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A network of guardians and warriors constitute the court of successful leaders. He is their master and they his courtiers. They may not know each other well, they may be jealous of one another's place in the ranks and fight among themselves, but the retin
TORONTO—The unfortunate death of Michael Ignatieff's director of communications last month as he motorcycled to work evoked substantial attention and shock among his colleagues and others who labour on the Hill. The story made the national media, a sobering reminder of how sudden death might visit anyone including those in the prime of life and career. Mario Laguë was no lowly or unaccomplished functionary. His significant contributions to Canadian and Quebec public affairs included service to Québec City as its agent in Mexico and Venezuela and as Ottawa's ambassador to Costa Rica. Laguë had toiled for Robert Bourassa, Jean Chrétien, and Paul Martin and had aided the federal Cabinet's work for five years as its assistant secretary. Yet, few Canadians who heard or read of his untimely demise knew of him although he had the ear of two prime ministers, a premier, and the current opposition leader whose summer bus tour he had helped organize.
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Entourage: the leader and his retinue
A network of guardians and warriors constitute the court of successful leaders. He is their master and they his courtiers. They may not know each other well, they may be jealous of one another's place in the ranks and fight among themselves, but the retin
TORONTO—The unfortunate death of Michael Ignatieff's director of communications last month as he motorcycled to work evoked substantial attention and shock among his colleagues and others who labour on the Hill. The story made the national media, a sobering reminder of how sudden death might visit anyone including those in the prime of life and career. Mario Laguë was no lowly or unaccomplished functionary. His significant contributions to Canadian and Quebec public affairs included service to Québec City as its agent in Mexico and Venezuela and as Ottawa's ambassador to Costa Rica. Laguë had toiled for Robert Bourassa, Jean Chrétien, and Paul Martin and had aided the federal Cabinet's work for five years as its assistant secretary. Yet, few Canadians who heard or read of his untimely demise knew of him although he had the ear of two prime ministers, a premier, and the current opposition leader whose summer bus tour he had helped organize.
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