Why Harper still dominates the news

What’s driving this 'Harpermania' are two opposing emotional sentiments: nostalgia and anti-nostalgia.

Then-prime minister Stephen Harper, pictured on Oct. 16, 2015, campaigning in Frdericton, N.B. It’s easy to see then why Harper still looms in the background like a conservative colossus; his experience, combined with his articulateness and insightful nature, still make him the country’s most credible spokesman for conservative thought and for conservative opinion, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

January 27, 2020

OAKVILLE, ONT.—When you hear the name “Stephen Harper," the last word that springs to mind is “charismatic.” Words that do spring to mind, on the other hand, include: boring, brooding, stodgy, plodding, and pedantic. Yet amazingly, despite his ostensibly anti-charismatic personality, and d...

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