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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Don’t think that who the leader changes the truthfulness of that statement. Just that Harper was actually in power.
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Harper in the early days had a significant Ontario first gen immigrant base. Whether the racist elements were just hidden or grew more powerful is an interesting debate.
I think you have seen the rise of right wing racists over the past 20 years into influential positions rather than in just being better hidden in the past. The difference between these two in my opinion is did leadership suppress racists because it was unacceptable or did leadership just hide their racism.