For the first time since his defeat a decade ago, former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper took centre stage this week with a refreshing show of bipartisanship and a call for national unity — a message the country and his party needed to hear.
The occasion was Harperpalooza or Harperfest as some Conservative staffers referred to the celebrations, a week’s worth of events in the capital to mark 20 years since Harper first became prime minister.
