Ottawa

'An important one'

Conrad Black considers the first five years of Prime Minister Harper.

Stephen Harper’s stature as a prime minister will depend on the extent to which he emphasizes his gift for tactical skill in pursuit of desirable goals over his occasional weakness for combining unacceptable severity with unleavened cynicism. I believe the probability is that he will be a durable and distinguished leader. He is already an important one.

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