I found this to be an interesting and curious tidbit from the Prime Minister about Michael Ignatieff:
Harper told CTV Atlantic he met with Ignatieff last week, but said he still knew little about the former Harvard scholar and author.
"I've read very little of what he's written. I certainly know he's a noted academic," he said.
For his sake, I hope that he's got some people on the staff doing some research. As someone who has read very much of what he's written, I can say that Harper's going to have to bone up on some of the major issues of our times if he wants to go toe-to-toe with Ignatieff. I'm incredibly tired of the gutter politics that has dominated the past few years of Canadian politics, and the prospect of a Harper-Ignatieff intellectual showdown will only meet the lofty expectations if one guy gets ready for that looming battle. And even then, I'm not sure his ideas will surpass those of one of the greatest liberal academics of our time.
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