Time Magazine's 2006 Canadian Newsmaker Of The Year Is Stephen Harper
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TORONTO, Dec. 17 /CNW/ - In its much anticipated annual special issue,
TIME Magazine has chosen Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper its 2006
Canadian Newsmaker of the Year. The story appears within TIME's annual Person
of The Year enhanced issue (dated December 25, 2006, on newsstands for two
weeks beginning tomorrow).
The Prime Minister who was "once dismissed as a doctrinaire backroom
tactician with no experience in government has emerged as a warrior in power,"
writes TIME contributing editor Stephen Handelman. "Defying conventional
wisdom about how to lead a minority government (very, very cautiously),
Canada's 22nd Prime Minister led Canadians on a bold, and discomfiting,
journey of political change. He slashed more than $1 billion worth of federal
programs, reshuffled the federal bureaucracy, and reopened the wounds of the
national unity debate by supporting Quebec's right to declare itself a
'nation.' At the same time he has introduced a new standard of accountability
for federal politicians, stewarded Canada's first major deployment of troops
to a combat theater in five decades and, for good measure, negotiated an end
to a long-simmering trade wrangle with the U.S. over softwood exports.
"If Harper wins the majority he craves, in the election expected sometime
next year, he may yet turn out to be the most transformational leader since
Trudeau. He has set himself the messianic tasks of remaking Canadian
federalism by curbing Ottawa's spending powers and overhauling Canada's health
care and social welfare system...For the way he has dramatically reshaped the
national conversation, for restoring a sense of competence and integrity to
high public office, and for proving that big ideas still matter in Canadian
politics, Stephen Harper has been chosen by TIME as Canada's Newsmaker of
2006," concludes Handelman.
The Canadian Newsmaker of the Year is an annual editorial special that
began over ten years ago. The Newsmaker is defined as the person, place,
group, or thing that has the most impact - for better or for worse - on the
news in Canada. (Source)
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