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In August 2011, Thomas Mulcair was grieving over the death of his good friend and colleague Jack Layton, and wouldn't even entertain the idea of leading the federal NDP. But after a couple of weeks, he got a call from international law expert Michael Byers encouraging him to run: “The other potential candidates are good, but we need someone who Stephen Harper is afraid of.”
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