Citations:Harperite

English citations of Harperite

Noun: "(Canada, politics, sometimes pejorative) a supporter of Stephen Harper and the policies of his government"

• 2004 — David Orchard, "Canada, Nationalism, and Empire", Z Magazine, 14 December 2004:

  The Harperites are just part of a global right-wing onslaught that includes Australia, Israel, Europe, the Islamic world, India, and of course the United States.

• 2006 — Paul Wells, "Chapter 2: Beating up and then moving on", Macleans, 30 January 2006:

  But the Harperites had reinforcements on the way, in the form of dozens of newly elected MPs.

• 2006 — David Olive, "Reality forced Harper's hand", Toronto Star, 2 November 2006:

  The Harperites, seizing on yet another purported example of Liberal sleaze, fortuitously popping up in the middle of a federal election campaign, excoriated the Liberals over the issue and told Bay Street they wouldn't go near the issue.

• 2006 — Larry J. Samoil, "Mulroney, Harper to blame for fallout", Victoria Times Colonist, 11 November 2006:

  The Harperites were either incompetent or deliberately misleading the Canadian people when they made their income-trust election promise.

• 2007 — Jeffrey Simpson, "Money, money everywhere", Globe and Mail, 20 March 2007:

  Thus will end, the Harperites insist, the "fiscal imbalance" debate in which provinces, led by Quebec, said they had too little money and Ottawa too much.

• 2007 — Ian Urquhart, "Kelowna spirit alive in Moncton", Toronto Star, 9 August 2007:

  But there are no indications the Harperites are prepared to negotiate such a deal.

• 2007 — David Israelson, "Lower your expectations for results from Bali talks", Toronto Star, 12 December 2007:

  This would be a refreshing change from the Harper government's annoying tendency to ignore or dismiss its critics – although, on climate change the Harperites actually do not do this, given that a few years ago they were denying it even existed.

• 2008 — Chantal Hébert, "Regime has knack for losing friends", Toronto Star, 19 January 2008:

  Harperites would retort that they are merely reacting to an environment that has proven to be fundamentally hostile to their philosophy and objectives.

• 2008 — "Canada vs. Obama", Toronto Star, 6 March 2008:

  So one presumes the Harperites are pulling for a McCain victory in the fall.

• 2008 — "Harper's partisan ploy misfires", Vancouver Sun, 29 November 2008:

  The Liberals, NDP and Bloc say they are set to vote non-confidence in the Harperites.

• 2009 — Wenran Jiang, "Long-term China policy", The Windsor Star, 4 May 2009:

  But it's too early to conclude that the Harperites have come to terms with China's reality.

• 2009 — Barbara Yaffe, "Making Parliament work", Vancouver Sun, 15 October 2009:

  Both issues have populist appeal and would not be offensive to a Conservative base, making it conceivable the Harperites will attempt to appease Layton on these two fronts.

• 2010 — Frances Russell, "Harper is not sovereign, yet", Winnipeg Free Press, 13 January 2010:

  No other parliament would tolerate the treatment the Harperites are dealing out to Canada's.

• 2011 — Bryn Weese, "Feds move forward with prison expansions", London Free Press, 10 January 2011:

  "The Harperites' strategy of investing in U.S.-style mega-prisons has been a proven failure when it comes to stopping crime," Liberal public safety critic Mark Holland said in a news statement Monday.