Harper coped with this just fine, and did not allow himself to be derailed. Perhaps that's a tribute to his cast-iron speaking points. What annoyed me more about the interruptions was the race to blurt out enough words to cut Harper off at the pass.
You can identify the corrupted ones when they are obsessed by balancing the budget, cutting social programs (the taxes) while giving billions to big corporation without any guaranties and not explaining anything by saying it's all "common sense".
Unfortunately, it's been slipping for many years due to Narcissism trickling down from the top to the bottom. Narcissistic people don't have any remorse and they don't care about your feelings, they don't care about your situation, reality, the outcome, etc. Most of the homeless population are people that got screwed over by a business and got black listed. That's why the Dentist prepared a revenge plan and they try really hard to cover it up. Not because they did anything, just because the people in power felt like doing it. Narcissistic people don't actually need a real reason to destroy you, it's a part of their personality to just be like that. They are special for no reason and people put them in positions of authority and power because they have a way of making everyone believe that they are that special without anyone being able to question why they are. They pushed working class people into poverty and the streets. They don't support the working class because you don't mean anything to them. You're a slave to them and it's written into the Human Rights for Canadians. They only care about the money and you are either an asset to them to be used or you are not.
Harper will get credit for hiring Carney as the Governor of the Bank of Canada to save the economy after he fucked it up. Besides that, he was one of the worst Canadian Prime Minister ever lived. Sold us to China and the states for nothing.
Youre right, it rose dramatically under Harper and he enacted policies to devalue the dollar. Why? Because a strong Canadian dollar isnt good for GDP. Its basically bipartisan policy to keep the US buying Canadian goods.
He privatised, and sold AEC for cheap to Lavalin? Who, Lavalin, that famous company? And now the Premier of Alberta wants him to do what with Alberta's pension money?
Wait - Wait - Wait! From the PM who passed a law preventing Canadian scientists to communicate with their peers around the world... we are supposed to take tips on how to save ourselves... NEVER!
Yeah crazy thats why china had to send a spy into one of our biggest federally funded virology labs to steal invaluable data they could have just taken if the law you have misconstrued wasn't enforced.
You're remembering it WRONG. He muzzled scientists from speaking to the media. I didn't like it too much either, but I saw why it was necessary. The Canadian media, then and now, like to quote out of context in order to push their ideology and try to embarrass the government. This is more the fault of left-wing media like the CBC and the Toronto Star. But soon the CBC will be defunded.
@@theengineer70 Harper reduced the GST by 2% points AFTER THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY INSTATED IT IN 1991. That's like saying "He lit the house on fire and once it was full engulfed, he threw a glass of water on it." Jesus. The logic of conservatives (or lack thereof) will never cease to amaze me.
Despite all the negative comments on him, I remember Canada prospering well during his time. My family was prosperous, we ate well, mortgages were no issue and we had tenfold the disposable income to travel and upgrade the houses etc. Those were good times to myself and my friends and family.
I remember those as the best 10 years to be a Canadian….despite all the liberal caterwauling. The Canadian dollar worth $1.10 usd! Respected on the world stage. Harper set the stage so Carney’s job at the bank of Canada was easy
As a Liberal leaning Canadian, I voted for Harper because at the time, I thought he is what Canada needed. Make no mistake though, the fiscal responsibility and policies of the Chretien government with Paul Martin made it pretty cushy for him, particularly when the financial crisis hit. Harper was doing a great job, until he wasn't. Same with Trudeau.
@crealist CARNEY is the one that didnt follow what the OTHER banks were doing. Had NOTHING to do with Harper. He had a fantastic economic financier/analyst at the helm, and "balanced the budget' by pillaging its resources and reserves! And he was in power for THIRTEEN years not 10. Our dollar went to par and was NOT good for 'our' economy. So NO, he didnt 'set any stage' except treading water to the 2008 crash!
Or a battle between intelligence and just outright stupidity. The woke mind virus grows in near-empty heads that never had anything of substance there to begin with.
Clearly, most evil is driven by the science-denying, religious (superstition) driven, self-serving, corporate run right. They call others “authoritarians” while they use whatever means possible to restrict human rights and impoverish the majority. Evil.
My favourite Stephen Harper moment was when he'd called a press conference at the edge of a vineyard somewhere in southern Ontario, to announce one of his lame policy promises, but then yet another scandal erupted between the announcement and the beginning of the presser. So there he finds himself, stuck in the middle of nowhere infront of a bunch of professional reporters who he's invited to ask him questions (which happened less and less frequently, as his reign of error continued). So what does the courageous Stephen Harper, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Prime Minister of Canada do? He orders his RCMP protective detail to block the reporters, and he runs away into the vineyard! Him scurrying away into the rows of grapes was the most honest moment of his entire political career, and probably life.
"Reign of Error!!" I love it! Unfortunately, he managed to pull off some pretty greasy stuff while in power. Quite ironic him calling the left out as "Authoritarian!"
When Harper left office, we had a balanced budget (the last time our government had a balanced budget), low inflation, low interest rates, low crime, low unemployment, no tent cities. And don't blame covid. Trudeau was running deficits prior to covid, and continues to do so ($20 billion more this year than originally budgeted). Soon, the Liberal "Reign of Error" will be over!
@@theengineer70 Do you have the official title of Boot-Licker Of Canada? You're under EVERY comment that reveals who Harper really is. You must either really love ole Stevie... or Stevie, is that you?
i bartended an event where PM Harper attened and he ordered a diet pop-didnt pay for it and walked away as i called him back to pay the $2 for his diet pop. He looked back and continued to walk away without paying for his drink. Very Nice human being.
Please Mr. Harper. Come back.we need you as Prime Minister of our country. Canada is lost and needs your leading hand. It will take alot to fix everything that has been broken.
Pierre Poilievre Will Fix This-Jordan Peterson. Canadas Next Prime Minister -Jordan Peterson podcast 🌞 It's time to turn the House of Commons into the house of common sense.🇨🇦
@@jimdavison4077 Yup. Harper had a fetish for the US. If he was PM now, he would sell us to trump in a heartbeat. That is why we can't let his puppet PP in. Harper never seemed to understand why Canadians felt protective about Canada.
Great interview and nice to see former Prime Minister Harper speak. He is missed and IMHO is in the top 5 Pm's in our Canadian history. He actually answered a couple of emails personally while PM which says a lot about the man. He is politically and economically wise and astute to be sure. We miss you Sir Harper 🇨🇦😊
This interviewer doesn't understand we are here to listen to Mr. Harper speak and not for him to be constantly interrupted. Very disrespectful indeed. When Mr. Harper was the Prime Minister of Canada, we Canadians were a happy go lucky, confident and proud people. The fluff and lack of substance from the drama teacher, part time ski instructor propped up by the legacy corporate media, has now left the people of this country angry, scared, divided, almost at each others throats and unable to pay their bills. What a huge mistake it was to elect this clown. Its highly unlikely we will ever recover from the last 10 years. This is not partisan politics, these are facts.
Harper was a nightmare as a PM. He was probably the most dishonest PM in Candian history. I received one of the robocalls from his party on election day, meant to prevent people they'd identified as likely to not vote for their Con from voting for anyone. Remember when he fired all the scientists in DFO, closed the research institutes, and had the holdings of DFO's science libraries actually destroyed?? How about prorogueing Parliament twice to avoid non-confidence votes? It's such a "crime" that JT did it once, according to all of Harper's former followers, but somehow they don't seem to remember or care about when "their guy" did it. Harper was terrible for national unity, terrible for the country, terrible for the budget, terrible for federal social programs, terrible for the military and our veterans, and terrible for democracy in Canada. But hey, at least he was "an economist" - albeit one who'd never actually been employed anywhere as one - right?
