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Stephen Harper embraces inner Brian Mulroney
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PAUL SAMYN
OTTAWA -- Consider it the last step in the Mulroney-ization of Stephen Harper.
Walk out of the Commons. Take a hard right turn past the saluting security guard. Elevate yourself by climbing a few steps up the stairwell leading to your office. Then pause to look down on the assembled reporters as you toss them a few soundbites.
That's the way Brian Mulroney used to do it when he was prime minister. And it's a style this prime minister is now echoing as he embr...
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