29 Replies to “PMSH – One on One with Lilley”

  2. Notice how he took action about the embassy threats prior to the attacks happening? It’s almost like Harper shows up to his security briefings or something.

  3. What can one say? We are incredibly lucky to have Harper. The best PM we’ve ever had, and frankly, the world needs him. Too bad he can’t be POTUS for if there is one nation desperate for a Harper, it’s the US.
    Notice his focus on Canada. [Not on Himself as is Obama]. Notice how his focus is on strengthening the Canadian economy, for this and, and, the next generations. His focus on expanding trade with other nations so that we rely less on the US.
    Notice his focus on responsibility, on fulfilling the promises he made to the Canadian people (compare with Obama who laughed when he finally admitted that His Stimulus wasn’t for shovel-ready infrastructural projects but was to keep current public service employees in their jobs).
    Notice his focus on security and safety, on reducing restrictions on developing economic growth in Canada by reducing taxes. Oh, and he said: ‘you can’t grow an economy by raising taxes’ and you can’t grow an economy by declaring certain industries to be diseases (heh, that’s Mulcair).
    Oh, and unlike Obama, he doesn’t use the phrase ‘my government’, or “I, me, my, myself’, but, ‘we, and ‘our government’.
    We are incredibly lucky and frankly, I’m sick of our leftist media and their ignorant opposition to Harper. The CBC, CTV, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and whatever else… I no longer watch or read them…

  4. My neighbours, who universally abhor, abominate, despise, detest, hate, and loathe Harper all reckon he’s smart – an evil genius dedicated to destroying Trudeau’s true Canadian conservative-free democracy [autonomous soviet socialist republic/people’s democracy?] and what’s more achieving it. None of them think he’s stupid, cold and machiavellian is much more like it.

  5. Ditto to what ET so eloquently phrased it.
    “We are incredibly lucky to have Harper. The best PM we’ve ever had, and frankly, the world needs him”.

  6. I wonder how PMSH chose Sun to do this with? Are they the only ones to ask?
    The most comforting thing he said was that he is not going to get tricked into going into campaign mode. With a majority, he is simply going to govern and do the best thing for Canadians which is focus on growing the economy. The “diseases” shot at Mulcair was a gem about the arrogance of some politicians trying to pick winners and losers.
    It’s interesting that PMSH praised Canadians as being “more economically literate than our neighbours to the South”. I didn’t used to think that was the case, now I think he’s right although Canadians are not nearly economically literate enough. It would help if we had compulsory high school economics.

  7. Prime Minister Harper knows what he’s talking about without a teleprompter — and even with one, Oblahblah’s challenged.
    Brian Lilley didn’t let the PM off the hook, he asked pointed questions and, as per usual, Prime Minister Harper answered straightforwardly, knowledgeably, and graciously.
    As I’ve always said, and I concur with what ET has said, this prime minster is concerned about issues of importance to ordinary Canadians, like jobs and keeping our national debt and deficit under control. His government’s mandate is to initiate policies which “focus …on doing what’s best for the Canadian economy and Canadian society.”
    Prime Minister Harper’s the best prime minister Canada’s ever had in spite of the unfair and nasty opposition from the Leftard parties and the disgraceful consensus media.
    What I love is that the more they scorn him, the more brightly he shines. It’s sweet to watch the knots in their knickers tying ever more tightly. It must be painful … too bad … so sad.

  8. You think this guy’s good?
    Wait ’til Pierre’s Pup is running things!
    A car (on blocks) in everybody’s backyard, and pot for every chicken.

  9. It was refreshing to see an MSM host interview Harper without the gritted-teeth politeness displayed by Peter Mansbridge.
    As ET said, the best PM we’ve ever had,bar none.

  10. I agree with ET and would add that our PM stands heads above every other leader of the West. Also I found Brian’s interview style so refreshing compared to what one finds on other networks. He stuck to his question while remaining respectful and allowing the PM to answer.

  11. @Jamie – “Wait ’til Pierre’s Pup is running things!
    A car (on blocks) in everybody’s backyard, and pot for every chicken.”
    It’ll be a Chevy Volt for certain.

  12. I know certain people who are still convinced that both PMSH and Premier Brad Wall have “hidden agendas”. They choose to ignore the good governance provided by these leaders and, instead focus on what they expected to happen based on media coverage. Do you think that it’s a coincidence that these Harper and Wall haters tune into the CBC exclusively for their daily dose of the news?

  13. As ET said, the best PM we’ve ever had,bar none.
    BARF
    Laurier was superior in every way. Harper is a Milquetoast. Cripes these posters are every bit as deranged in their Harpermania as Obama supporters are in their Obama worship.

  14. I would not be surprised if the CBC will will be looking at shrinking tax dollars flowing into their future budgetary computations!
    Just my best guess!
    Stephen Harper the Political Chessmaster in Canada!!

  15. Harper the Chessmaster indeed.
    His slow road to conservativism is akin to a chess player who slowly, slowly builds his position, and forces the opponents error, and then removes that pawn.
    A few pawns have fallen, and we are approaching mid game, where (hopefully) the opposition will lose a few major pieces, and get all jittery knowing that they cannot recover, except with a disastrous move on the part of Harper.
    No quick end here, just a slow loss of opponents pieces.

  18. LAS @ 9:35
    Just curious, seeing as the government cant be gutted in one fell swoop, just what short term changes would you like to see? Say before the next federal election?
    Simplified tax code?
    Property Rights in constitution, etc?

