With a new prime minister, new media players, and the 2010 Winter Games in sight, possibilities abound for Canadian PR.

On January 23, Canadians ended 12 years of Liberal rule. Voters had punished the Liberals after an independent commission ruled the government paid Liberal-friendly communication firms for little or no work, ostensibly to counter Quebec separatism.

New Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a 46-year-old economist from Calgary, and his Conservative Party hope to shape a different Canada. That vision will result in ...