Canada’s new leader is no extremist

Re “Canada Shifts to Right in Election,” Jan. 24

You state that Stephen Harper was elected Canadian prime minister despite concerns that some of his social views are extreme. In fact, he was elected because the opposition has been pushing extreme left positions for years, and that finally resulted in Canadians being fed up. Anything short of full acceptance of the traditional definition of marriage being changed to include gays and other options is considered extreme. Any view that doesn’t embrace abortion as morally just is considered extreme.

Harper was elected on a platform of doing what will be beneficial to all Canadians, not just special interest groups. He represents mainstream Canadian values, not the scary extremes that opponents like to portray.

CHARLOTTE NAVEN

Calgary, Canada