Louise's Advice

Mulroney's advice to Harper: Do something big

Mulroney suggests going after health care.

"At that time, Mr. Mulroney and his policies were not universally popular.

“I think the important thing I have learned – it is important that as prime minister, for your policies, you think not in terms of easy headlines in 10 days but a better Canada in 10 years. That should be the test,” he says."

My advice is to go after our public broadcaster. This would probably have ripples far beyond North America, like, say, Britain, for example:

Left-wing bias? It's written through the BBC's very DNA, says Peter Sissons

And then do the Section 13 thing and anything else that is guaranteed to put the Liberals and the Dippers in a very tight spot. Just see what sort of arguments they'll put up to have the thought police protected or to avoid being seen as thought police advocates. I would also suggest that funding for post-secondary institutions should be targeted to those programs that produce graduates able to find jobs in industry or research and development in science and technology.