The Harper Decade

The Harper Decade

The Harper Decade is a digital series featuring expert commentary on the changes that have occurred in Canada over the past decade of Conservative rule.

  1. 10/15/2015

    Canada Has Changed

    Richie Assaly, Amy Sanderson, and Avnish Nanda offer a concluding overview of The Harper Decade, and examine what is at stake on October 19.

  2. 10/13/2015

    Impeding Access to Healthcare: Harper’s Crusade Against Harm Reduction

    Nazlee Maghsoudi argues that Harper's drug policy and aggressive opposition to harm reduction strategies have put the health and safety of Canadians at risk.

  3. 10/01/2015

    La lutte de Stephen Harper contre l’environnement

    Face aux changements faits par le premier ministre Stephen Harper en environnement depuis son arrivée à la tête du gouvernement en 2006, Eve Bourgeois discute des répercussions de ces politiques sur la scène nationale et internationale.

  4. 09/28/2015

    Foreign Posturing: How does Harper’s foreign policy stack up?

    Paul Heinbecker, a Canadian diplomat and former chief foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, provides an authoritative and comprehensive overview of Harper's foreign policy record.

  5. 09/24/2015

    Under Attack: Canada’s Public Service Under Stephen Harper

    Canadian politics scholar Dave Whitson explains how the Harper government's stubborn idealogical distaste for social science has undermined both the effectiveness and spirit of Canada's once robust public service.

  6. 09/17/2015

    No history of colonialism? Well, we’ve got one now!

    Political philosopher Richard Day offers a stirring overview of the Canadian state's ongoing colonialism, both within our borders and abroad.

  7. 09/10/2015

    The Harper Decade: Housing First, but affordable housing last/ La décennie Harper: Logement d’abord, mais logement abordable dernier

    Carey Doberstein and Alison Smith argue that the federal government's ambitious plan to tackle homelessness in Canada has been rendered impotent by the pitiful scale of financial investment by the federal government.

  8. 09/03/2015

    Harper’s Anti-Politics Machine: Canada’s Mining Industry and International Development Assistance

    Trina Moyles shares a personal account of her development experience in Central America, and reports on the harmful environmental and ethical consequences of Canada's international extractive industry.

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The Harper Decade is a digital series featuring expert commentary on the changes that have occurred in Canada over the past decade of Conservative rule.

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    The Harper Decade
  • Years Active
    2015
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    28
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