Althia Raj: Stephen Harper calling for unity amid existential threats to Canada. Will today’s leaders listen?

Althia Raj: Harper suggested the unity threat could be addressed with a strong, centrist government. “I think the reality is, federal government manages this country right, puts the stress on unity and not on ideological tangents, and there’s no reason why we can’t pull the country together at this moment,” he told those assembled to see him receive a gold medal from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society on Monday.

He later suggested that would begin with the approval of another pipeline to B.C.’s coast…