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Why should a PM speak French? Political reality.
Stephen Harper once railed against bilingualism, but came to understand that not knowing French was a sure way to lose
The PM has been to London to visit the Queen
He’s had 21 days on the job. She’s had 23,304. Here’s our royal watcher on their meeting.
The PM, Trudeau and the hidden agenda: Aiiiieeeeeee, right?
All in all, it hasn’t been a great summer for the Conservative attack machine
6 Canadian PMs ranked for beard, moustache or sideburn quality
Rt. Hon. Sir Mackenzie Bowell: Without question Canada’s greatest bearded prime minister
What the PM said about what the PMO knew about what Nigel Wright did
Who was aware of the deal between Nigel Wright and Mike Duffy?
Stephen Harper’s hockey book out in November, says publisher
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s yet-to-be-named book on the history of hockey is due out in November, says his publisher Simon & Schuster.
Brian Mulroney is back
Maclean’s Archives: The former PM is out of purgatory and only too happy to tell Canadians (and Stephen Harper) what real leadership is about
The Governor General and the Prime Minister
An anonymous government official explains why the Governor General wasn’t in the room for yesterday’s meeting between the Prime Minister and First Nations leaders.
A vice-regal compromise?
With the Manitoba chiefs having just announced that they will not attend tomorrow’s meeting unless the Governor General is present, the Prime Minister’s Office sends out a statement.
The new Stephen Harper, safer than the old Harper
Paul Wells on the more reserved prime minister
8 unlikely jobs held by future prime ministers
Before they assumed the highest office in the country, these eight individuals held an unusual array of jobs:
The 5 longest-serving Opposition leaders who never became prime minister
1. Robert Stanfield (Nov. 6, 1967– Feb. 21, 1976): The former Nova Scotia premier lost three elections to Pierre Trudeau between 1968 and 1974. In 1972, his Tories were three seats short of toppling the Liberals, but it was not to be.