Conservatives should not turn their backs on Harper accomplishments

In the 1990s, Progressive Conservatives ignored the achievements of their former government, marginalized their former leader, and failed to create an alternative to the Liberals. Aside from some differences in foreign politics, the Liberals governed the country with the economic policies of the Conservatives and used them to deal with some social issues.
Conservatives today should not disavow the Harper legacy like Progressive Conservative did 20 years ago with achievements of Brian Mulroney, write Angelo Persichilli.
TORONTO—The post-Harper Conservative Party is a déjà vu of the post-Mulroney era of more than 20 years ago. In both cases Conservatives were seriously divided. In the 1990s, the Progressive Conservative Party tried disassocia...

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