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Linchpin in 'NAFTA-Gate' to Step Down

Posted May 22, 08 2:47 PM CDT in Politics,  World 

(Newser) – Ian Brodie, chief of staff to Canada's prime minister and the key figure in the "NAFTA-gate" scandal, will step down by summer, the Globe and Mail reports. Brodie, the architect of the Conservative Party's victory in 2006 elections, is under investigation in leaks that clouded the Democratic primary in Ohio in March.

Leaked memos suggested that Barack Obama's campaign had contacted Canadian diplomats to reassure them that the candidate's opposition to NAFTA on the campaign trail was mere rhetoric; Hillary Clinton ended up winning the primary by a wide margin. Brodie was later reported to have said Clinton's campaign, not Obama's, made the overtures to Ottawa.

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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., makes a campaign stop at Ohio University Southern Campus Child Development Center.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Ian Brodie, chief of staff for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, was linked to leaked reports of talks between Democrat Barack Obama and Canadian officials on Obama's support for NAFTA.   (AP Photo)
Prime Minister Stephen Harper responds to a question in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Thursday, March 6, 2008.   (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Tom Hanson)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., responds to a question about NAFTA during a presidential forum hosted by the AFL-CIO at Soldier Field in Chicago, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007.   (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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