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- ↑ Abbas Rana, PM's new chief of staff to shake up Cabinet's chiefs of staff, too. The Hill Times , July 14, 2008.
- ↑ David Akin, Harper shuffling ranks ahead of a busy political season Archived 2009-08-29 at the Wayback Machine , Canwest News Service, August 27, 2009; www.canada.com.
- ↑ Website announcement, Manning Centre welcomes new Executive Director Darrel Reid Archived 2010-09-15 at the Wayback Machine ; www.manningcentre.ca.