Slumming It at the Rodeo: The Cultural Roots of Canada's Right-Wing Revolution

Take a wild ride through the frontier of Canada's conservative 1990s political leaders in Slumming it at the Rodeo: The Cultural Roots of Canada's Right-wing Revolution. Alberta Premier Ralph Klein, Ontario Premier Mike Harris, and Reform Party leader Preston Manning try to make themselves out as wild west heroes while they cut social programs and speak of fiscal conservatism. Award-winning author Gordon Laird encourages readers to question this conservative trend in Canadian politics. Witty, original, and insightful, Slumming it at the Rodeo contests the "cost-cutting cowboys" to a "showdown" on their own turf.