Both men were cabinet ministers in the Conservative federal government of Brian Mulroney, and espouse similar social and economic policies.

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It runs fearfully long when you hang out in the bar afterward with the Forbes Global gang: President Bob, Editor Laury Minard and Chairman Brian Mulroney.

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Liberals, however, will remember that it was another new young leader of the right, Brian Mulroney, who in 1984 put an end to their party's long ascendancy.

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