Month: April 2011

In Harperland, Lawrence Martin points out how Harper hates the press (you can see it in this campaign, with the 19th century schoolmaster’s Five Questions policy).

In a chapter on Harper’s press policy, called “the Control Fixation”, Martin relates this story (pg. 65):

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Calgary academic and Harper advisor Tom Flanagan has more influence on Canadian politics than most people in this country realize. He was an important informant in Lawrence Martin’s imporant book, “Harperland”.

A good quote from Flanagan, on pg. 47 of Harperland:

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To go with Canadian election season, I am reading books about Stephen Harper, his party, and his movement. I have got Lawrence Martin’s “Harperland”, Marci McDonald’s “The Armageddon Factor”, and I have ordered Christian Nadeau’s “Rogue in Power”.

I thought I might put some of the interesting quotes out on this blog as I encounter them.

I started with Harperland by Lawrence Martin.

A great quote from Harper on pg. 29:

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