When Mike Harris was Premier of Ontario from 1995-2002, it was very difficult to have any personal interaction with him. He was heavily protected by his staff and his public appearances were always so tightly-managed it was next to impossible to get a word in with him.
Since his left office, however, I have been able to get to know him better, and he even hosted the book launch party for Rescuing Canada's Right in November 2005.
He was in Halifax this weekend attending the same event I was and on Thursday night he joined a small group of us for drinks on Thursday night.
A few tables away, a very elderly gentleman, decked out in full military regalia complete with a bunch of medals and ribbons, sat down with his wife. It was obvious he was a WWII veteran.
Mike Harris got up from our table and went over to talk to the man for several minutes to thank him for his service.
That is the kind of person Mike Harris is.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 1:16 AM
