please please go on youtube watch the obama Deception and make the call for yourself, to be honest, I wish I could say I think their crazy and full of it, but deep down Im scared

And even in that case, what you're arguing here is that Harper is simply a pale imitation of the Liberals.
So given the choice of scandalous governments, I'd prefer the ones that at least don't put us into deficit while running their scams.

Showing Harper's personable side is the job of his public relations adviser, not that of the EIC of a major publication focused on politics. Even if Whyte wanted to pander, he could have at least done so by talking about what Harper wants to do over the next few months as head of our government and leader of the country. It's not the slant of the article that's the issue, it's the content – the media is our window into the inner workings of our government, a check against their power and by talking about music rather than policy, Kenneth Whyte is simply not doing his job.

Cry like a schoolgirl a little more. It's music to my Conservative ears.

Some of the Harper-Haters seem to want you to do an interest piece on Iggy—you should. Don`t talk about politics, just about things he likes to do for fun. I know he has a cat and he`s a smart guy so the cat is probably smart and maybe knows some tricks. And he likes books so he could do a little reading—-out loud—-spice it up—make it a travel book. Oh, and he could tell that story again about the time he visited his uncle`s farm and he could smell the manure.

So sometimes, little things like this interview, makes you look at people in a different way, get to know them a little bit more….

"Listen," he added, "we are the government … I don't see why we can't try to get credit for what we do. I hope we do so. There is nothing to be ashamed in that."

http://ccarts.ca/en/FedGovCuts.htm

From the Canadian Conference of the Arts. They list $60 million in program cuts to the arts, as of last year. A billion dollar increase would be an unprecedented boost in funding to arts programs, and I've yet to heard a word about it, so I'm very skeptical of your claim.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, as the saying goes.

GET A LIFE

all other partisan games aside, people we cannot have a PM who endorses Nickelback…. for the love of gawd!!!!

An excellent article – well waddaya know, PM Harper is human after all – who would have thought! The one thing that stood out in this article is that it is an unedited (I hope), un-editorialized, un-opinionated straightforward Q&A piece that gives readers rare insight into our PM as a human being; this is extremely important and valuable knowledge of the one that leads our country. It’s refreshing to get to know our PM on a more personal level; a thoroughly enjoyable read – well done (great picture too!).

Barry

"Q: You’ve quoted Machiavelli’s argument about political judgment, that to be effective you have to follow principles more ruthless than those acceptable in ordinary life, and that a politician needs to know how to do wrong. What did you mean by that?" with a follow up of "You'd be murdering rivals, for starters."

Meanwhile, the toughest thing Whyte brings to the conversation with Harper beyond knee-pads and a bib is:
"Q: You’ve taken some heat in the political arena for speaking dismissively of fancy arts galas where artists take the stage to beg for higher subsidies. Was your performance at the National Arts Centre gala intended as some sort of gesture to the arts community? Was there a political message behind it?"

Yes, obviously Whyte is aiming to give us a truer reflection of the people involved.

At a sheer minimum, a question about WHY the Conservative government cut arts funding would seem appropriate, but no, the best we get is whether the piano playing was meant as a response to those cuts.

Look, these pieces are interesting and for those who don't have a deep-seeding contempt for Harper, probably a bit amusing too. But at some point, this magazine (and the broader media) had better start filling their role in society, which means asking some meaningful questions from the man who may control the trajectory of our country for another 3+ years! This piece would be fine, if there were occaisionally some non-fluff interviews of Harper to go along with it, but there's not. Alone, this interview is a pure shirking of journalistic responsibility.

This totally cancels out the goodwill Harper got from me from his fondness for Coen bros. films.

Steady on there, chuck.

Oh man, that's lame. Where did you read this, Ken? In Harper's diary?