Dismantling Canada : Stephen Harper's new conservative agenda /
Jeffrey, Brooke,
Dismantling Canada : Stephen Harper's new conservative agenda / Brooke Jeffrey. - Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- Part One Taking Control. Right thinking -- Strategic thinking -- Stifling dissent : bullies in power -- Sidelining parliament : autocrats on the Hill -- Making the rules. Part two Taking a stand. Shrinking government : the economic agenda -- Restoring order : the domestic agenda -- Taking a stand : the foreign-policy agenda -- Dismantling the welfare state : the Open Federalism agenda -- Abandoning Quebec: the national-unity agenda -- Rebranding Canada: the real conservative agenda -- Conclusion.
Stephen Harper is the first prime minister to represent the new Conservative Party, and the first to declare that his goals include nothing less than changing Canada by entrenching conservative values and replacing the Liberals as the country's natural governing party. After nine years of a closed-door governing style, his agenda is no longer hidden. --
9780773582507 9780773582514
Harper, Stephen, 1959-
Conservative Party of Canada ( -1942)
Conservatism--Canada.
Electronic Books.
F1034 / .D576 2015
Dismantling Canada : Stephen Harper's new conservative agenda / Brooke Jeffrey. - Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- Part One Taking Control. Right thinking -- Strategic thinking -- Stifling dissent : bullies in power -- Sidelining parliament : autocrats on the Hill -- Making the rules. Part two Taking a stand. Shrinking government : the economic agenda -- Restoring order : the domestic agenda -- Taking a stand : the foreign-policy agenda -- Dismantling the welfare state : the Open Federalism agenda -- Abandoning Quebec: the national-unity agenda -- Rebranding Canada: the real conservative agenda -- Conclusion.
Stephen Harper is the first prime minister to represent the new Conservative Party, and the first to declare that his goals include nothing less than changing Canada by entrenching conservative values and replacing the Liberals as the country's natural governing party. After nine years of a closed-door governing style, his agenda is no longer hidden. --
9780773582507 9780773582514
Harper, Stephen, 1959-
Conservative Party of Canada ( -1942)
Conservatism--Canada.
Electronic Books.
F1034 / .D576 2015