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Harper Conservatives: Canadian Exceptionalism and Niqab-Ban Debate

harper conservatives: We would love to pat ourselves on the back for defeating Harper Conservatives, but as others have pointed out, aside from the niqab-ban debate in last year election, the Liberals have not been much better, according to Rabble. Stephen Harper himself tweeted out a congratulations to Trump while pushing the Keystone XL pipeline that Obama killed. While the arguments against Canadian Exceptionalism or maple washing have been around for some time now, theyve mostly addressed a sort of Meanwhile-in-Canada liberal complacency shared by many of us. Ultimately, what we need to do is take a serious look at how conservative politics are having a moment in Canada and what that means moving forward. While she began polling quite low, she since moved up in the ranks, surely thanks to the amount of media attention she received because of her Trump-like statements and policy promises. The first, and most glaringly obvious example, is Kellie Leitch run for the leadership of the Conservative Party. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.