Coming to emotional and intellectual grips with Mr. Harper

It appears that for the Harper government, cutting off the flow of information to opponents is as important as was cutting the flow of ammunition coming south along the Ho Chi Minh trail was for the Americans during the Vietnam War.

The decision of Prime Minister Harper (announced June 26, 2010) to make voluntary the long form of the census voluntary rather than mandatory—as it had been for 20 per cent of households for 35 years—has caused an outpouring of opposition of an extraordinary nature: First, by July 27,...

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