Harper does indeed have a Daily Mail plan. He has just signed a border agreement that will let the US department of homeland security know about every Canadian who travels, when, where and with whom. He is “harmonising” our food inspection with the Americans, and if you’ve seen Food Inc, you’ll know that means E coli isn’t just for meat any more. It’s in walnuts, it’s in flour, it’s in you. He is building a vast prison system to be populated by an American-style mandatory-sentencing plan that even the Americans are abandoning after decades of failure. Harper’s social agenda is up next. Gay marriage? Check. Abortion rights? Check. Former prime minister Jean Chrétien is even predicting a return to the death penalty. Yes, my country has gone tabloid, full of resentments we didn’t even know existed until they were stirred up by this peculiar man.
