Conservatives Take Symbolic Lead of Candian Government

Conservatives sworn in as Canada's government

Stephen Harper is taking over the Prime Minister's job in Canada today after his Conservative Party stunned the Liberals in the latest election. But if you're looking for major change to come as a result, you're likely to be sorely disappointed.

His party controls barely a third of the legislative seats, and the rest of the legislature is unlikely to go along with any serious reform. What is likely to result is that there will be less harsh anti-U.S. rhetoric coming from the Prime Minister's office, but pretty much business as usual otherwise.

It'll be interesting to see if the Canadian people really want change from the anti-U.S. stance that the Liberal government had pursued or if they were just looking to make some cosmetic changes.

Given what I've seen so far, it's probably just going to amount to just putting a new shade of makeup on the same old pig and teaching it some manners...