Posted on the website of the Montreal Economic Institute - a conservative right-wing think-tank - are the December 4, 2002, speaking notes of Mr. Harris. They state:
“Thinking about things from a new and different perspective is never easy. It takes courage, conviction and the strength to know that in taking a new and innovative course, you are making change for the better.
“Genuine leaders are the ones who do the right thing.”
Two months later, on February 19, 2003, in Mr. Harper’s major address in the House of Commons in response to the Liberal budget, he said:
“Thinking about things from a new and different perspective is not about reading the polls and having focus group tests. It is never easy because it takes courage, conviction and the strength to know that taking a new and innovative course is going to make change for the better. Genuine leaders are the ones who do the right thing.”
As I mused when the first report of plagiarism came out, where there's one case, there's likely to be more - a history of such unethical, if not criminal, behaviour. In the academic world, such acts are grounds for dismissal.
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