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Johannesburg: Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Harper is leading a Canadian delegation to the public memorial planned for Tuesday in Johannesburg, as well as his lying in state in Pretoria on Wednesday, according to CTV. "He was a great, great man," Chretien said of Mandela as he boarded the plane and Prime Minister Stephen Harper and a group of Canadian dignitaries have left for South Africa to pay their final respects to Nelson Mandela. The prime minister is joined by former PM's Jean Chr tien, Kim Campbell and Brian Mulroney onflight to South Africa. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.