These are pretty partisan politics. You forget that Harper sold many Canadian resources to international interest. Where is the real balanced takes? Where are the non fascists at?
@kylekafka6636 not really, Canada had a once in a lifetime chance to write some of the biggest energy contracts in the world in our favor. And Trudeau said no. Because it was natural gas we would have also been simultaneously lowering global emissions. We could have fought Russia, climate change, and made billions of dollars at the same time. Instead trudeau, Freeland, and Carney stole billions and siphoned them into their own accounts while tariffing canadian exports.
Harper looks pretty good right now - after nine years of photo ops, word salad, narcissism, financial bungling and waste, big (inept) government, and the loss of Canadian pride.
@@shirleymauricewebb9040 It's ideology rather than on a personal level. The extreme right-wing are hierarchical, and therefore often authoritarian and racist. Under all authoritarianism lies narcissism.
Stephen Harper is a polished and professional publician. He knows what to say and what not to say and the interviewer holds the same views as he does. As PM Harper's style was very authoritarian. Capitalists can be just as authoritarian as communists.
Hearing our Right Honourable Stephen Harper speak frankly is good for Canada and particularly now! Stephen Harper's political analysis educates my perspective.
I say that we should take are of the people we already have, so that we actually start having children! The reason we have so many problems is that women can no longer afford to spend time with their children, and forced to work excessively.
this guy was the best PM during my lifetime,brilliant negotiator , most US ,Canada relations put into policy by Harpers team ,not Obamas. I believe he is living in the US now consulting for a think tank.
HERE'S HOW TO SAVE CANADA 🇨🇦. GET A LEADER WITH GUTS AND GET SELLING OUR REFINED NATURAL RESOURCES WITH PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE FROM WEST TO THE EAST COAST. PIPELINE EAST. BUILD OUR MILITARY WITH CANADIANS BUILDING OUR MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND STOP GIVING AWAY OUR MONEY TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
this idiot got us involved in an Asian land war to please his yankee overseer, GW Bush. That's why we have a national debt. The CIA used the International Republican Institute to help und his rise to power when he was seeking the leadership o the now defunct reform party
Better than a servile CCP bootlicker that almost got us kicked out of NATO cus he wanted to be a white monkey so badly, that he tried to organize a joint training excersize between the Chinese PLA and the Canadian military. Only reason were still in NATO is cus the US intervened. Liberal party moment.
Some people forget history which is why it is doomed to repeat itself. Saying Harper is a genius because he knows a bit about politics 101. Everyone knows Marxism theory and Rosseau and the history of Chinese and Russian communism,, MAYBE do yourself a favor and read about modern political history and how bad of a leader Harper was.
hen Harper left office, we had a balanced budget (the last time our government had a balanced budget), low inflation, low interest rates, low crime, low unemployment, no tent cities. Compared to the Liberal legacy, I will take Harper any day.
@ indeed, tired of Harper's authoritarianism we got ourselves Justin. The wacko who cannot even resign as a decent human being would, giving us that stupid circus instead, with chances that our PM would be a guy for whom no Canadian ever voted.
@@rrrashen Justin is resigning, and we don't vote for PM. This is exactly the same as how Danielle Smith became premier of Alberta. It's how the system works.
Unfortunately for us Canadians with respect to Harper: "Hindsight is 20:20". Looking back as we have moved forward, Harper is without doubt one of the greatest prime ministers that Canada was fortunate to have, perhaps the Best. His demeanour, humility, love for Canada and the good he did for us Canadians are outstanding. God Bless Stephen Harper and his family. Thank You.
When he was PM this guy thought that we did not need to worry about climate change because any day the rapture was going to happen with he and his friends going directly to heaven. He can't figure out why it hasn't happened yet. Really.
@@Peter-hx4tv The green plan hasn't made me poorer. On the contrary. I loaded up on TSLA shares which have increased 12 fold since I bought them. The head of the company has since morphed into a fascist lunatic, but that's another topic.
@@VintageTVMemories it sure is! unless you have been under a rock since august of last year, its those slush fund documents the libs refuse to produce that had parliament stalled. check it out!
This wasn't a real interview. This was media propaganda. A deflection. Hey Harper, you are corrupt as they come. Stay away. Not once addressed the real issue in the United States, which is Maga, Tyrant Trump attempting to end democracy with his evil, fascist dictatorship. Trump attacking Canada, Greenland, (Denmark), Mexico, Panama. Pure insanity from a demented psychopath.
Please, stop aggregating the woke with the left! I was always politically left leaning and I loved discussing and/or arguing with people who shared M. Harper's more conservative views. But I always respected my fellow Canadian's right to their opinion, to speak it, to promote it and, until recently, I have always felt the respect being shared. I am progressive and I completely understand the vital need for balancing progressive and conservatives view points to establish policies. The woke mob, and the MAGA mob are neither left (progressive) or right (conservative), the are both regressive and both quite dangerous, IMHO.
You did nothing but make big announcements and never spent anything on Canadians. For 10 years the military rotted. You left office with millions of dollars BEFORE the book.. you didnt do much bad, you just didnt do anything.
Yes let's ask the guy currently responsible for 100s of billions of dollars of pension fund how we should tackle the issues caused by immense wealth accumulation.
"Free enterprise is a term that refers, in practice, to a system of public subsidy and private profit, with massive government intervention in the economy to maintain a welfare state for the rich." - Dr Noam Chomsky, Professor of Linguistics at MIT "The United States is richest Society and most powerful society in the world; and it did it through massive state intervention and industrial protectionism. In other words, the U.S. developed a welfare state for the rich. It started this elitist hierarchy economic system on the backs of slaves. The idea that economies developed through market systems is grossly false." - Chomsky
Stephen Harper is such a wise man. I was still too young to vote when he was Prime Minister but I'd definitely support a leader like him and his party.
I as a 45 years Canadian. I truly miss Steven Harper . I think Canadians in October 2015 failed to make that choice. Trump would not say anything against Canada like he 51st state of America. Steven Harper should come back.
The Independent Electricity System Operator, which manages supply and demand in Ontario, reported last year the province may have to consider increasing the amount of electricity it imports from the U.S, even as it rushes to build new power plants and find new sources of power. The balance is already shifting: by fall 2023, monthly average U.S. electricity exports to Canada increased by 70 per cent, and imports decreased by 36 per cent. Last year, British Columbia became a major importer of electricity; 20 per cent of the province’s electricity came from America last year.
Didn’t always agree with RH Harper, but I respected him. Where we have gone since his departure saddens me. Tough interview to listen to with the interviewer continually interrupting.
This from a former PM who was disliked by most everyone as he tried to hang on at the end. He seems to have made some improvements because in the latter days his party would not even let him talk to the press with vetted questions, because he was unable to. His party (much like what Democrats were doing) then accused Trudeau of everything that was wrong with him (that he couldn't even answer questions). I was there for a press conference and Trudeau opened the floor to 45 mins of questions that he had no prior knowledge of. I know, because I was in the front row and asked the third one. Don't believe a thing Harper says. I have wished that I could be proud of someone who attended the same elementary school as I did, but I'm certainly not.
My pet name for Harper was 'Mr Lemon Pledge", he would make pledges, everyone would move on and he would not follow up. His treatment of our veterans was what made me the most upset. His whole time in office he pushed for a pipeline no one wanted, his time in office was in essence a failure as that is what his masters wanted. WE now have a pipeline to the coast without his drama.
We need pipelines for energy security for the Maritimes and we need to the revenue for our independence. As true to day as it was then, so what the hell are you talking about "drama"?
