Opinion of Stephen Harper

[Long Live The King!]

Well?

[OSR stands with Israel]

Best Post War Canadian PM

[Don't Blame Me, I'm from Massachusetts]

Better than J. Trudeau, but that says nothing

[インターネット掲示板ユーザー Punxsutawney Phil]

HP on net, but I prefer him to Danielle Smith 24/7/365 days a year.

[Long Live The King!]

I simp for Stephen Harper, for the record.

[インターネット掲示板ユーザー Punxsutawney Phil]

I simp for Stephen Harper, for the record.

I can confirm you do have a hugely favorable view of Stephen Harper.

[Long Live The King!]

I simp for Stephen Harper, for the record.

I can confirm you do have a hugely favorable view of Stephen Harper.

Imagine not having a hugely favourable view of Stephen Harper. 

[Don't Blame Me, I'm from Massachusetts]

I simp for Stephen Harper, for the record.

I can confirm you do have a hugely favorable view of Stephen Harper.

Imagine not having a hugely favourable view of Stephen Harper. 

I can

[Long Live The King!]

I simp for Stephen Harper, for the record.

I can confirm you do have a hugely favorable view of Stephen Harper.

Imagine not having a hugely favourable view of Stephen Harper. 

I can

Why not? And what politicians do you view favourably?

[Don't Blame Me, I'm from Massachusetts]

I simp for Stephen Harper, for the record.

I can confirm you do have a hugely favorable view of Stephen Harper.

Imagine not having a hugely favourable view of Stephen Harper. 

I can

Why not? And what politicians do you view favourably?

Reminds me too much of Bush. And few in the current era.

[Long Live The King!]

I simp for Stephen Harper, for the record.

I can confirm you do have a hugely favorable view of Stephen Harper.

Imagine not having a hugely favourable view of Stephen Harper. 

I can

Why not? And what politicians do you view favourably?

Reminds me too much of Bush. And few in the current era.

Any politicians from historical eras that you like?

[Dr. MB]

I simp for Stephen Harper, for the record.

Stephen Harper and simp are two terms that should never go together

[Don't Blame Me, I'm from Massachusetts]

I simp for Stephen Harper, for the record.

I can confirm you do have a hugely favorable view of Stephen Harper.

Imagine not having a hugely favourable view of Stephen Harper. 

I can

Why not? And what politicians do you view favourably?

Reminds me too much of Bush. And few in the current era.

Any politicians from historical eras that you like?

I think I would've fit in well with the Dems prior to the 1990's. But as of particular ones; 3-time presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan is my idea for a model politician, while I have great respect for Senator Mark Hatfield as well.

[Can't Back Down When Punched!]

Easiest 'FF' of any of these polls I've voted in.

[Pericles]

He's just a bland Republican who was born on the wrong side of the border. He's not even moderate, he's a fan of Trump and Viktor Orban nowadays. Even though he had to play it smart in Canada, maybe that's why he was never that popular of a PM and only won a bare majority against a collapsing wreck of a Liberal Party after failing three times first.

[mileslunn]

Okay.  He managed the economy reasonably well but did some dumb things like GST cut.  He was more a transactional PM much like Chretien not a transformational like Mulroney, both Trudeaus.  He made some changes but they were not massive and in terms of hard unpopular decisions didn't do that many.  I guess raising OAS age to 67 was probably best example of that, but Trudeau reversed it so its not like will remembered for it.  I would put him in middle of the pack being better than Justin Trudeau and also Pierre Trudeau too but worse than Mulroney and Chretien. 

[Benjamin Frank 2.0]

Okay.  He managed the economy reasonably well but did some dumb things like GST cut.  He was more a transactional PM much like Chretien not a transformational like Mulroney, both Trudeaus.  He made some changes but they were not massive and in terms of hard unpopular decisions didn't do that many.  I guess raising OAS age to 67 was probably best example of that, but Trudeau reversed it so its not like will remembered for it.  I would put him in middle of the pack being better than Justin Trudeau and also Pierre Trudeau too but worse than Mulroney and Chretien.  

Do you mean he was a 'transitional' P.M? I'm not sure what you mean by transactional.

I've heard of political leaders described as either transformational or transitional.

I agree that Harper saw himself as a 'transitional' Prime Minister in that his own motto was something like "every day the Liberals are out of power, Canada is a little less liberal."

Of course, for what will likely be 10 years, that didn't prove to be the case.

In terms of Harper's performance on economics, these things compound so it took a while to notice (actually years after it should have been first noticed) but Canada's struggle with increasing real GDP per capita (AKA productivity) started somewhere around 2000, so, occurred under the entire duration of the Harper government. So, to the degree that the government is to blame for this, Harper deserves as much blame as Justin Trudeau.

[TheTide]

He's just a bland Republican who was born on the wrong side of the border. He's not even moderate, he's a fan of Trump and Viktor Orban nowadays. Even though he had to play it smart in Canada, maybe that's why he was never that popular of a PM and only won a bare majority against a collapsing wreck of a Liberal Party after failing three times first.

Like Tony Benn, he's a relatively rare example of someone who became more radical/extreme/ideological/whatever word you want to use after having a career in frontline politics.

[Long Live The King!]

He's just a bland Republican who was born on the wrong side of the border. He's not even moderate, he's a fan of Trump and Viktor Orban nowadays. Even though he had to play it smart in Canada, maybe that's why he was never that popular of a PM and only won a bare majority against a collapsing wreck of a Liberal Party after failing three times first.

I am not sure what you mean by this. Harper is not that praiseful of Trump or Orban. He is not seen as a Trump/Orban equivalent in Canada, by conservatives or liberals.