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Stephen Harper incarnates Richard M. Nixon and Watergate in Canada
cosmopolita Posted by: cosmopolita // 6 months ago // viewed 74 times // shared 4 times
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In the British Guardian newspaper, Dimitry Anastakis and Jeet Heer compared Stephen Harper to former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon. The article titled "The Canadian Nixon" documents a Prime Minister who pursues an ego-driven agenda, bereft of ethics, and that is in contempt of parliamentary democratic institutions. That article can been published in response to Harper's contemptuous activities against Elections Canada back in April 2008. However, the Harper government's proroguing of Parliament, as an act of political gamesmanship, is reminiscent of Richard Nixon.

 

 

Indeed, Jack Layton also has testified that the Harper government reminiscent of Nixon, has been wire tapping Opposition parliamentarians, who have sought to pursue...

 

 

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http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2008/12/11/02900.html

 

 

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