ENG - Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is the twenty-second and current Prime Minister of Canada, and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Harper became Prime Minister after his party won a minority government in the January 2006 federal election. He is the first Prime Minister from his current political party, and the first since 1993 from any Conservative party, following twelve years of government by the Liberal Party. Harper is the first Canadian prime minister born in the second half of the twentieth century.
With a small increase in the percentage of the popular vote, though accompanied by a decrease in the actual numerical tally, Harper's Conservative Party won the October 2008 federal election with increased representation, winning 143 of 308 Commons seats, a ...
montrealgazette.com January 5, 2009
By Janice Tibbetts, Canwest News Service
OTTAWA — As Thomas Cromwell was quietly sworn in Monday as the newest judge on the Supreme Court of Canada, critics accused Stephen Harper of playing fast and loose with the appointment process by abandoning his own promise to make the system more public.Two legal scholars lambasted the prime minister for walking away from plans to include MPs in selecting the newest member of the high court and to hold a public hearing to give Canadians a glimpse of Cromwell before he was elevated to one of the most ...
pibi - in poll Stephen Harper Unprecedented move by Harper in attempt to hang on to power
Prime Minister Stephen Harper shut down Parliament on Thursday in an unprecedented attempt to keep his government in power, fending off a no-confidence vote he was all but certain to lose.
Less than two months after winning re-election, Harper successfully asked the unelected representative of the head of state for the authority to close down Parliament until Jan. 26, hoping to buy enough time to develop a stimulus package that could prop up the economy.
"Today's decision will give us an opportunity — I'm talking about ...
spetr - in poll Stephen Harper
