Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper says that Canada needs a “conservative renaissance” to step out of the current economic situation, and he defended populism in the face of accusations it’s anti-democratic.
“That word ‘populist’ has taken on a number of imprecise and often negative meanings,” he told a crowd at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference in Ottawa on March 22.
“For instance, if you were to read liberal media around the world—which of course you should not do—there you will find that any election result that they like is ‘democratic’ and any election result they don’t like is ‘populist.’”…