Popular wisdom holds that Stephen Harper’s incandescent hatred of Pierre Trudeau is rooted in the National Energy Program. But, Michael Harris writes, it goes much deeper than that: Stephen Harper’s real fight is not with the Supreme Court per se, but with the 1982 Constitution that created the charter. The
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Northern Reflections: Stephen Harper And The Charter
Stephen Harper has refused to recognize the Charter of Rights and Freedoms as a significant Canadian achievement. There are many reasons for the prime minister’s ill will. Chief among them, Roy Romanow has said, is that Harper is on the wrong side of history. He harbours a burning resentment for
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