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InParty of One,investigative journalist Michael Harris closely examines the majority government of a prime minister essentially unchecked by the opposition and empowered by the general election victory of May 2011. Harris looks at Harper's policies, instincts, and the often breathtaking gap between his stated political principles and his practices. Harris argues that Harper is more than a master of controlling information: he is a profoundly anti-democratic figure. In the F-35 debacle, the government's sin wasn't only keeping the facts from Canadians, it was in inventing them. Harper himself provided the key confabulations, and they are irrefutably (and unapologetically) on the public record from the last election. This is no longer a matter of partisan debate, but a fact Canadians must interpret for what it may signify. Harris illustrates how Harper has made war on every independent source of information in Canada since coming to power.Party of Oneis about a man with a well-defined and growing enemies list of those not wanted on the voyage: union members, scientists, diplomats, environmentalists, First Nations peoples, and journalists. Against the backdrop of a Conservative commitment to transparency and accountability, Harris exposes the ultra-secrecy, non-compliance, and dismissiveness of this prime minister. And with the Conservative majority in Parliament, the law is simple: what one man, the PM, says, goes.… (mais)
In this book, Michael Harris examines Prime Minister Stephen Harper's policies and principles, and the impact he is having on Canada's democracy. As usual, Mr. Harris's work reflects solid, well documented research, with very little ideology to colour the facts. He is an investigative reporter and sticks to that role.
As I read about many of Mr. Harper's policies and deficit-reduction measures, I felt that one may or may not agree with them. There is plenty there to make people angry, or to support. What, though, is truly scary...terrifying, actually, is what is happening to our democratic institutions such as officers of Parliament and Central Agencies. This is an important book for those of us who care about such things. ( )
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Parliament can hardly be weakened any more than it already is. Harper can't go much further without making the institution dysfunctional. He is trying to control every aspect of House business. In fact, it will have to be returned to its former state by someone if we are to have a democracy. -- Peter Miliken, July 7, 2012, interview with the author, Hurds Lake, Greater Madawaska, Ontario.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
On the night that Stephen Harper won the May 2, 2011 federal election, one of the most famous pollsters in Canada found himself in the company of very senior Conservatives at what should have been a victory party.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Drilling in the Gulf of St. Lawrence has since been approved, but the bullfrogs still harrumph in the Blue Nile, and the battle goes on for the soul of the nation, as Farley had surely known it would, no matter how powerful the enemy, or how depleted the ranks of those who love the land.
InParty of One,investigative journalist Michael Harris closely examines the majority government of a prime minister essentially unchecked by the opposition and empowered by the general election victory of May 2011. Harris looks at Harper's policies, instincts, and the often breathtaking gap between his stated political principles and his practices. Harris argues that Harper is more than a master of controlling information: he is a profoundly anti-democratic figure. In the F-35 debacle, the government's sin wasn't only keeping the facts from Canadians, it was in inventing them. Harper himself provided the key confabulations, and they are irrefutably (and unapologetically) on the public record from the last election. This is no longer a matter of partisan debate, but a fact Canadians must interpret for what it may signify. Harris illustrates how Harper has made war on every independent source of information in Canada since coming to power.Party of Oneis about a man with a well-defined and growing enemies list of those not wanted on the voyage: union members, scientists, diplomats, environmentalists, First Nations peoples, and journalists. Against the backdrop of a Conservative commitment to transparency and accountability, Harris exposes the ultra-secrecy, non-compliance, and dismissiveness of this prime minister. And with the Conservative majority in Parliament, the law is simple: what one man, the PM, says, goes.
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As I read about many of Mr. Harper's policies and deficit-reduction measures, I felt that one may or may not agree with them. There is plenty there to make people angry, or to support. What, though, is truly scary...terrifying, actually, is what is happening to our democratic institutions such as officers of Parliament and Central Agencies. This is an important book for those of us who care about such things. (