Harper didn’t mention Trump by name but urged Canada’s two major parties, the Liberals and Conservatives, to unify in the face of threats to the country’s sovereignty.

“We must make any sacrifice necessary to preserve the independence and the unity of this blessed land,” Harper said.

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    This is code for “remove all regulations and let capitalism run unfettered”.

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    Like the time you opened the gates to have US companies own Canadian media?

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    That’s rich coming from Harper. I guess his vision of Canadian Nationalism includes remaining a sovereign nation for multinationals to plunder.

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      urged Canada’s two major parties

      The moment I heard that I was like, wait what? Then I came to my senses. After all our PM used to work for him in gov’t.