Stephen Harper has displayed stunning disrespect for our democracy since becoming prime minister.
"How does Stephen Harper get away with it?”
That’s what a reader wanted to know after watching a rerun of a Rick Mercer “rant” on CBC about the Harper government’s spending of millions of dollars on blatantly political TV ads to promote tax breaks before they had even been approved.
“Isn’t that illegal?” the reader asked. “Isn’t it undemocratic?”
How does Harper get away with it, indeed?
Since he became prime minister in 2006, Harper has displayed a stunning disrespect for democracy in Canada, either approving or turning a blind eye to decisions that have undermined our democratic traditions and institutions and our faith in democracy.
Worse, this attitude has deepened since the 2011 federal election when Harper and his Conservatives won a majority government.
READ MORE: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/01/10/stephen_harper_and_restoring_faith_in_our_democracy_hepburn.html
READ MORE: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/01/10/stephen_harper_and_restoring_faith_in_our_democracy_hepburn.html
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