Sympathy of convenience - The Hypocracy of Stephen Harper

This is who runs your Canada

It is interesting to note that Stephen harper, as a founding member of the Northern Foundation, opposed Nelson Mandela and supported apartheid. In 2001 Harpers puppet bigot Rob Anders was chastised by Jean Chretien for his opposition to Mandela being named an honourary citizen of Canada.......

PM blasts MP for blocking Mandela honour

CBC News

Posted:Jun 08, 2001 11:33 AM ET

Last Updated:Jun 08, 2001 11:33 AM ET

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Prime Minister Jean Chrtien called an Alberta Alliance MP "stupid" Thursday for preventing the House of Commons from making Nelson Mandela an honorary Canadian citizen. The MP, Rob Anders, shouted "no" Wednesday when the Speaker asked if everyone agreed with the motion.

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But it was other words later attributed to Anders that drew Chrtien's ire.

More..... http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/canada/story/1.285666

Harper's Northern Foundation and the Roots of Reform

"‘The Northern Foundation was established in 1989, originally as a pro-South Africa group . . . lists among the founding members of the Foundation both William Gairdner and Stephen Harper ... " (1)
"... the Northern Foundation was the creation of a number of generally extreme right-wing conservatives, including Anne Hartmann (a director of REAL Women), Geoffrey Wasteneys (A long-standing member of the Alliance for the Preservation of English in Canada), George Potter (also a member of the Alliance for the Preservation of English in Canada), author Peter Brimelow, Link Byfield (son of Ted Byfield and himself publisher/president of Alberta Report), and Stephen Harper." (2)

http://harpercrusade.blogspot.ca/2010/05/stephen-harper-northern-foundation-and.html