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DON WALL - Former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper told an ORBA audience that govern-ments make a big mistake when they build entire new departments to roll out projects, because they have to spend a year or two creating the department.During a wide-ranging, hour-long fireside chat held Feb. 6 and hosted by Catherine Clark, the daughter of an ex-prime minister, Harper touched on the current political climate in Canada as well as the upcoming U.S. election.
Two infrastructure projects in the roadbuilding sector that he is proudest of, Harper said, are the extension of the Dempster highway from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk and negotiations to start construction of the“By the way, I have to tell you, I am proud I actually took that name and ran it by the governor of Michigan,” said the long-time hockey fan.
“Our role was to clean away as much approval process as possible to get this stuff going,” Harper said.
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