Harper has captured the fear zeitgeist

Stephen Harper is presently inching towards re-election. Justin Trudeau and Thomas Mulcair are not. Harper has captured the fear zeitgeist, while Trudeau and Mulcair are attempting to swim against the tide.

TORONTO—It’s better to be feared than loved, Niccolo Machiavelli once famously observed. You cannot be both.

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