Smearing an Entire Protest Movement as Fascistic Will Come Back to Haunt My Fellow Leftists My career as a political essayist began 13 years ago. I had been asked by a left-wing Canadian website to expand on my views about a then-ongoing constitutional crisis—and explain why public opinion had turned so sharply in favour of then-prime minister Stephen Harper, even among supporters of parties Stuart Parker 2 Feb 2022 · 7 min read