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Takes note in this concluding commentary of the papers presented and argues that Stephen Harper was not unlike other prime ministers (e.g., the impact of Pierre Trudeau's 1982 Constitution Act) in his attempts to alter symbols and institutions associated with Canada's national identity. Discusses the resistance to Harper's changes at the national level as well as the criticism of Canada by James Anaya, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Concludes that Harper was intent on consolidating a new Conservative power elite.