Tom Flanagan's memoirs reveal Conservative tactics.
by Crawford Killian
…As a full-time professor and part-time dabbler in Reform politics, Flanagan clearly saw Reform as a vehicle for Hayekian [Austrian-British right-wing economist Friedrich Hayek] changes. His involvement with the young Stephen Harper was tentative at first, but before long they were close associates. They co-authored an important essay: Our Benign Dictatorship: Can Canada Avoid a Second Century of Liberal Rule?