Neither Stephen Harper nor Andrew Scheer are their own man - both are controlled by corporate interests and far right ideology - Scheer was mentored by Harper and does his bidding

Canada's real barbarism? Stephen Harper’s dismembering of the country

The Conservative government is wiping away everything vital about Canada’s society and environment. They must be voted out

The threat of barbarism is grave, insidious and far-reaching. Those responsible are a small group nurturing a foreign-inspired ideology on Canadian soil. They pore over rigid doctrines in cloistered rooms. They scheme to impose their values, attractive only to a minority, on the majority of Canadian people. They have carefully veiled their true selves but their agenda is unmistakable: to erase the country’s achievements in security and fairness.

This threat comes not from a handful of niqab-wearing Muslim women. It has always come from Canada’s Conservative party. Their imported neoconservative ideology, baked into homegrown resentment toward the federal state, has never been palatable to a country with progressive ambitions. They have risen to power through other means: money and economic clout; a deep network of right-wing media and think tanks that have shaped policy options; and an unreformed electoral system that has allowed a party with only a quarter of the electorate’s support to rule unhindered.

Link https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/oct/14/canadas-real-barbarism-stephen-harpers-dismembering-of-the-country?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR3XaG6b9s-sXFQ1Lru3HWL9O4ZwtStYuY8aiw-Nj_xRKqs73easg4Imlzw