Finley hires PM's best friend to help out on immigration files

John Weissenberger is Prime Minister Stephen Harper's altar ego in a political and a personal sense, says biographer William Johnson.

How many can say the Prime Minister of Canada was your matchmaker? John Weissenberger and Angela Tu-Weissenberger definitely can.

Mr. Weissenberger, who was recently hired as the new chief of staff to Citizenship and Immigration Minister Diane Finley (Haldimand-Norfolk, Ont.) is Prime Minister Stephen Harper's (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) best friend. A former geologist with Calgary-based Husky Oil, Mr. Harper introduced Mr. Weissenberger...