a transformative figure in Canadian history."