Welcome to Twitter, Mrs. Harper

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CALGARY – Laureen Harper and her husband, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the Calgary Stampede in July, 2010. (Photo by PMO photographer)

Many in the Parliamentary Press Gallery have long known that Laureen Harper, the wife of the prime minister, is much more “plugged-in” than her husband. That’s partly because of his position (PMs generally don’t use BlackBerrys) but also because she is more digitally inclined, if you will. I have it on good authority that she’s long been monitoring various blogs and I’m certain she’s long kept  an eye on certain Facebook, Twitter, and other social media networks, soemtimes for her own interests or the interests of her teenaged children and sometimes for her husband’s political interests. Continue reading Welcome to Twitter, Mrs. Harper