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National Newswatch: Canadians Need to Take Their Country Back Before It’s Gone

By Frances Russell — National Newswatch — Oct 22 2014 http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2014/10/22/canadians-need-to-take-their-country-back-before-its-gone/#.VFJtFhY64U8 A man and his economic dogma is quietly – and steadily – transforming Canada profoundly, perhaps beyond repair as well as recognition. From glorifying past wars to ongoing assaults on parliament, the federal public service, science and the environment and from a thinly veiled …

Waterloo Region Record: Harperism: How Stephen Harper and his think-tank colleagues have transformed Canada

Jim Romahn, Waterloo Region Record, October 18, 2014, E4 Step by step, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is, according to author Donald Gutstein, turning Canada into a far-right economic and ultra-conservative social society. Gutstein says Harper is doing this by following the lead of think-tanks set up to “research” and promote these policies, think-tanks that are …

Vancouver Sun: How Canada Made its Shift to the Right

By Tom Sandborn, Special to The Sun October 17, 2014 http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Canada+made+shift+right/10298951/story.html#ixzz3HeA2cM32 Harperism: How Stephen Harper and His Think-tank Colleagues Have Transformed Canada By Donald Gutstein James Lorimer & Company Ltd. No one has ever accused Stephen Harper of being dizzyingly charismatic. Few enthuse about how charming he can be in small group settings, or how …

Harperism

Margaret Thatcher transformed British political life forever. So did Ronald Reagan in the United States. Now Canada has experienced a similar, dramatic shift to a new kind of politics, which author Donald Gutstein terms Harperism. Among its key tenets: A weakened labour movement – and preferably the disappearance of unions – will contribute to Canada’s …

New BC Think Tank’s Findings Remarkably Helpful to Clark

Resource industry success benefit us all, Resource Works says. Some more than others, I say. Boost production in B.C.’s resource industries and we’ll all be better off — especially those of us in the Lower Mainland. That’s the soothing message emanating from the province’s newest corporate-sponsored think tank, Resource Works. It’s good news for all …

Harperism: How Stephen Harper and his think tank colleagues have transformed Canada

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A weakened labour movement – and preferably the disappearance of unions – will contribute to Canada’s economic prosperity
Cutting back government scientific research and data collection will improve public policy-making

The success of Harperism is no accident. Donald Gutstein documents the links between the politicians, think tanks, journalists, academics, and researchers who nurture and promote each other’s neo-liberal ideas.

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