Health vow vanishes from PM's to-do list

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OTTAWA — Stephen Harper's vow to reduce wait times for medical procedures seems to have mysteriously vanished from the prime minister's famous five priorities.

The Conservative government has rarely uttered the words "wait times" in the past couple of months.

But the vanishing act was complete in a guest column penned by Harper in the July issue of an obscure conservative journal, Report Magazine. The column was unearthed and brought to wider public attention Thursday by Maclean's columnist Paul Wells.

"He seems determined to maintain a communication almost as if not only is he prime minister but he's still sort of the archbishop of the right-wing church. He has to communicate directly with right-wingers to let them know that he's still one of them."

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1. Sonuvabitch!

Also from the article:

"It's been quite a ride ever since, with progress being made on all of our five priorities -— from cleaning up the federal government, to cutting taxes, cracking down on crime, supporting families and strengthening our country at home and around the world," Harper writes.

But until now, strengthening the country was not listed as one of the Conservative government's five priorities.

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