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From today’s Toronto Star<\/em>, a report on TVO’s Steve Paikin’s\u00a0interview with\u00a0former Progressive Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney<\/a>, who goes out of his way to withhold praise from Stephen Harper. \u00a0He does, however, offer effusive praise for the other party leaders, even saying that the Liberals could win this election under Michael Ignatieff. Ouch. He also praises former Liberal prime minister Lester Pearson, whom Mulroney cites as an example of how much a minority government can accomplish. Double ouch.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou\u2019re voting for Mr. Harper, I take it,\u201d said Paikin, coincidentally the moderator of Tuesday\u2019s English-language leaders\u2019 debate.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this point,\u201d replied Mulroney with a pause that seemed to hang in the air longer than its mere second, \u201cI\u2019ll vote for the Conservative candidate in my constituency.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although the architect of decisive Progressive Conservative victories in 1984 and 1988 conceded that Harper is \u201cclearly a competent Prime Minister,\u201d his unease with the current Tory leader was barely concealed.<\/p>\n

He praised Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (\u201can intelligent man, hard-working guy\u201d), NDP Leader Jack Layton (\u201can outstanding leader of his party\u201d), and even Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois Leader Gilles Duceppe (\u201crespected in Quebec\u201d), whose party began in 1990 as a separatist offshoot of Mulroney\u2019s Tories.<\/p>\n

He suggested Ignatieff could win despite polls indicating otherwise: \u201cYou never can tell what happens in political life. I\u2019ll tell you this, in 1984, when the campaign started I was 14 points behind. We ended up in a rather different fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n

He touted former Liberal prime minister Lester Pearson, who endured similar political uncertainty to Harper, but had far more to show for his tenure, including medicare and the Maple Leaf flag: \u201cYou can do big things \u2014 even if you have a minority Parliament. Witness what happened with Mr. Pearson, who achieved great things with minority status.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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