The Pollcast: The Stephen Harper years and beyond

The CBCPollcast, hosted by CBC poll analyst and ThreeHundredEight.com founder ric Grenier, explores the world of electoralpolitics,political polls and the trends they reveal.

Stephen Harper will speak to party members on Thursday eveningat the Conservative Party's policy convention in Vancouver. It could be some of thelast words he will speak in publicas an elected member of Parliament.

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Canada's 22nd prime minister is expected to resign his Calgary Heritageseat before the fall, a seat he has held since returning to federal politics in a by-election in 2002.

As leader of the Canadian Alliance, Harper led the party into a merger with the Progressive Conservatives in 2003. Hethen led the merged party to power in 2006, where it remained until it was defeated by Justin Trudeau's Liberals in October.

Harper's 10 years in office have left an impact on the political landscape of the country and shaped the modern Conservative Party. How will Canadians remember his time as prime minister and what will the Conservative Party look like without the only permanent leader it has ever known?

Joining host ric Grenier to look at Stephen Harper's legacy and the future of the Conservative Party is Postmedia's Ottawa political bureau chief,John Ivison.

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