Canada Reelects Stephen Harper
by TRNN
Murray Dobbin: Harper will continue to dismantle social democracy.
Canada’s
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was reelected this week, as his
Conservative Party won its second minority government. Harper called an
early election last month after accusing the Canadian Parliament of
being dysfunctional. Observers called it a calculated political move,
meant to take advantage of his lead in the polls, with the aim, to
secure a majority for his party.
Journalist and author Murray Dobbin
believes Stephen Harper will continue to dismantle social democracy.
Bio
Murray Dobbin, Vancouver based, has been a journalist, broadcaster, author and social activist for over thirty-five years. A board member and researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, he has written five studies for the centre including an expose of charter schools and ten myths about the Canadian tax system. He has been a columnist for the Financial Post and Winnipeg Free Press, contributes to the Globe and Mail and other Canadian dailies and now writes a column for the Vancouver on-line paper The Tyee. He has written five books, three of them critical profiles of Canadian politicians. His latest book, Paul Martin: CEO for Canada? exposes Martin’s corporate agenda for the country.
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