rabble.ca columnist Murray Dobbin details the harm Prime Minister Stephen Harper is doing to the political and social fabric of Canada in a new essay commissioned by The Council of Canadians. This article is an excerpt taken from the essay, the last in a 10-part series on Harper's assault on democracy.

These are not normal times. Canada's democracy is in crisis. We have a prime minister and a government that have demonstrated they are unfit to govern. But crises also present opportunities -- opportunities to ensure the same crisis is not repeated.

rabble.ca columnist Murray Dobbin details the harm Prime Minister Stephen Harper is doing to the political and social fabric of Canada in a new essay commissioned by The Council of Canadians. This article is an excerpt taken from the essay, the ninth in a 10-part series on Harper's assault on democracy.

Insite is the first supervised safe injection site in North America and describes itself as "...a safe, health-focused place where people can go to inject drugs and connect to healthcare services -- from primary care to treat disease and infection, to addiction counseling and treatment."

rabble.ca columnist Murray Dobbin details the harm Prime Minister Stephen Harper is doing to the political and social fabric of Canada in a new essay commissioned by The Council of Canadians. This article is an excerpt taken from the essay, the eighth in a 10-part series on Harper's assault on democracy.

The attack on human rights

On Jan. 11, 1999, while he was on leave from formal politics and running the National Citizen's Coalition, Stephen Harper told the rightwing BC Report newsmagazine that: "Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society... It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff."*

rabble.ca columnist Murray Dobbin details the harm Prime Minister Stephen Harper is doing to the political and social fabric of Canada in a new essay commissioned by The Council of Canadians. This article is an excerpt taken from the essay, the seventh in a 10-part series on Harper's assault on democracy.

Refusing to seek clemency for Canadian death row inmates overseas.

rabble.ca columnist Murray Dobbin details the harm Prime Minister Stephen Harper is doing to the political and social fabric of Canada in a new essay commissioned by The Council of Canadians. This article is an excerpt taken from the essay, the sixth in a 10-part series on Harper's assault on democracy.

Harper's obsession with reforming the Senate

rabble.ca columnist Murray Dobbin details the harm Prime Minister Stephen Harper is doing to the political and social fabric of Canada in a new essay commissioned by The Council of Canadians. This article is an excerpt taken from the essay, the fourth in a 10-part series on Harper's assault on democracy.

rabble.ca columnist Murray Dobbin details the harm Prime Minister Stephen Harper is doing to the political and social fabric of Canada in a new essay commissioned by The Council of Canadians. This article is an excerpt taken from the essay, the third in a 10-part series on Harper's assault on democracy.

In contempt of Parliament: refusing to hand over documents on Afghan torture