@@user-vl1bo6pf7g Simple, the pipeline that Trudeau made sure happened isTMX. He took a hit politically as it cost him his majority. Northern Gateway as Harper called it was a complete ecological disaster plan that was blocked despite him pushing it for his entire mandate. Complete waste of ten years while he beat up BC at every opportunity. TMX is now operational. Harper bowed down to the US on our softwood lumber agreement as punishment for not letting him build his pipeline. Just one example there's more. Talk to Irving see what he has in mind for you. Harper was going to take NL oil revenues and allow Alberta to keep theirs, remember that? That is the west coast view.
Did you hear about that guy who was parked in a gurney in a hospital corridor for three days, and his family was told that he was fine and he could go home; only to die that night? He didn't even see a doctor.
Great to see the Rt. Hon. Steven Harper commenting on these issues. I wonder if he would be interested to teach a course for JPeterson's new on line university? This would be a great addition to the curriculum.
We must keep in mind when listening to harper that he heads an organization that represents right wing governments around the world. I doubt his agenda is democratic.
I watched this hoping to see some sort of intelligent analysis from Harper but he only revealed his basic shallowness of knowledge and thought. The best he could do was latch on to the WOKE pejorative (academics , bah what do they know?) that is so useful as a cultural and political appeal to ignorance. There is no radical left of any consequence in Canada or the US but Harper seems to believe there is, (or pretends to) so he pounds away at a straw man of his own making.
I agree about the extreme left viewing everything as bad and needing to be torn down and being nihiliste. Yes there are changes to be made but they're way too much. We have massive problems in the income gap where the working class quality of life is tanking hard. Anyone with net worth in the millions isn't feeling it and doesn't know how horrendous it is. A lot of people can barely get by let alone ever have a family. I myself feel loss of hope for the future. Quality of life gets worse and worse each year for me and dramatically so. That being said yes the left is far too extreme but we do need them as a lobby group to bring about some changes, just don't want them running the country.
Of course anybody with a million $ net worth isnt feeling it. Everybody thats remotely smart just moves to the US LOL. Our currency and house prices are so hyper-inflated, that you woudl be hard pressed to find anybody WITHOUT atleast a million $'s in net worth in any city.
Awesome Joe! Always liked Prime Minister Harper! I spend 3 months a year in Canada 🇨🇦, half my neighbors are conservative and the other half are liberal! Add 4 or 5 Bottles of Wine to our front porch on Lake Erie and conversations become quite spirited!😂🇺🇸🇺🇸
I live on lake Erie my entire life port dover area ...where do you go to in canada on Erie? Long point ? Niagra? Windsor ? Liberals in canada are goof balls .I love trump and everything he's been doing .was 20 to 30 under Trudeau he ruined us .10 to 20 under Harper my country was so good I never once looked into politics.
Stephen Harper's appointment to run Alberta's AIMCo pension plan is a disgusting move by the Alberta UCP government. This is a pension fund for 500,000 workers that have been putting their hard in money into for years. Employee pension funds should be managed from arms length, this is why the Ontario Teacher's fund pension has done so well. Why would Stephen Harper accept this appointment? Is he going to let the UCP use the fund as their personal piggy bank to fund risky projects that banks wouldn't touch?
Canada’s best PM Handed the Liberals a strong economy, affordable housing, opportunity for our youth and a health care system that functioned. What do we have today?
A little thing called Covid happened to all sorts of countries. Affordable housing is no longer available due to reduced supply because of private investment buying up the supply. It's happening everywhere. Just stop it already. The cons sell us down the river every time they come into power. I have been through a lot of con governments in my lifetime.
This is the goat of canadian prime ministers if you ever watched his performance on the floor of the house brilliant to bad he resigned don't blame him our nation wasn't worthy of a leader like him preferring teenage Shiney ponies like jt
I’m a lefty and actually found this conversation very interesting. Felt threatened and defensive a few times but stuck with it. It’s interesting how much I actually agree with what was being talked about here. Illiberalism and intolerance is often the response when we drift too far in either direction. Where I get a bit hung up is that pure unbridled freedom/liberalism is actually just anarchy. Which is obviously counterproductive to a functioning society. We actually give up a lot of rights in order to have that society, but if we give up too many, then that’s costly as well. It’s always held in tension. The fundamental factor between someone identifying with the right or left is usually based on what you believe is unfair/fair about how current society is set up. What extent do you believe systemic racism actually affects people? Or do you think that is an overreaction and everyone gets what they deserve purely based on merit. That’s how it feels more and more.
Stephen Harper is a typical articulate and charismatic Canadian politician that makes Trump look grossly outclassed in comparison. Seems that every time the interviewer tried to finish Stephen Harpers thoughts, he got it wrong.
We should ask Mr Harper about the SPP that he had planned when he was prime minister. The Security and prosperity agreement of North America. The plan was to run rail and pipelines along our main highways, such as Hwy 16, the yellow head highway in Alberta that crosses Canada. It was a great plan that would do well now. I have to look, I may have it downloaded somewhere. It was a while back. Peace to all
Just a few sentences and I am reminded how awful Harper was. His mischaracterization of liberals and "the left" is typical. He silenced Canadian scientists and shut down environmental monitoring stations. Any serious person who uses the term "woke" as condemnation. There is no extreme left in CAnada or the US.
@@SharonGarrison-t4h The only "extreme left" parties in Canada are the (two!) Communist parties, both of which managed a combined total of 0.06% of the vote. They basically don't exist, electorally.
How can one be a leader and not discuss the catastrophic fertility rates across the country and the gutter rates that is BC? Zero politicians mentioned this topic. No kids. No canadians. 51st state for sure. Better practice my American.
It's pretty unreal that Mr. Harper is openly stating that the modern left is actually nihilist, not even socialist. It's something I've suspected for a while but the fact that a very established politician came out and said it takes it to another level
Harper does have a few good points here, unfortunately, all his government did was cut, cut, cut. And Pollievere will do the exact same, except he and Daniel Smith will cuddle up to Trump as well, and try to make Canada the 51st State. Sorry Stephen, you may have balanced the budget, but you cut my, and so many other's military disability pensions. To take money away from people that did, or would have, died serving the country you supposedly love, is despicable. I'm not ready to have that whole thing, and worse, happen all over again.
As a Canadian, I can confidently say that we collectively made a colossal mistake when we voted Trudeau into the prime ministerial position in lieu of Stephen Harper. You don’t have to agree with every single thing this man did during his tenure as PM, but I’m inclined to believe that he was the real deal. Our current PM is playing the role, as will his successor, and as do the rest of his party (including the “rebel caucus”). If Pierre Poilievre is as effective a prime minister as he is an opposition leader, he may very well surpass Mr Harper. This video aged like the finest of wine, and the underlying message remains true: despite the perilous state of Canada and the United States, we have the potential to reach new levels of prosperity and greatness if we’re wise and diligent.
@ slogans like “Choose Forward,” “Sunny Ways,” “Roll up our Sleeves,” “Working hard for the middle class and those who are working hard to join it,” “We’re ‘asking’ the top 1% to give a little more,” “We have your back,” and the like? Please, spare me. If you’ve only heard Pierre’s slogans (which like them or not, are far more concise and specific than Sockboy’s slogans) and you’ve never listened to a long format interview of the man, you’re definitely making an uninformed assertion.
@@GrumpyStiltskin316 * By attacking journalism, a democracy without journalism isn't a democracy * Cutting funding to science to mute the knowledge an ensure no ones can oppose his policies * Concentrating all the power in the PM hands. I remember, the deputies were all commanded to repeat the same tape over and over when interviewed. * By having downplayed an illegal conservative election schemes in Ontario, there were two or three liberal counties where they organized illegal calls made to induce liberal voters (using some shady phone list) to go to a wrong voting point. The investigation blocked when they discovered they used burner phones to order the automated calls. These are only the examples that comes to mind, but I remember there was plenty more. The problem is, we forget fast. Harper's era was very bad for us all (except Alberta who enjoyed oil deregulation to its extreme).
