Inside Stephen Harper’s efforts to extend Canada’s Afghanistan mission
In his new book, Ian Brodie—Harper’s former chief of staff—gives a behind-the-scenes look at how the Tories outmaneuvered Stephane Dion on Afghanistan in 2008
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How Stephen Harper gets to the bottom of something
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The Commons: Tony Clement defers to the experts
At least when it comes to website design
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Robocall, big or small?
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Good to be lucky, lucky to be good
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The economist
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It doesn’t have to be true, it just has to be plausible
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