Posted AT 9:53 PM EST on 19/09/08
The growing ideological no man's land
From Saturday's Globe and Mail — Stephen Harper declared recently that Canadians have become more conservative over the past two decades. He is right, although at least half of his fellow citizens will have no idea what he's talking about.
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