The interviewer is interrupting too much. The guest is very well spoken and articulate, please let him finish his thoughts and stop cutting him off. It's very hard to understand with frequent interruptiobs from the host
@@mswaffer Full sentences? He has never answered a question since he was elected, yes he babbles on and on and on, but he never says anything that actually answers the question.
@@digi3363 3 r d w o r l d b a n a n a r e p u b l i c aka canada. The only people living in canada now are those that cannot a f f o r d to l e a v e and continue to live in their m o t h e r 's b a s e m e n t. Like y o u for example.
The real problem is the amount of money taken away from BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan in transfer/equalization and squandered in Ottawa with the remaining given to Quebec and the rest of the East.
I am a Liberal, but I will say that Stephen Harper was a good PM. In recent history there is no leader in either country that comes close economics wise. If he says it, it is correct.
Keep in mind that economics graduates are among the dumbest of university social science students AND one of the biggest contributions economics has made as a science has been to make astrology look like a science.
Harper needs to accept his responsibility for the decline of Canadian democracy that happened under his watch I am the source of the Globe and Mail article "Legal misstep lets Catholic Church off hook for residential schools compensation" It took me seven years to discover that the Roman Catholic Church did not fulfill its obligations under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement because of federal government secrecy.
Joe, You ask great questions, but please let your guests talk until they finish their point or answer your question.
I stopped watching rogan for that reason
Absolutely right. Joe you have to ratchet it back a bit. We want to hear Harper not you! 🙄
Harper coped with this just fine, and did not allow himself to be derailed. Perhaps that's a tribute to his cast-iron speaking points. What annoyed me more about the interruptions was the race to blurt out enough words to cut Harper off at the pass.
@@Nancy-k3r6p "that let's markets work-"
"Yeptotalitariansocietythatletsmarketsworkandusesthem"
The real problem is that the western political class has been completely bought by the oligarchy and has abandoned the working class.
You can identify the corrupted ones when they are obsessed by balancing the budget, cutting social programs (the taxes) while giving billions to big corporation without any guaranties and not explaining anything by saying it's all "common sense".
trying to genocide the White race**** - I fixed that for all the pathetic and insufferable cowards on this website
but it's easier to blame liberals, diversity and woke instead of actually fixing issues with the systems in place
Unfortunately, it's been slipping for many years due to Narcissism trickling down from the top to the bottom. Narcissistic people don't have any remorse and they don't care about your feelings, they don't care about your situation, reality, the outcome, etc.
Most of the homeless population are people that got screwed over by a business and got black listed. That's why the Dentist prepared a revenge plan and they try really hard to cover it up. Not because they did anything, just because the people in power felt like doing it. Narcissistic people don't actually need a real reason to destroy you, it's a part of their personality to just be like that. They are special for no reason and people put them in positions of authority and power because they have a way of making everyone believe that they are that special without anyone being able to question why they are.
They pushed working class people into poverty and the streets. They don't support the working class because you don't mean anything to them. You're a slave to them and it's written into the Human Rights for Canadians. They only care about the money and you are either an asset to them to be used or you are not.
EXACTLY
Atleast 10 years ago half of Canada wasn't in poverty. And the dollar wasn't 69 cents on the American dollar.
It was lower early 2000s
Harper will get credit for hiring Carney as the Governor of the Bank of Canada to save the economy after he fucked it up. Besides that, he was one of the worst Canadian Prime Minister ever lived. Sold us to China and the states for nothing.
Youre right, it rose dramatically under Harper and he enacted policies to devalue the dollar. Why? Because a strong Canadian dollar isnt good for GDP. Its basically bipartisan policy to keep the US buying Canadian goods.
@@Jay-jq6bl Yes 2004 or 5, money was at PAR. So many soon forget
Make that 68.4 cents today!
What a perfect example of CANADA/USA relations, a CANADIAN remaining polite no matter how many times he is interrupted by an AMERICAN.
He should have worn hockey gloves and after 3 interuptions thrown the gloves off.
What a quintessentially smug Canadian quip.
@@patrickmoan4086 In all fairness the interviewer should now invite former liberal PM Jean Chretien onto the show.
rest assured my friend that it comes from a quintessentially Superior position❤🫡🇨🇦
@ No, it’s a smug Conservative Canadian quip. Note the use of words in all caps. A wannabe yankee.
He privatised, and sold AEC for cheap to Lavalin? Who, Lavalin, that famous company? And now the Premier of Alberta wants him to do what with Alberta's pension money?
What about the other corruption with lavalin? Only stating the side you agree with ?
I was hopeful that Canada had seen the last of him.
@ No, please check what happened with reactors?
Canada was thriving under the Harper administration. Economy currency employment and it was SAFER. It is now a debacle.
Wait - Wait - Wait! From the PM who passed a law preventing Canadian scientists to communicate with their peers around the world... we are supposed to take tips on how to save ourselves... NEVER!
NEVER HARPER!!!!!!!!
Yeah crazy thats why china had to send a spy into one of our biggest federally funded virology labs to steal invaluable data they could have just taken if the law you have misconstrued wasn't enforced.
Exactly....Harper is speaking nonsense....
You're remembering it WRONG. He muzzled scientists from speaking to the media. I didn't like it too much either, but I saw why it was necessary. The Canadian media, then and now, like to quote out of context in order to push their ideology and try to embarrass the government. This is more the fault of left-wing media like the CBC and the Toronto Star. But soon the CBC will be defunded.
Really? Can you give me a source on this, please?
We r proud of u Mr Stephen Harper
That's how a real leader looks like....the way he speaks....the analysis he is making.....God bless Stephen Harper....
Thanks for privatizing, deregulating and selling all our formerly publicly owned assets and Slapping us with GST.
Canada Never recovered from Mulroney
Harper continued with Mulroneys policy of selling Canadian assets.
I agree.
actually, he reduced the GST. try again.
@@theengineer70 Harper reduced the GST by 2% points AFTER THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY INSTATED IT IN 1991. That's like saying "He lit the house on fire and once it was full engulfed, he threw a glass of water on it." Jesus. The logic of conservatives (or lack thereof) will never cease to amaze me.
He had the Canadian economy growing. Wow, what a concept.
Despite all the negative comments on him, I remember Canada prospering well during his time. My family was prosperous, we ate well, mortgages were no issue and we had tenfold the disposable income to travel and upgrade the houses etc. Those were good times to myself and my friends and family.
because carney was working for him
I remember those as the best 10 years to be a Canadian….despite all the liberal caterwauling. The Canadian dollar worth $1.10 usd! Respected on the world stage. Harper set the stage so Carney’s job at the bank of Canada was easy
As a Liberal leaning Canadian, I voted for Harper because at the time, I thought he is what Canada needed. Make no mistake though, the fiscal responsibility and policies of the Chretien government with Paul Martin made it pretty cushy for him, particularly when the financial crisis hit. Harper was doing a great job, until he wasn't. Same with Trudeau.
@crealist CARNEY is the one that didnt follow what the OTHER banks were doing. Had NOTHING to do with Harper. He had a fantastic economic financier/analyst at the helm, and "balanced the budget' by pillaging its resources and reserves! And he was in power for THIRTEEN years not 10. Our dollar went to par and was NOT good for 'our' economy. So NO, he didnt 'set any stage' except treading water to the 2008 crash!
Overall the whole world was better back in those days, it was not particularly to Canada.
He was the first to run to Mara Lago when Trump was elected the first time.