  20. Harper was giving a rare interviw … to a friendly news organization. That’s pretty smart; most conseratives genuflect to the liberal media.
    Here he announces he is going to do what he thinks should be done, and not run in election mode for the net 4 years,
    I Like

  21. Just for contrast, think about how Mikey Ignatieff, or (shudder) Steph Dion would have answered those questions.
    Bold prediction: a massive PSAC strike *coincidentally* in conjunction with the next federal election turns it into a “big bad meanie Mr. Harper” vs. “the poor helpless oppressed worker” meme. We are bombarbed for 39 days with stories of starving mistreated unionised federal employees. “Polls” show Conservatives trailing. Harper then gets another majority. CBC commentators stunned and tearful.
    Mark my words.

  22. Thank God for Sun News, but moreover, thank god for Steven Harper. Harper is, and will be in the future, and historically the best PM Canada will ever know since Sir John A., Canadians have moved on from the angry divisive lieberal thieving ways,” da proof is da proof”, “just watch me” the cheating liberal party, propped up by angry Jeffrey Simpson/Heather Mallice types in the antique media is so over. This is the new Canada, the Canada that looks to creating wealth, and helping people achieve, and Steven Harper is just the helmsman for the job. Great work Mr. Lilley.

  23. Harper is Canadas only Hope politically. If the Marxists get back in power. It to will sail into history.

  24. PMSH is Canada’s Ron Paul. Higher praise could not be heaped on this excellent Prime Minister – certainly the best Prime Minister our country has ever elected, IMO.

  25. I can’t compare Harper to historical figures like Laurier or Macdonald becuase the times are so different and it’s too early to evaluate Harper in the same way. He is, however, clearly the best Prime Minister I’ve seen in my lifetime. I was born when Louis St. Laurent was PM and that was a good, historically underrated government, perhaps similar to that of U.S. president Calvin Coolidge, presiding over a period of growth and prosperity under small government and low taxes. Harper is clearly the best thing to come along since then. Those who came in between are a sorry lot, particularly of course Trudeau, but also Mulroney who IMO was worse than most small-c and large-C conservatives realize.

  26. What strikes me is how he’s come to master his technique. I find most politicians who have long careers in the spotlight to be glib and to be about over-hyping what they consider to the positive; when it comes to delivering bad news, they almost always are looking for some sort of fight with somebody. Trudeau, Mulroney and Chretien were like that; Paul Martin and Bob Rae were the worst. Harper’s not like that at all — the interview was all about the delivery of bad news, which he did/does in such a matter-of-fact, even-toned and understated sort of way that he stacks any potential fight in his favour without actually picking one, and thereby diffuses it before it starts.
    He used to get a bit hot under the collar from time to time, but I’ve only seen him get that way once since he’s had the majority — over the Attawpiskat nonsense, which didn’t help him I don’t think.
    Harper has become very adept at anticipating trouble and denying maneuvering room to his opponents (he always sort of contextualizes everything first and then never hits too hard on his points on the immediate item at issue). Some examples:
    – The Iran move: correct and farsignted to be sure, but irksome to the knee-jerk left (who backed down once they saw the Isreali and Iranian Canadian reaction), he overlaid it in this interview with considerations about the safety for our diplomatics. At the same time, he started to build his own case for regime change in Iran.
    – The US, upon whom I thought he was very hard without being impolite: he said, in effect, that they don’t have their act together and they ain’t gonna any time soon, so we need to move on. In doing so, he very subtly put on his Canadian nationalist outfit by talking about Canada’s interests outside of the relationship with the US.
    – The economy: he clearly anticipates trouble on this front, mentioning Europe and the deficit, which are going to be grinds, but backhandedly noting that there aren’t any solutions on offer from the opposition that are going to work — and that Canadians (read voters available to the Conservatives) know this.
    – On Federal-provincial relations: health care and post-secondary eduation funding are going to be maintained, which I took as a way of him saying that asymmetrical federalism and fights with the provinces are off the table: you can come at us, but we’re not going to play that game. I also thought he took a shot at Ontario and Quebec by talking about the relatively low level of federal government debt.
    – On China (read Nexen): China needs to invest more in Canada and that there needs to be reciprocity, so look for that deal and others to be approved.
    – On Thomas Mulcair: Harper says he’s not going to be campaigning for the next three years, which was a pretty good shot at the contrast between his style and Mulcair’s shoot-from-the-lip, over the top approach, I thought.

  28. I go back to Pearson and as ET and others have stated PMSH is the best I have seen. Considering those before were a string of left wing idiots that might cloud the judgement. I must concede that Harper’s job cannot be an easy one. Changing the mindset of a country without the tools of a Stalin or Mao is an incredible challange.
    As one who came from Reform, Harper understands what the country is faced with. I might wish his actions were at a faster clip but realize that might not be possible. He must gain more exposure to the Canadian people to explain his thinking and how it impacts their lives. If he did this on a regular basis his next election would be a slam dunk.

  29. Harper will go down as one of the greats. We probably see Laurier more romantically as time removes the ugly side of politics and campaigning.
    Policy wise, today’s Conservatives are as close as it gets to Laurier’s philosophy. Laurier is a good reminder of small government and liberty being at the heart of what it is to be Canadian. (And also a good reminder that any party can lose their way).

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