Why Stephen Harper congratulating Viktor Orbán matters
Canada’s former PM offers surprising kudos to one of Europe’s most alarming right-wing populists—and gives Conservatives in Ottawa a new challenge
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John Geddes
John Geddes is Ottawa bureau chief at Maclean’s and has covered federal politics and policy for more than two decades. He also writes regularly about art.
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