Every Canadian Prime Minister visits every new US President ASAP. Kiss the ring? How infantile.
And Trudeau went there first as well.
Probably to tell him how to seize Canadian assets.
@@DanielleFredericksonwith fascists, it's kissing the ring.
@@DanielleFrederickson Thing was Harper was PM then.He had no business being there at all.
It seems to be a battle between good and evil. Hummanity needs to rise above all the corruption and greed and work together. We are all human.
Or a battle between intelligence and just outright stupidity. The woke mind virus grows in near-empty heads that never had anything of substance there to begin with.
Clearly, most evil is driven by the science-denying, religious (superstition) driven, self-serving, corporate run right. They call others “authoritarians” while they use whatever means possible to restrict human rights and impoverish the majority. Evil.
Good and 'evil'. There's your first problem, dragging a fictitious religous word into reality
kum ba ya sister
@ actually, "evil" is pretty real and if you can't see it, you're probably a nihilist.
My favourite Stephen Harper moment was when he'd called a press conference at the edge of a vineyard somewhere in southern Ontario, to announce one of his lame policy promises, but then yet another scandal erupted between the announcement and the beginning of the presser. So there he finds himself, stuck in the middle of nowhere infront of a bunch of professional reporters who he's invited to ask him questions (which happened less and less frequently, as his reign of error continued).
So what does the courageous Stephen Harper, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Prime Minister of Canada do? He orders his RCMP protective detail to block the reporters, and he runs away into the vineyard!
Him scurrying away into the rows of grapes was the most honest moment of his entire political career, and probably life.
"Reign of Error!!" I love it! Unfortunately, he managed to pull off some pretty greasy stuff while in power. Quite ironic him calling the left out as "Authoritarian!"
When Harper left office, we had a balanced budget (the last time our government had a balanced budget), low inflation, low interest rates, low crime, low unemployment, no tent cities. And don't blame covid. Trudeau was running deficits prior to covid, and continues to do so ($20 billion more this year than originally budgeted). Soon, the Liberal "Reign of Error" will be over!
Omg. Someone needs to find that clip!
every canadian longs for those days when we had $15 orange juice scandals and not $500,000,000 environmental slush fund scandals...
@@theengineer70 Do you have the official title of Boot-Licker Of Canada? You're under EVERY comment that reveals who Harper really is. You must either really love ole Stevie... or Stevie, is that you?
i bartended an event where PM Harper attened and he ordered a diet pop-didnt pay for it and walked away as i called him back to pay the $2 for his diet pop. He looked back and continued to walk away without paying for his drink. Very Nice human being.
if it was an event he probably thought it was open bar as they almost always are
Oh please! A damn $2.00 pop while PM sparkle socks is embezzling millions???? Surely you jest!
“Trust me bro”
@@lindystanway8110 Indeed. Good point.
Please Mr. Harper. Come back.we need you as Prime Minister of our country. Canada is lost and needs your leading hand. It will take alot to fix everything that has been broken.
Pierre Poilievre Will Fix This-Jordan Peterson.
Canadas Next Prime Minister -Jordan Peterson podcast 🌞
It's time to turn the House of Commons into the house of common sense.🇨🇦
Harper had many years to fix what he says now. What happened during his mandate.
The woke crap came up after he left office. It is part of the Trudeau legacy. I can't wait to have a Conservative government again.
Yeah he was out of touch in a lot of ways when he was in power. The "temporary foreign worker" issues started under his watch
Major oil leases to China, water to the USA and so on. He had a fire sale on everything but the money never went into the coffers.
@@jimdavison4077 Yup. Harper had a fetish for the US. If he was PM now, he would sell us to trump in a heartbeat. That is why we can't let his puppet PP in. Harper never seemed to understand why Canadians felt protective about Canada.
Exactly. The FIPA Agreement lasts THIRTY years.
Great interview and nice to see former Prime Minister Harper speak. He is missed and IMHO is in the top 5 Pm's in our Canadian history. He actually answered a couple of emails personally while PM which says a lot about the man. He is politically and economically wise and astute to be sure. We miss you Sir Harper 🇨🇦😊
FACT says he was the 2nd worst and only to WCBennet, who was PM during the depression.
Best PM in my lifetime ❤
Indeed a great PM.
This interviewer doesn't understand we are here to listen to Mr. Harper speak and not for him to be constantly interrupted. Very disrespectful indeed. When Mr. Harper was the Prime Minister of Canada, we Canadians were a happy go lucky, confident and proud people. The fluff and lack of substance from the drama teacher, part time ski instructor propped up by the legacy corporate media, has now left the people of this country angry, scared, divided, almost at each others throats and unable to pay their bills. What a huge mistake it was to elect this clown. Its highly unlikely we will ever recover from the last 10 years. This is not partisan politics, these are facts.
Harper was a disaster as Prime Minister. It is the MAGA ppl in Canada that has ruined our country. No MAGA Poilievre here for me.
Harper was a nightmare as a PM. He was probably the most dishonest PM in Candian history. I received one of the robocalls from his party on election day, meant to prevent people they'd identified as likely to not vote for their Con from voting for anyone. Remember when he fired all the scientists in DFO, closed the research institutes, and had the holdings of DFO's science libraries actually destroyed?? How about prorogueing Parliament twice to avoid non-confidence votes? It's such a "crime" that JT did it once, according to all of Harper's former followers, but somehow they don't seem to remember or care about when "their guy" did it.
Harper was terrible for national unity, terrible for the country, terrible for the budget, terrible for federal social programs, terrible for the military and our veterans, and terrible for democracy in Canada.
But hey, at least he was "an economist" - albeit one who'd never actually been employed anywhere as one - right?
You say that these are facts, but claiming we'll never recover is pretty hyperbolic no?
These are pretty partisan politics. You forget that Harper sold many Canadian resources to international interest.
Where is the real balanced takes? Where are the non fascists at?
@kylekafka6636 not really, Canada had a once in a lifetime chance to write some of the biggest energy contracts in the world in our favor. And Trudeau said no. Because it was natural gas we would have also been simultaneously lowering global emissions.
We could have fought Russia, climate change, and made billions of dollars at the same time. Instead trudeau, Freeland, and Carney stole billions and siphoned them into their own accounts while tariffing canadian exports.
Harper looks pretty good right now - after nine years of photo ops, word salad, narcissism, financial bungling and waste, big (inept) government, and the loss of Canadian pride.
Stephen Harper...the BEST Prime Minister Canada ever had!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The worst.
He really was!!!! Not a fan of any politician really!!!! System is very corrupt and self serving!!!!! Harper is extremely intelligent!!!!!
@@LeaAnderson-v6b nope the lowest was lyin'Brian
You must have voted for the first time when he was elected.
A picture of Stephen Harper and the quote "this is the real problem."
Perfect!
Is that you Justin?
@@drywallco-l5o Trudeau learned everything he knew from Harper. Nothing.
Why wasn’t he asked what he thinks about the current Trump administration and its authoritarianism???
He is a Trump buddy.
@@shirleymauricewebb9040 It's ideology rather than on a personal level. The extreme right-wing are hierarchical, and therefore often authoritarian and racist. Under all authoritarianism lies narcissism.
@pierrealain6792 it may have been recorded before the election. That's the worst about these small time interviewers.
Exactly....and the answer is because Harper was also a lackey for the same Zionist cabal that rules Trump now.
Stephen Harper is a polished and professional publician. He knows what to say and what not to say and the interviewer holds the same views as he does. As PM Harper's style was very authoritarian. Capitalists can be just as authoritarian as communists.
What a breath of fresh air. Bar none Harper was amongst the very best Prime Ministers Canada has ever had.
