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Simeon Mitropolitski is a Canadian analyst, of Bulgarian origin, and a former syndicated columnist with the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA). He is the author of several hundred articles dealing with hot political and economic topics, both national and international.
He was part of the first group of Bulgarian intellectuals and students that began the opposition movement that finally put an end to the communist regime in this country in 1989, and in 1996-1997 participated in international observation teams during the elections in several Balkan countries - Romania, Albania and Bulgaria.
In 2002 Simeon and his family moved from Bulgaria to Canada where they live now in Montreal, province of Quebec. Simeon is a Master of Political Science from McGill University and a B.A. of Political Science and History.
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Canada: Paul Martin forever?
 Canadian political life continues to be dominated by Paul Martin heavyweight style. All other political players compared to him look like pure amateurs. He uses cleverly his institutional prerogatives and it looks like the general election the country is heading to will give him new mandate, this time perhaps with absolute majority in parliament. In March we promised one more year of political and economic stability for Canada and that was exactly what the Prime Minister is providing so far. He initially gave some bonuses to Conservative opposition; in May he suddenly shifted friends and orientation, without changing his main priorities, and concluded informal alliance with the Left. The only brief period he could have lost power and could have been forced to call election without chances of success was in May. He played well by inviting to government one of prominent Conservative figures. Martin saved his government, but made formal public promise to call election sometimes in March or April 2006. Ever since Canadian public opinion has been favorable to Liberal government. Only Martin's promise kept him from calling an early election. That gave the opposition precious time to come out of its lethargy. It decided it wouldn't tolerate waiting until March-April 2006 and is now forcing the Prime Minister to call for early election, sometimes in early January. Conservatives hope they may have more chances now, before Liberals are able to send their "Christmas" tax breaks to population. National economy is doing remarkably well and this is one of the strongest if not the strongest weapon the government may use against the opposition, both Left and Right. Before becoming a Prime Minister Paul Martin was for almost a decade a financial minister and current economic and financial health is due largely to his ideas. Conservatives (the Right) and New Democrats (the Left) look much worse in terms of economic expertise. In fact they are known as bad managers. Anyone old enough remembers the painful period of large deficits before 1994. What the opposition may offer to Canadians? The Right promises moral renewal. The Left calls for more wealth redistribution. Quebec separatists ask for independence as usual. Unless Conservatives are strong enough to have an absolute majority in the parliament any other political configuration that doesn't include Liberals as main political factor, although in relative majority, will lead the country to economic stagnation and probability of territorial disintegration (Quebec). Polls show that the Liberals can repeat their results from 2004 and even increase their seats, hoping for an absolute majority. Any result that will repeat 2004 or give more power to Liberals will sound like a death bell to some opposition leaders. The era of politically significant scandals inherited from former government of Jean Chretien will end by early 2006. If Martin's government cannot be taken down now, it will have chances to last for years.
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