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Bruce Carson, right, pictured on Sept. 14, 2015, arriving at the Elgin Street courthouse with his lawyer Patrick McCann for the start of Carson's influence peddling trial in Ottawa. He was fined $50,000 for illegal lobbying on Nov. 4, 2016. Later in life, he wrote a popular newsletter, 'The Morning Brief,' and op-ed columns, including for The Hill Times. He died on March 5. The Hill Times photograph by Mike Carroccetto

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BY ALICE CHEN

March 14, 2022

Bruce Carson, a former top aide and senior adviser to former prime minister Stephen Harper, died on March 5, at the age of 76 after months of deterioration due to cancer. The Ottawa-born native grew up in the Old Ottawa East neighbourhood, just steps from the Ride...

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