I'd trade every politician in Ottawa to have this guy back as PM.
hahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha how many potatoes did u get for writing that ?
@@theorenhobart none. How many homeless encampments did the PM gives us?
keep on dreaming unless you want the HST on a cup of coffee.
@ ?
Exactly the kind of things Stevie warns against are the things his puppet Pierre will bring about.
Hearing our Right Honourable Stephen Harper speak frankly is good for Canada and particularly now!
Stephen Harper's political analysis educates my perspective.
not mine. Not a fan.
Indeed. He warned Canadians about Trudeau and was right.
Don't allow people that hate Canada into the country.
I say that we should take are of the people we already have, so that we actually start having children! The reason we have so many problems is that women can no longer afford to spend time with their children, and forced to work excessively.
Whit3s arent hired
Canada died when they didn’t reelect Harper.
Quebequer here. Former sovereignist. Canada lost its soul when Harper left..
this guy was the best PM during my lifetime,brilliant negotiator , most US ,Canada relations put into policy by Harpers team ,not Obamas.
I believe he is living in the US now consulting for a think tank.
Under harper canada bombed libya and yugoslavia total us foreign policy
This interviewer speaking cadence is out of control. Full throttle 😂
Slow down man!
That man has had one too many espressos😂
I saw a stop sign the other day that still had the name HARPER graffiti under the word STOP. 😂🤣😂
what a mistake for working people thats why the sign at our union hall got ripped down
@ Yeah, HARPER was definitely a MISTAKE for the working people!
HERE'S HOW TO SAVE CANADA 🇨🇦. GET A LEADER WITH GUTS AND GET SELLING OUR REFINED NATURAL RESOURCES WITH PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE FROM WEST TO THE EAST COAST. PIPELINE EAST. BUILD OUR MILITARY WITH CANADIANS BUILDING OUR MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND STOP GIVING AWAY OUR MONEY TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
Bingo. Canada Nickel Company will build the new civilization for the West. Lots of steel and stainless steel needed.
former yankee bootlicker is a better description
Yup
u are much more polite than i am
this idiot got us involved in an Asian land war to please his yankee overseer, GW Bush. That's why we have a national debt. The CIA used the International Republican Institute to help und his rise to power when he was seeking the leadership o the now defunct reform party
He was our best PM
Better than a servile CCP bootlicker that almost got us kicked out of NATO cus he wanted to be a white monkey so badly, that he tried to organize a joint training excersize between the Chinese PLA and the Canadian military. Only reason were still in NATO is cus the US intervened.
Liberal party moment.
Some people forget history which is why it is doomed to repeat itself. Saying Harper is a genius because he knows a bit about politics 101. Everyone knows Marxism theory and Rosseau and the history of Chinese and Russian communism,, MAYBE do yourself a favor and read about modern political history and how bad of a leader Harper was.
hen Harper left office, we had a balanced budget (the last time our government had a balanced budget), low inflation, low interest rates, low crime, low unemployment, no tent cities. Compared to the Liberal legacy, I will take Harper any day.
@@JasonInness-r8e he paid the Dept by selling Canada. Enough from the fascist party of the world.
@@JasonInness-r8e wrong
@@JasonInness-r8e You should really look into this. Your impressions are factually incorrect.
@@johnwilsonb5531 actually, the harper government did run a budget surplus on occasion
TOP of the list: "STOP being Israel 1st". #2 - Reform BIG BANKS monetary system
I miss Mr Harper!❤
I like missing Harper. As one might an anal boil.
How did we end up replacing Harper with Justin, unbelievable really.
It's because people got tired of his authoritarianism.
Lol really l9ok what we have now!
@ indeed, tired of Harper's authoritarianism we got ourselves Justin. The wacko who cannot even resign as a decent human being would, giving us that stupid circus instead, with chances that our PM would be a guy for whom no Canadian ever voted.
@@rrrashen Justin is resigning, and we don't vote for PM. This is exactly the same as how Danielle Smith became premier of Alberta. It's how the system works.
Unfortunately for us Canadians with respect to Harper: "Hindsight is 20:20". Looking back as we have moved forward, Harper is without doubt one of the greatest prime ministers that Canada was fortunate to have, perhaps the Best. His demeanour, humility, love for Canada and the good he did for us Canadians are outstanding. God Bless Stephen Harper and his family. Thank You.
An evangelist wacko.
@@hyperflysyeah, and people like you is why Canada has now been almost decimated over the last 9 years. Well done!
@@newinsights5496 Bravo! Well said. Generations will be paying for the debacle Canada has become.
He pulled you through a ten year recession and MOSTR kanas didn't even know you were in one.
When he was PM this guy thought that we did not need to worry about climate change because any day the rapture was going to happen with he and his friends going directly to heaven. He can't figure out why it hasn't happened yet. Really.
And what has the "green plan" done to help? It's made everyone poorer, but I haven't noticed any decrease in carbon emissions...
@@Peter-hx4tv The green plan hasn't made me poorer. On the contrary. I loaded up on TSLA shares which have increased 12 fold since I bought them. The head of the company has since morphed into a fascist lunatic, but that's another topic.
@@tynityres3705 were you getting some of that sweet SDTC slush fund cash?
@@theengineer70 "Slush" fund is your comment of choice today, huh?
@@VintageTVMemories it sure is! unless you have been under a rock since august of last year, its those slush fund documents the libs refuse to produce that had parliament stalled. check it out!
I wish you had stayed our prime minister.
He has just mouthed all the attitudes why we voted him out as prime minister!
This wasn't a real interview. This was media propaganda. A deflection. Hey Harper, you are corrupt as they come. Stay away. Not once addressed the real issue in the United States, which is Maga, Tyrant Trump attempting to end democracy with his evil, fascist dictatorship. Trump attacking Canada, Greenland, (Denmark), Mexico, Panama. Pure insanity from a demented psychopath.
Wow. What interview were you watching? Nevermind, Justin would like his foot rub now.
And how has that worked out ?
@@rodneyhickman825 YOU are still here, right? How lucky for us!
No sir, he just mouthed all the reasons we need him back.
We miss an Intelligent, rational, free enterprise leader like Stephen Harper
😂
Please, stop aggregating the woke with the left! I was always politically left leaning and I loved discussing and/or arguing with people who shared M. Harper's more conservative views. But I always respected my fellow Canadian's right to their opinion, to speak it, to promote it and, until recently, I have always felt the respect being shared. I am progressive and I completely understand the vital need for balancing progressive and conservatives view points to establish policies. The woke mob, and the MAGA mob are neither left (progressive) or right (conservative), the are both regressive and both quite dangerous, IMHO.
I disagree. The Trump Sara is what is needed to bring back the democracy to the people? Yes sometimes extreme but it has gone so far left?
@renemichaud4935, by today's standard you are a centrist. And left=woke=insane far left. Trudope gov't is not centrist, it's woke.
You are Smoking Justin's Dope! If you call ur self Left. So Good luck n let MEGA rule.
@@bradparmar4728yt power
MAGA means “Make America Great Again”. The majority of Trump’s followers are closer to Torah and the left is anti-Torah. Now you understand.
You did nothing but make big announcements and never spent anything on Canadians. For 10 years the military rotted. You left office with millions of dollars BEFORE the book.. you didnt do much bad, you just didnt do anything.
Yes let's ask the guy currently responsible for 100s of billions of dollars of pension fund how we should tackle the issues caused by immense wealth accumulation.
