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Harper's honeymoon over 'before it began'
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Feb 11, 2006 08:41am |
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| News Date | Saturday, February 11, 2006 02:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | OTTAWA — It wasn't supposed to be this way.
Given the experienced brain trust on Stephen Harper's Conservative transition team, no one was predicting such a controversial first week for the new prime minister and his rookie cabinet.
The brouhaha began 25 minutes before Harper was even sworn into office Monday morning, when former Liberal industry minister David Emerson arrived at Rideau Hall in front of a gob-smacked national media to be sworn in as Tory trade minister.
By Friday, the array of troubles ranged from the Conservative front bench to its parliamentary secretaries, from federal-provincial relations through the Tory back bench, and even into its beleaguered communications group and the harried departmental staffing team.
"It's sort of like, 'The best laid plans go awry,"' said Jonathan Rose, an expert in political communications at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. |
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