Widespread pocketbook concerns are right in Harper’s campaign wheelhouse; an economist by training, his party and his government have long championed themselves as sound managers of the economy.
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Stephen Harper says a re-elected Conservative government would spend an additional $200 million to expand the country’s high-speed broadband Internet network across remote and rural areas.
“When you contradict, shame or make the PM look bad regardless of its significance, watch out because some of his soldiers are coming after you”, Brazeau writes. The essay begins with his thoughts on how Harper has been responding to questions about the criminal trial of Sen.
“My own belief is if we were going to have some kind of crash or recession, we probably would have had it by now”, Harper said in September 2008.
Politically, the stock slide couldn’t have come at a better time for the Conservatives, who were anxious for a channel-changer big enough to overtake Duffy.
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper shakes hands as he makes a campaign stop in Lancaster, Ontario, on Wednesday, August 26, 2015.
“We were expecting something mentioned on that, but we didn’t hear nothing about it”, Rodney Fraser said after the event in the Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry district, where Tory candidate Guy Lauzon is running for re-election.
Brazeau was booted from Conservative caucus in 2013 after being charged with assault and sex assault.
Brazeau used his column to defend himself against these allegations as well. No, its “PROVEN DICTATORSHIP” and it scares me and it should scare you.
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Mac Harb, a former Liberal who also claimed questionable housing expenses, had resigned from the Senate that summer. “In today’s digital economy, access to the internet is essential to create jobs, realize economic opportunities and connect Canadians to online services”.
