Harper’s extremism is showing
If, as polls suggest, Stephen Harper is poised to win a majority, it’s largely due to the media notion that his past reputation for extremism no longer holds. In fact, apart from his reluctant embrace of economic stimulus, Harper has shown little of the “moderation” that supposedly now puts his government comfortably within the Canadian mainstream.
Departing from Canadian political tradition, for instance, the Harper government has abandoned Ottawa’s long-standing attempt at even-handedness in the Middle East conflict, repositioning Canada as unequivocally on Israel’s side. The Harper government also appears to have embarked on a disturbing and less-reported campaign to silence Canadian critics of Israel, in ways that threaten to undermine Canada’s tradition of open debate, particularly at our universities. Read More…
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