‘Big Ottawa’ of years past gone but not too late to visualize a ‘Big Canada’

Harper’s abuse of Parliament, done in part through centralizing power around the Prime Minister’s Office, is designed in part to alienate Canadians from federal politics and reduce Ottawa’s perceived legitimacy, thus curtailing federal power and influence in Canada, argues Zach Paikin.

Despite being in power for nearly a decade, at first glance it appears as if Stephen Harper’s government has produced almost no landmark, enduring, “conservative” achievements.

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