Archive: Show #99 "Centre Shift/Ministers & Hospitals"

4th Reading

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The Mike Harris government at mid-term. The premier has been widely quoted as saying the "Common Sense Revolution is over." What does he mean? Are the Ontario Tories moving to the centre of the political spectrum? Tory MPP Tony Clement is the special guest joining our Fourth Reading pundits; Tory advisor Hugh Segal, former Liberal party president Richard Mahoney, a lawyer with Fraser & Beatty, and Ruth Grier, former NDP cabinet minister.
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Jun 29, 1997
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