Stephen Harper: Then and Now

See if you can spot more subtle differences

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Israelis are silhouetted behind a Canadian flag at a rally to thank Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper for his support of Israel during his visit at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem January 20, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM – Tags: POLITICS) – RTX17MX3

The hair’s much greyer, the children are older. See if you can spot more subtle differences that marked Stephen Harper’s near-decade as prime minister.


Stephen Harper delivers the federal budget on Parliament Hill with finance ministers Jim Flaherty in 2007 and Joe Oliver in 2015


Patrick Doyle/Reuters and Fred Chartrand/CP


On the campaign trail in 2006 and 2015


Mark Blinch/Reuters and Tom Hanson/CP


Harper’s first (2006) and one of his last (2009) meetings with a U.S. President


Larry Downing/Reuters and Tom Hanson/CP


Swearing in his first (2006) and last cabinet (2011)


Chris Wattie/Reuters


Getting his kicks at the Quebec Winter Carnival (2007, 2015)


Paul Chiasson/CP and Jacques Boissinot/CP


Celebrating first electoral victory (2006) and conceding defeat (2015)


Fred Lum/Globe and Mail/CP and Jeff McIntosh/CP


The Harper family Christmas cards (2006, 2013)


Sean Kilpatrick/CP and Fred Chartrand/CP


After his first leaders debate (2004) and his last (2015)


Shaun Best/Reuters and Adrian Wyld/Pool/Reuters