Stephen Harper’s issues with Justin Trudeau’s father

What the Prime Minister had to say about Pierre Trudeau

<p>Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau at a Constitutional Conference Sep. 11, 1980 in Ottawa. The Canadian Press Images/Paul Chiasson</p>

Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau at a Constitutional Conference Sep. 11, 1980 in Ottawa. The Canadian Press Images/Paul Chiasson

A week from now, barring something quite shocking, Justin Trudeau will stand in the House of Commons as the 13th leader of the Liberal party and ask the Prime Minister the sixth and seventh questions of the afternoon.

On that note, here again is the op-ed Stephen Harper wrote about Pierre Trudeau in October 2000, as published by the National Post a week after the elder Trudeau’s death.

(Also: Please note the prediction I made in the preamble.)