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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Michael Valpy: Canada’s new politics of discord could carry a heavy price (in The Toronto Star)

"... in a society where the well-educated are seen as possessing an unequal hold on power and an unequal share of the country’s socio-economic fruits, Harper and his Conservatives have been successful at presenting themselves as the voice of Canadians who incongruously have the short end of the inequality stick that government policies have allowed to grow. ...

"Is Harper aware that his government’s policies are not in step with the country’s default values? One of Canada’s most astute political scientists, McGill University’s Antonia Maioni, suggests that he is, and that by employing what she calls a calibrated move to the right, he’s creating what Canadians in time will come to see as a new normal.

"A big gamble. A dangerous gamble."

Full article: Canada’s new politics of discord could carry a heavy price.