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The Secret Harper Tapes

Dan Cook

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Conservative Leader Stephen Harper mocks himself as he delivers his speech during the annual press gallery dinner in Gatineau on October 22, 2005. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press)

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: "I cannot fire the Leader of the Opposition and with all the tapes I have on him, I do not want to." [News]

File Photo: Conservative Leader Stephen Harper mocks himself as he delivers his speech during the annual press gallery dinner in Gatineau on October 22, 2005. By Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press.

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