{"id":21920,"date":"2016-10-01T18:04:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T23:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=21920"},"modified":"2016-10-01T18:04:58","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T23:04:58","slug":"in-september-did-the-liberals-out-harper-the-conservatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=21920","title":{"rendered":"In September, Did the Liberals Out-Harper the Conservatives?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In September, Did the Liberals Out-Harper the Conservatives?<\/a><\/h3>\n

On climate, foreign workers, and unions, Trudeau government moves this month have rankled progressives.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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At home recently, the Trudeau government\u2019s actions have left many progressive Canadians feeling frustrated and misled.\u00a0Photo by Chris Wattie, Reuters Media Express.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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The key players in Stephen Harper\u2019s government would have been high-fiving after the month Justin Trudeau\u2019s is finishing up.<\/p>\n

In September, the Liberal government took a hard line stance with a public union, held steady to the Conservatives\u2019 greenhouse gas targets, approved a liquefied natural gas plant and pipeline assailed by environmentalists and Indigenous groups, and some say signalled it may extend, rather than curtail, powers to spy on citizens granted by the Harper government\u2019s controversial Bill C-51.<\/p>\n

For good measure, Trudeau\u2019s Liberals also suggested making it easier for businesses to bring more temporary foreign workers to Canada, taking a position even Harper had backed away from after abuses of the federal program hit the headlines. The Conservatives tightened restrictions on who can hire foreign workers under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. Earlier this month, a Liberal-dominated Parliamentary committee released a report\u00a0recommending<\/a>\u00a0easier access to the program for businesses.<\/p>\n

Trudeau rode to victory in October by running to the left of the NDP on many issues. In New York this month, he painted his government, and Canada, as progressive beacons to the world, particularly in welcoming refugees.<\/p>\n

But at home, the Trudeau government\u2019s actions have left many progressive Canadians feeling frustrated and misled.<\/p>\n