Today's Positive Litmus Test for "Integration by Stealth"

Earlier I blogged that harper wants to to "integrate Canada with the US by stealth" and that his campaign promises will test positive for this. I tried to find an explicit connection for the diesel tax announcement but other than it being an obvious encouragement for his oil buddies who already own Canada's oil, I found little. Today, however, his latest promise is blatant:

From today's National Post "Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged to loosen restrictions on foreign investment if he's re-elected next month, in a bid to bolster the country's competitiveness.

The governing Conservative Party would raise the threshold at which a foreign acquisition triggers a government review to US$1-billion, and allow non-Canadians to own bigger stakes in airlines and uranium miners, according to a statement released by the party today in Halifax, Nova Scotia."

Talk about hitching your wagon to a falling star.