From Canada's golden role as host of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, to the country's failed bid for a seat on the UN Security Council, and the very visible and costly G8 and G20 summits, Prime Minister Stephen Harper held a solid front-page position in the world's headlines in 2010.

CTV News Chief Anchor and Senior Editor Lloyd Robertson along with CTV Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife deliver CTV's annual year-end interview with the Prime Minister, in the one-hour exclusive CTV Special Presentation A CONVERSATION WITH THE PRIME MINISTER, Saturday, Dec. 25 at 7 p.m. ET.

The special airs again on CTV on Sunday, Dec. 26 at 5 p.m. ET and on CP24 at 1 p.m. ET and 12 midnight ET. As well, the interview will be available on-demand at CTV.ca immediately following the premiere broadcast.

A CONVERSATION WITH THE PRIME MINISTER includes a first-ever television interview with Laureen Harper, who joins her husband to talk about life in the spotlight, convincing her husband to sing in public, her charitable causes, raising their children at 24 Sussex Drive, and the more than 150 cats they've rescued. The special also takes viewers on a rare visit to Harrington Lake, the country retreat for Canada's prime ministers located in Quebec's Gatineau Hills.

The Prime Minister's final televised interview of the year provides Canadians with a round-up of 2010 and a look ahead to next year, with Robertson and Fife asking the tough questions Canadians want answered about topics including Canada's economic recovery, plans for a Continental Security Perimeter with the United States; the decision for Canada's troops to remain in Afghanistan until 2014; as well as discussion about the federal budget and the federal debt; and the likelihood of a federal election in 2011.

A CONVERSATION WITH THE PRIME MINISTER has been an annual year-end CTV tradition since the network's first interview with Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson more than four decades ago. Since then successive Canadian Prime Ministers have shared their perspective on the year gone by and their hopes for the future in the hour-long special presentation. Brett Mitchell is the Senior Producer of A CONVERSATION WITH THE PRIME MINISTER. Anton Koschany is Executive Producer. Robert Hurst is President of CTV News and Current Affairs. Susanne Boyce is President, Content, Creative and Channels, CTV Inc.

CTV News is Canada's most-watched news organization both locally and nationally and has a network of national, international and local news operations. CTV News operations include CTV NEWS CHANNEL, BNN – Business News Network, CP24, Court TV and information programming, including CTV NATIONAL NEWS WITH LLOYD ROBERTSON, CANADA AM, W5, POWER PLAY and QUESTION PERIOD. With a perspective that is distinctly Canadian, CTV News brings Canadians the international and domestic news stories of the day and is the number-one news organization in Canada.