What Social Issues did Harper regress?
I sometimes think of Harper being Trump's inspiration, but of course nowhere near as far off his rocker. He did however lead with:
Attacks on the press
Gutting environmental protections
Attacking refugees (eg. Bill C-31)
Disregard for human rights (eg. opposing bills that addressed Canadian mining companies operating overseas, bill C-10 going against international children's rights)
Supporting torture by accepting "evidence" gained from it
De-funding international NGOs that offered abortion as part of their mandate