60 Reasons to Dump Harper - Continued

xtra.ca brings us a countdown of 60 of the ways Harper is reshaping Canada in his own image. Since our last post:

#35: HILL JOB FOR FOCUS ON THE FAMILY PREZ:

REDUXReason #56 bemoaned Darrel Reid's appointment to Rona Ambrose's office. He only lasted four months, we reminded you. But what's much scarier is Reid's promotion: he's now in the PMO acting as the prime minister's deputy director of policy and research.

Reid headed up Focus On The Family Canada from 1998 to 2004, an ideologically anti-gay, anti-feminist, anti-abortion group with connections to the leaders of the US Christian right. Though the Canadian organization has traditionally enjoyed little influence outside of rural enclaves and evangelical churches, the US parent is seen as a major influence on the Republican Party and politics generally. Reid was gone by late January, meaning he lasted four months or less.

The prime minister of this country has the former leader of a reactionary religious group as his deputy director of policy and research. That's right. It's time to move to Norway.

LINK: Xtra.ca
LINK: Cartoon credit - Mike Keefe