"Free enterprise is a term that refers, in practice, to a system of public subsidy and private profit, with massive government intervention in the economy to maintain a welfare state for the rich." - Dr Noam Chomsky, Professor of Linguistics at MIT
"The United States is richest Society and most powerful society in the world; and it did it through massive state intervention and industrial protectionism. In other words, the U.S. developed a welfare state for the rich. It started this elitist hierarchy economic system on the backs of slaves. The idea that economies developed through market systems is grossly false." - Chomsky
Stephen Harper is such a wise man. I was still too young to vote when he was Prime Minister but I'd definitely support a leader like him and his party.
I as a 45 years Canadian. I truly miss Steven Harper . I think Canadians in October 2015 failed to make that choice. Trump would not say anything against Canada like he 51st state of America. Steven Harper should come back.
The Independent Electricity System Operator, which manages supply and demand in Ontario, reported last year the province may have to consider increasing the amount of electricity it imports from the U.S, even as it rushes to build new power plants and find new sources of power.
The balance is already shifting: by fall 2023, monthly average U.S. electricity exports to Canada increased by 70 per cent, and imports decreased by 36 per cent.
Last year, British Columbia became a major importer of electricity; 20 per cent of the province’s electricity came from America last year.
Harper started slashing Old Age Security. If he had got another majority, he wouldn't have stopped there. Also, CPP would have been next.
slash cpp for my generation
He should have. I’m paying into it and will likely never see a fucking cent of it when i retire due to deteriorating demographics.
Trudeau just raised it.
that is not correct, they didn't "slash". they were going to raise the eligibility age from 65 to 67 by 2023.
He should have. Why should we subsidize a "pension" system which we will never see a cent of?
A pseudo intellectual trying to score cheap political scores.
I didnt know a coloring book version of this video was out already. Well done. 😅
Well said.
Didn’t always agree with RH Harper, but I respected him. Where we have gone since his departure saddens me.
Tough interview to listen to with the interviewer continually interrupting.
This from a former PM who was disliked by most everyone as he tried to hang on at the end. He seems to have made some improvements because in the latter days his party would not even let him talk to the press with vetted questions, because he was unable to. His party (much like what Democrats were doing) then accused Trudeau of everything that was wrong with him (that he couldn't even answer questions). I was there for a press conference and Trudeau opened the floor to 45 mins of questions that he had no prior knowledge of. I know, because I was in the front row and asked the third one. Don't believe a thing Harper says. I have wished that I could be proud of someone who attended the same elementary school as I did, but I'm certainly not.
My pet name for Harper was 'Mr Lemon Pledge", he would make pledges, everyone would move on and he would not follow up. His treatment of our veterans was what made me the most upset. His whole time in office he pushed for a pipeline no one wanted, his time in office was in essence a failure as that is what his masters wanted. WE now have a pipeline to the coast without his drama.
We need pipelines for energy security for the Maritimes and we need to the revenue for our independence. As true to day as it was then, so what the hell are you talking about "drama"?
Harper bad Trudeau good lmao
We got years of Trudeau drama, complete with budget overruns, instead.
@@DudleyDoright-ru2ch give your head a shake tim.
@@user-vl1bo6pf7g Simple, the pipeline that Trudeau made sure happened isTMX. He took a hit politically as it cost him his majority. Northern Gateway as Harper called it was a complete ecological disaster plan that was blocked despite him pushing it for his entire mandate. Complete waste of ten years while he beat up BC at every opportunity. TMX is now operational. Harper bowed down to the US on our softwood lumber agreement as punishment for not letting him build his pipeline. Just one example there's more. Talk to Irving see what he has in mind for you. Harper was going to take NL oil revenues and allow Alberta to keep theirs, remember that? That is the west coast view.
Did you hear about that guy who was parked in a gurney in a hospital corridor for three days, and his family was told that he was fine and he could go home; only to die that night? He didn't even see a doctor.
Would love to see him having this conversation with Trudeau!!
We have to bring this guy back
He has never gone away, he is still trying to destroy Canadian democracy. He not only backs Poilievre, he pulls Poilievre’s strings.
Great to see the Rt. Hon. Steven Harper commenting on these issues. I wonder if he would be interested to teach a course for JPeterson's new on line university? This would be a great addition to the curriculum.
We must keep in mind when listening to harper that he heads an organization that represents right wing governments around the world. I doubt his agenda is democratic.
Brilliant political and cultural analysis by a VERY underrated Prime Minister of Canada
I watched this hoping to see some sort of intelligent analysis from Harper but he only revealed his basic shallowness of knowledge and thought. The best he could do was latch on to the WOKE pejorative (academics , bah what do they know?) that is so useful as a cultural and political appeal to ignorance. There is no radical left of any consequence in Canada or the US but Harper seems to believe there is, (or pretends to) so he pounds away at a straw man of his own making.
you are absolutely correct, but remember, he is a leader of the Reform right-wing religious sect. And he equates capitalism with democracy????
We'll be fine!
No need to panic...
I agree about the extreme left viewing everything as bad and needing to be torn down and being nihiliste. Yes there are changes to be made but they're way too much. We have massive problems in the income gap where the working class quality of life is tanking hard. Anyone with net worth in the millions isn't feeling it and doesn't know how horrendous it is. A lot of people can barely get by let alone ever have a family. I myself feel loss of hope for the future. Quality of life gets worse and worse each year for me and dramatically so. That being said yes the left is far too extreme but we do need them as a lobby group to bring about some changes, just don't want them running the country.
Of course anybody with a million $ net worth isnt feeling it. Everybody thats remotely smart just moves to the US LOL.
Our currency and house prices are so hyper-inflated, that you woudl be hard pressed to find anybody WITHOUT atleast a million $'s in net worth in any city.
The federal gov should be made so small it won't matter much who runs it.
Awesome Joe! Always liked Prime Minister Harper! I spend 3 months a year in Canada 🇨🇦, half my neighbors are conservative and the other half are liberal! Add 4 or 5 Bottles of Wine to our front porch on Lake Erie and conversations become quite spirited!😂🇺🇸🇺🇸
I live on lake Erie my entire life port dover area ...where do you go to in canada on Erie? Long point ? Niagra? Windsor ? Liberals in canada are goof balls .I love trump and everything he's been doing .was 20 to 30 under Trudeau he ruined us .10 to 20 under Harper my country was so good I never once looked into politics.
@@isaacmitchell5031 Liberals are like Friday 13th in a winter blizzard.
@@jpokorny2268 lol so true
Stephen Harper's appointment to run Alberta's AIMCo pension plan is a disgusting move by the Alberta UCP government. This is a pension fund for 500,000 workers that have been putting their hard in money into for years. Employee pension funds should be managed from arms length, this is why the Ontario Teacher's fund pension has done so well. Why would Stephen Harper accept this appointment? Is he going to let the UCP use the fund as their personal piggy bank to fund risky projects that banks wouldn't touch?
Canada’s best PM Handed the Liberals a strong economy, affordable housing, opportunity for our youth and a health care system that functioned. What do we have today?
A little thing called Covid happened to all sorts of countries. Affordable housing is no longer available due to reduced supply because of private investment buying up the supply. It's happening everywhere. Just stop it already. The cons sell us down the river every time they come into power. I have been through a lot of con governments in my lifetime.
What alternative universe do you live in?
@@mswaffer Liberals have destroyed Canada. What alternative universe do you live in?
@ the one in which normal people live normal lives
Harper and Chretien were very good. 25 years of Trudeaus has been a disaster.
I was too ignorant to realize what a great prime minister we had when he was in power.
If he was in American he'd be too young to run even now 😂
I need this man back in office please
If only!
