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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrudeau quickly burning down the Harper's conservative legacy
Burning down the Harper legacy serving Trudeau well: Tim Harper
So far, the real strength of the Trudeau Liberals is tearing down the house Stephen Harper built.
As the Stephen Harper years piled one onto another, debate grew in the capital over how much of his Conservative legacy would become a fundamentally ingrained part of Canada. Would successive governments be unwilling or unable to lift the rocks and get at the philosophical underpinnings of almost a decade of Harper?
Turns out, a lot of the Conservative agenda can be overturned, and rather quickly.
It changed the way the Conservatives dealt with sick leave for federal employees, has given permission to federal scientists to speak to the media and is ending an audit of charities by the Canada Revenue Agency, which was seen to be payback for advocating for the environment. It is revamping the environmental assessment process a major Harper initiative while keeping the right of cabinet to make the final decision on pipeline projects.
It will fully restore health-care coverage for all refugees and asylum claimants to the pre-2012 levels, before Conservative cuts.
On the foreign policy file, the Liberals have lifted some sanctions against Iran and will engage that country again, and they have warmed relations with Washington.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/02/22/burning-down-the-harper-legacy-serving-trudeau-well-tim-harper.html
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Trudeau quickly burning down the Harper's conservative legacy (Original Post)
pampango
Feb 2016
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(1,884 posts)1. Canada, a country to emulate again.
Sen. Walter Sobchak
(8,692 posts)2. Harper doesn't have a legacy to erase
Harper was in office for nearly a decade and in that time he accomplished practically nothing. He will be forgotten by history except as an example of a completely ineffectual leader.
Harper wanted to unleash a Thatcher like transformation, he settled instead for occupying himself with score settling with the bureaucracy.
McKim
(2,412 posts)3. See How Fast a Health Care Empire of Insurance Corps Can Be Dismanteled!
Yes, Sanders can start over with our health care program!
madokie
(51,076 posts)4. and for the most part
he will do just that.
lame54
(35,293 posts)5. I thought you were calling Harper Lee a conservative