Ottawa

‘Smiles and snake oil’

Stephen Harper apparently takes aim at Jack Layton.

“It matters very much who is making the big decisions, the big decisions, sometimes tough decisions,” Harper said Wednesday evening near the end of a 27-minute speech to a packed ballroom. “They’re not all easy decisions. They’re not all smiles and snake oil.”

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