1. Riffing off something @theturner tweeted recently, we need to gauge Mike Harris's continuing impact on Canadian politics.
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4. And Rob Ford is Harper re-purposed for municipal politics. Ford's dad was backbencher in Harris gov't.
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5. What is Harris's continuing influence? I'd say a certain form of mean populism, shaped by an anti-intellectual, anti-institutional bias
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@HeerJeet a. Despite your 7 I think you are underplaying Western conservatism, Manning and Klein's govt.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet b. On Manning you give him (and Reform) too much credit as simply populism. "West Wants In" rhetoric was populism -
@ephraim_quin Fair point. I have a whole riff on Manning as managerialist ideologue that I'll develop one day.
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@HeerJeet c. But policies, from 3E Senate to positions on Meech/Charlottetown were all about disassembling the State.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet d. This was the root of their intellectual critique of Mulroney Tories (even the ones in their midst). -
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@HeerJeet e. Klein, before Harris, demonstrated the way to a neo-liberal provincial government.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet f. It was Klein, not Harris, who literally blew up hospitals, introduced 2 tier medicare legislation, tax refund cheques.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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