This is the goat of canadian prime ministers if you ever watched his performance on the floor of the house brilliant to bad he resigned don't blame him our nation wasn't worthy of a leader like him preferring teenage Shiney ponies like jt
I’m a lefty and actually found this conversation very interesting. Felt threatened and defensive a few times but stuck with it. It’s interesting how much I actually agree with what was being talked about here. Illiberalism and intolerance is often the response when we drift too far in either direction. Where I get a bit hung up is that pure unbridled freedom/liberalism is actually just anarchy. Which is obviously counterproductive to a functioning society. We actually give up a lot of rights in order to have that society, but if we give up too many, then that’s costly as well. It’s always held in tension.
The fundamental factor between someone identifying with the right or left is usually based on what you believe is unfair/fair about how current society is set up. What extent do you believe systemic racism actually affects people? Or do you think that is an overreaction and everyone gets what they deserve purely based on merit. That’s how it feels more and more.
Great leader
like the guy said in the movie (It was Alfred in the Batman movie), 'some people want to see the world burn'.
I miss everything about mr harper ❤
Stephen Harper is a typical articulate and charismatic Canadian politician that makes Trump look grossly outclassed in comparison. Seems that every time the interviewer tried to finish Stephen Harpers thoughts, he got it wrong.
haha... Charm... thats funny
We should ask Mr Harper about the SPP that he had planned when he was prime minister.
The Security and prosperity agreement of North America.
The plan was to run rail and pipelines along our main highways, such as Hwy 16, the yellow head highway in Alberta that crosses Canada. It was a great plan that would do well now. I have to look, I may have it downloaded somewhere. It was a while back.
Peace to all
Just a few sentences and I am reminded how awful Harper was. His mischaracterization of liberals and "the left" is typical. He silenced Canadian scientists and shut down environmental monitoring stations. Any serious person who uses the term "woke" as condemnation. There is no extreme left in CAnada or the US.
Oh yes there is.
You are right....... it is more a dictatorship than extreme left. Time to fix that.
@@SharonGarrison-t4h appreciate the articulate response.
we do not have a liberal party in canada. what we have is canada's first far-left communist government.
@@SharonGarrison-t4h The only "extreme left" parties in Canada are the (two!) Communist parties, both of which managed a combined total of 0.06% of the vote. They basically don't exist, electorally.
Yes, I hope Steven Harper considers being our ambassador to USA. His knowledge is amazing.
stop interrupting please and let your guest speak. I want to hear what he has to say.
How can one be a leader and not discuss the catastrophic fertility rates across the country and the gutter rates that is BC? Zero politicians mentioned this topic. No kids. No canadians. 51st state for sure. Better practice my American.
It's pretty unreal that Mr. Harper is openly stating that the modern left is actually nihilist, not even socialist. It's something I've suspected for a while but the fact that a very established politician came out and said it takes it to another level
Interviewer could have done better by not interrupting frequently, and let the interviwee finish his thought. Missed opportunities.
Harper does have a few good points here, unfortunately, all his government did was cut, cut, cut. And Pollievere will do the exact same, except he and Daniel Smith will cuddle up to Trump as well, and try to make Canada the 51st State. Sorry Stephen, you may have balanced the budget, but you cut my, and so many other's military disability pensions. To take money away from people that did, or would have, died serving the country you supposedly love, is despicable. I'm not ready to have that whole thing, and worse, happen all over again.
As a Canadian, I can confidently say that we collectively made a colossal mistake when we voted Trudeau into the prime ministerial position in lieu of Stephen Harper. You don’t have to agree with every single thing this man did during his tenure as PM, but I’m inclined to believe that he was the real deal. Our current PM is playing the role, as will his successor, and as do the rest of his party (including the “rebel caucus”). If Pierre Poilievre is as effective a prime minister as he is an opposition leader, he may very well surpass Mr Harper. This video aged like the finest of wine, and the underlying message remains true: despite the perilous state of Canada and the United States, we have the potential to reach new levels of prosperity and greatness if we’re wise and diligent.
You had two opportunities to vote Trudeau out, but failed miserably. Perhaps Canadians prefer democracy, something this guy eroded in this country.
@ precisely how did Harper “undermine democracy?”
And incidentally, Conservatives won the popular vote in the past two federal elections.
PP can hardly speak. It's all Trudeau bad, Axe the Tax and other 3 word sayings. He is the most annoying candidate ever.
@ slogans like “Choose Forward,” “Sunny Ways,” “Roll up our Sleeves,” “Working hard for the middle class and those who are working hard to join it,” “We’re ‘asking’ the top 1% to give a little more,” “We have your back,” and the like? Please, spare me.
If you’ve only heard Pierre’s slogans (which like them or not, are far more concise and specific than Sockboy’s slogans) and you’ve never listened to a long format interview of the man, you’re definitely making an uninformed assertion.
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* By attacking journalism, a democracy without journalism isn't a democracy
* Cutting funding to science to mute the knowledge an ensure no ones can oppose his policies
* Concentrating all the power in the PM hands. I remember, the deputies were all commanded to repeat the same tape over and over when interviewed.
* By having downplayed an illegal conservative election schemes in Ontario, there were two or three liberal counties where they organized illegal calls made to induce liberal voters (using some shady phone list) to go to a wrong voting point. The investigation blocked when they discovered they used burner phones to order the automated calls.
These are only the examples that comes to mind, but I remember there was plenty more. The problem is, we forget fast. Harper's era was very bad for us all (except Alberta who enjoyed oil deregulation to its extreme).
Ahhh...now I remember when Canada had a competent leader. Thank you Steven Harper. We miss you!
The interviewer is interrupting too much. The guest is very well spoken and articulate, please let him finish his thoughts and stop cutting him off. It's very hard to understand with frequent interruptiobs from the host
The blame game is the problem and Harper has it in spades.
So nice to hear a grown up speak. Exact opposite of Trudeau
Trudeau also speaks in full sentences. It is Poilievre who speaks only in catch phrases and insults.
@ while wearing black face? Get a clue
@@mswaffer Full sentences? He has never answered a question since he was elected, yes he babbles on and on and on, but he never says anything that actually answers the question.
Boy oh boy, Canada sure missed the boat when Harper left.
left? he was kicked out and gave the other party a majority.. short memory?
Are we all forgetting that Harper was like the absolute monarch of back room deals? Dude was slimier than Trudeau.
This is the plan of "The Century Initiative!
It is just the beginning!!!🤔🤔🤔
i would never want to be in canada.
We are fine without you... Cheers.
@@m.chumakov1033 obviously you are not. BTW, how long are you going to be a b a s e m e n t d w e l l e r? Will your mother ever k i c k you o u t?
And stay out!
@@digi3363 3 r d w o r l d b a n a n a r e p u b l i c aka canada. The only people living in canada now are those that cannot a f f o r d to l e a v e and continue to live in their m o t h e r 's b a s e m e n t. Like y o u for example.
Me either want to leave
The real problem is the amount of money taken away from BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan in transfer/equalization and squandered in Ottawa with the remaining given to Quebec and the rest of the East.
Where's the beef here? After this discussion, we still don't know what the real problem is. Wasted interview
Harper let the globalist food monopolies buy up the beef ranches.
What a lousy interviewer. Mr. Interruption, and he just couldn't follow what Mr. Harper was saying.
Harpo channels Maggie Thatcher - "T.I.N.A. !" 🤣
I am a Liberal, but I will say that Stephen Harper was a good PM. In recent history there is no leader in either country that comes close economics wise. If he says it, it is correct.
Keep in mind that economics graduates are among the dumbest of university social science students AND one of the biggest contributions economics has made as a science has been to make astrology look like a science.
Harper needs to accept his responsibility for the decline of Canadian democracy that happened under his watch I am the source of the Globe and Mail article "Legal misstep lets Catholic Church off hook for residential schools compensation" It took me seven years to discover that the Roman Catholic Church did not fulfill its obligations under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement because of federal government secrecy.
Quiet, Joe, let him talk!!