Battle with 'dark side' just beginning
28th Jan 2006, 10:56 GMT
The straw man that Stephen Harper knocked down this week should get used it. He might be in for a fair amount of pummelling in the months to come.The prime-minister-designate used his first postelection news conference on Thursday to take a swing at U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins for his country's refusal to recognize Canada's claim to sovereignty in the Arctic.
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