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https://policyoptions.irpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/harper-and-the-judiciary.jpg2000700What has bothered me most about Stephen Harper’s tenure as Canada’s prime minister is his disrespect for constitutional democracy. Constitutional democracy means that government, no matter how popular, is limited by principles and procedures that it is required to observe. The most important instrument for enforcing those limits is an independent judiciary. Harper is the […]