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Broken windows, and the undermining of democracy by Harper

Stephen Harper is a serial offender in undermining democracy. Giving him a majority government would be like handing a truck of gasoline to a pyromaniac.

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BY W.T. STANBURY
March 14, 2011

News | BY W.T. STANBURY | March 14, 2011

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Don’t do it

OpinionBY JAMIE CARROLL

If the PM were to call an election now, he would almost certainly be punished. Despite some stellar polling, what certainly feels like a collapsing opposition leader and the foundations of some policy wins, Mark Carney must not give in to those advising him to go the polls to secure his majority.

Don’t do it

OpinionBY JAMIE CARROLL

If the PM were to call an election now, he would almost certainly be punished. Despite some stellar polling, what certainly feels like a collapsing opposition leader and the foundations of some policy wins, Mark Carney must not give in to those advising him to go the polls to secure his majority.

Broken windows, and the undermining of democracy by Harper

Stephen Harper is a serial offender in undermining democracy. Giving him a majority government would be like handing a truck of gasoline to a pyromaniac.

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