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PM will cheer for Stamps

The Toronto Argonauts' stunning loss to the Calgary Stampeders in the 1971 Grey Cup prompted tears in front of the television from the boy who would eventually become Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

The Toronto Argonauts' stunning loss to the Calgary Stampeders in the 1971 Grey Cup prompted tears in front of the television from the boy who would eventually become Prime Minister Stephen Harper. But he says he'll be siding with the westerners when the two teams meet again in Toronto on Sunday.

Harper was a 12-year-old growing up in Toronto when the two teams clashed in Vancouver. "I still have a soft spot for them," he said.

"But I now live in Calgary so I've got to be on the side of my new home town."