Inside Politics I

Harper makes a mistake reducing conversation with Canadians about ongoing economic turmoil

Coinciding with the installation of a brainy official opposition leader, the strategy behind the efforts to showcase Harper as a people's kind of politician versus the presumably elitist Michael Ignatieff has the merit of being transparent.

OTTAWA—Since the reopening of the House of Commons last month, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has not delivered a single comprehensive speech on the economy, on or off Parliament Hill.

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