Harper...Plagiarized speech?

A staff member, Owen Lippert was revealed to have plagiarized a speech from the Australian Prime Minister in March 2003, which Harper read days after it was originally given. Owen says, "Neither my superiors in the Office of the Leader of the Opposition nor the leader of the Opposition was aware that I had done so." Although Harper had no idea, i would always double check for any mistakes such as this, because as Prime Minister of Canada, I wouldn't want other people to ruin my image. Owen apologized and resigned on Tuesday, September 30, 2008.


Australian Prime Minister John Howard on the left giving a speech on the War in Afghanistan
with Canadian Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper on the right speaking two days afterward.
(Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/story/2008/09/30/rae-harper.html#socialcomments)