Has Stephen Harper really changed?

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Is he a changed man?
The packaging of the Conservative leader is certainly different this time and some positions appear to have softened. But, in essence, he's the same old Stephen Harper

Jan. 14, 2006. 11:26 AM
THOMAS WALKOM


"Has Stephen Harper really changed?

The Conservatives don't like to put it that way. They would prefer to say that Liberal attempts to demonize their leader are no longer working and that, finally, Canadians are beginning to see the real Harper.

Nonetheless, the overarching theme of the increasingly successful Conservative election campaign is one of reassurance.

In both style and substance, Harper is trying to tell voters Ñ particularly in Ontario Ñ that the man who once called for a "firewall" around Alberta to protect it from the depredations of the rest of Canada has mellowed.

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1. I'm getting that "compassionate conservative" vibe from Harper.

And we know how that played out down here....

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2. When he thought he had a majority - he tried to slip in some vague

references to judges and all.

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3. If moral relativism is so bad - and one cannot assume all poor

If moral relativism is so bad - and one cannot assume all poor people are deserving on help, why do we assume all rich people deserve their tax cuts? Surely some of them own businesses that cost the country?