On populism, Harper buys into right wing’s old ruse

He says he’s more scared of leftist populists than ones like Donald Trump. But Stephen Harper’s not seeing his kind of trickle-down economics is partly what’s breeding populism.
Former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper, pictured campaigning during the 2015 election, just released Right Here, Right Now: Politics and Leadership in the Age of Disruption.
OTTAWA—I won’t be buying Stephen Harper’s book. As was usually the case when he was prime minister, Harper seems in his new tome to be keeping his real thoughts to himself—in this case in favour of some fairly mundane observations and warmed-over conservative shibboleths. Apparently worrie...

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