It always amuses me how leftists want to portray Albertans as the extremists in the country. Most Albertans don't espouse separatist rhetoric or values like Quebecers do.
You realize this is partly my point in that I don't agree with the particulars, but understand the message, right?
I think he's full of crap. I think Harper realizes that most Canadians don't want to re-open the debates on gay marriage or abortion but Trudeau and his fellow Liberals want to invent a boogeyman. He's creating fear and division to score political points. Its sleazy and intellectually dishonest, at least to the same degree as most attack adds in election campaign.
Well he was trying to get the media spotlight on himself, that's for sure, but like anything else, be careful what you wish for...
Sometimes you need to be a bit of evil to wake up the slaves.