No, Stephen Harper Isn't Killing Canadian Democracy What explains the outrage at the prime minister?
The Delusion of the Canadian Mind.
http://www.theatlantic.com/int...Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets the press. Chris Wattie / Reuters
The Australians call it “the colonial cringe,” and it may explain why the most influential newspaper in Canada is The New York Times. The New York Times is likely more influential in Canada than it is in New York. So when The New York Times published last weekend a long and harsh attack on the personality and record of a Canadian prime minister, that fact alone ranked as news in Canada, all the more so since it came in the opening days of a federal election (Canadians vote on October 19).
