In one election, this leader was harmed by Scott Reid's suggestion that an opposing party's child care subsidy might be used to buy beer and popcorn. One opponent of this leader accused him of plans to expand the St. Lawrence Seaway to benefit his holdings in Canadian Steamship Lines. After succeeding another man of the same party, this man broke with tradition by purging almost half of his predec
In one election, this leader was harmed by Scott Reid's suggestion that an opposing party's child care subsidy might be used to buy beer and popcorn. One opponent of this leader accused him of plans to expand the St. Lawrence Seaway to benefit his holdings in Canadian Steamship Lines. After succeeding another man of the same party, this man broke with tradition by purging almost half of his predecessor's cabinet. That measure may have been caused by Sheila Fraser's revelations that hundreds of millions of dollars in federal money intended to advertise the government in Quebec were wasted during this man's tenure as finance minister. That matter, the Sponsorship scandal, or Adscam, helped lead to this man's defeat after Jack Layton of the NDP supported a no confidence motion against him. For 10 points, name this prime minister of Canada who was succeeded in 2006 by Stephen Harper.