Harper leaves hardly a trace as he disappears from the political stage

He’s remembered for economic stewardship, trade deals, and criminal-justice reforms. But his legacy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

You could say Stephen Harper's exit approach was a final insult to Parliament, an institution whose democratic norms and practices were regularly undermined by his PMO, argues Les Whittington.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

August 31, 2016

OTTAWA—Thinking about Stephen Harper’s exit from politics last week, I recalled Pierre Trudeau’s first resignation as prime minister in 1979. It wouldn’t have occurred to anyone to not have a press conference in Ottawa’s National Press Theatre, where Trudeau could make a statement and giv...

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