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‘Like it or not, Stephen Harper was a major prime minister’: Ibbitson

Globe and Mail writer at large John Ibbitson talks about his book, Stephen Harper, which has been nominated as a finalist for this year's $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.

John Ibbitson says much, though not all, of former prime minister Stephen Harper's, pictured, legacy will endure. 'Once passions cool, people are going to want a clear-eyed assessment of his life and times, which this book aims to provide.'The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY KATE MALLOY

March 22, 2016

Stephen Harper is keeping a low profile. The former Conservative prime minister, who led the country from 2006 to 2015 with an iron grip, still comes through the back door on Parliament Hill. Now an opposition MP, he shows up for House votes, but doesn't attend weekly Conservative caucus meetings a...

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