Posted AT 1:34 AM EDT on 12/06/04
How much social conservatism?
Liberal strategists think they have found, in a speech by Stephen Harper, proof of a hidden, social-conservative agenda. They're right, but the revelation might not actually be to their advantage.
Mr. Harper's speech, delivered last year to Civitas, a conservative interest group, and reprinted in Report magazine, does tell us a lot about Mr. Harper.
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