Unexpected Praise from Spector

In his G&M column (behind subscriber’s wall), Norman Spector, former Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, directs high praise toward Stephen Harper’s federalist strategy:

Where Mr. Mulroney was often intellectually disengaged (his great strengths were in interpersonal relations and as a negotiator), Mr. Harper is a serious thinker who suffers from a schmoozing deficit. And, where Mr. Mulroney’s analysis seldom strayed beyond partisan considerations, Mr. Harper has clearly been doing some hard thinking about the nature of Canada.

Crossposted from Civitatensis.ca