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Stephen Harper
Stephen Joseph Harper is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. He is to date the only prime minister to have come from the modern-day Conservative Party of Canada, being the party's co-founder and serving as its first leader from 2004 to 2015. Since 2018, he has been the chairman of the International Democracy Union.
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2026· 24 entries
“not just a ceasefire, but a resolution”
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“Mr. Putin ... has no place at the [G7] table, and I don”
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“This is not a coalition, but this is a co-operative effort.”
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“more towards being a party of the religious right”
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Published video “Nous sommes plus forts ensemble”.
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MooseJawToday.com: NexGen Energy Rook I groundbreaking receives praise from Moe, Harper
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rebelnews.com: Stephen Harper says Sun News was a major factor in 2015 loss
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CTV News: Opinion: Stephen Harper wouldn’t win today’s CPC leadership
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arabcanadanews.ca: Would the Conservative Party elect Stephen Harper today?
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Stephen Harper - Canadian PM, Politics, Economics
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Stephen Harper - Canadian PM, Conservative Leader
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Published video “Le PM Carney annonce de nouvelles mesures pour la construction de logements abordables à Toronto”.
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Published video “Nous mettons en place un système alimentaire plus abordable, plus durable et plus résilient”.
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Published video “Le premier ministre Carney annonce une nouvelle entente en matière d’infrastructures avec l’Alberta”.
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Published video “Le premier ministre Carney prononce une allocution à la réunion des premiers ministres”.
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Published video “Le premier ministre Carney annonce un partenariat avec General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada”.
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Published video “Le premier ministre Carney s’adresse aux médias au sujet des droits de douane imposés par les É.-U.”.
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Published video “Une journée dans la vie du premier ministre : renforcer notre économie et nos partenariats mondiaux”.
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Published video “Le PM Carney annonce le plus important projet d’approvisionnement de défense de l’histoire du Canada”.
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Published video “Le Canada resserre ses partenariats au Sommet de l’OTAN, à Ankara”.
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Public attention spiked: 3,092 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.2× the usual 741, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: script-assisted date audit and style fixes per MOS:NUM
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Toronto Sun: Stephen Harper | Toronto Sun
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2024· 1 entry
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Video shows Stephen Harper endorsing passive income for Canadians” Altered video.
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2019· 2 entries
Awarded Companion of the Order of Canada presented by Julie Payette (2019).
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The National Post criticized Harper, by stating that he "lost in 2015 in a way that left his party struggling to make any sense at all, including on deficits
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2016· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Liberty presented by Petro Poroshenko (2016).
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2015· 3 entries
Election lost: 2015 federal election.
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (2015–2016).
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Campaign: 2015 federal election.
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2014· 5 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University (2014).
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Harper addressed the Israeli Knesset in Givat Ram, Jerusalem
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“It is evident that Hamas is deliberately using human shields to further terror in the region.”
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The federal budget was balanced with a surplus of $1
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Said, "I sense that [Harper] sees Israel as a manifestation of justice and a righting of historical wrongs, especially in light of the Holocaust
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2013· 2 entries
As of 2013, the Harper family had two cats, Stanley and Gypsy.
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Canada came out with Global Markets Action Plan to generate employment opportunities for Canadians
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2012· 2 entries
Won Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012).
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Took a plea deal, admitting both improper spending and falsifying records to hide it
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2011· 5 entries
After a five-week campaign, Harper led the Conservatives to their third consecutive election victory—the first time a centre-right party has accomplished this in half a century
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Duceppe stated that Harper had tried to form a coalition government with the Bloc and NDP in response to Harper's allegations that the Liberals may form a coalition with the Bloc and the NDP
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After being found in contempt of Parliament
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Campaign: 2011 federal election.
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (2011–2015).
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2010· 4 entries
In protest of the government's change in policy
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“s economic plan. Jean granted the request. In an interview with CBC News, Prince Edward Island Liberal MP Wayne Easter accused the prime minister of”
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Canada had the lowest debt-to-GDP ratio in the G7 economies
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Canada lost a bid for a seat on the UN Security Council
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2009· 2 entries
Harper announced that he would request the governor general to prorogue Parliament again, effective immediately on the same day, during the 2010 Winter Olympics and lasting until March 3, 2010
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Provided an additional nine people for appointment as senators
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2008· 9 entries
Harper asked Governor General Michaëlle Jean to prorogue Parliament to avoid a vote of confidence scheduled for the following Monday, becoming the first Canadian prime minister to do so
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After a 5-week-long campaign, the Conservatives increased their seat count in Parliament to 143, up from 127 at the dissolution of the previous Parliament; however, the actual popular vote among Canadians dropped slightl
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Allegations surfaced that two Conservative Party officials offered terminally ill, independent MP Chuck Cadman a million-dollar life insurance policy in exchange for his vote to bring down the Liberal government in a May
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“It [the Iraq invasion] was absolutely an error. It's obviously clear the evaluation of weapons of mass destruction proved not to be correct. That's absolutely true and that's why we're not sending anybody to Iraq.”
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“I told them they were wasting their time. I said Chuck had made up his mind.”
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Campaign: 2008 federal election.
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Former-prime minister Jean Chrétien had criticized Harper for missing opening ceremonies for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; in response, Dimitri Soudas, a spokesperson for Harper, called the remarks hypocritical, p
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (2008–2011).
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Fortier gave up his Senate seat and sought election as an MP, but was defeated by a large margin by the incumbent Bloc Québécois MP
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2007· 3 entries
Harper visited Australia and addressed its Parliament
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The Conservative government announced it had finalized free trade negotiations with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
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In a surprise two-day visit which included visiting Canadian troops at the forward operating base at Ma'Sum Ghar, located 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Kandahar, making Harper the first prime minister to have visited th
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2006· 10 entries
Harper introduced his own motion to recognize that "the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada
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Awarded Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service (2006).
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Awarded Canadian Newsmaker of the Year (2006).
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Harper implemented the New Veterans Charter passed with all party support by the previous Liberal government
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Campaign: 2006 federal election.
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (2006–2008).
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The value of trade between these partners was $10
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Canada (2006–2015).
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A "Clean Air and Climate Change Act" was proposed to address air pollution as well as greenhouse gas emissions; it never became law
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The Clean Air Regulatory Agenda (CARA) was established to "support Government of Canada efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) and air pollutant emissions in order to improve the environment and health of Canadians"
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2005· 2 entries
The RCMP confirmed that information in a press release
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Won Alberta Centennial Medal (2005).
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2004· 8 entries
The three signed a letter addressed to the governor general, Adrienne Clarkson, stating, "We respectfully point out that the opposition parties, who together constitute a majority in the House, have been in close consult
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Harper announced his resignation as the leader of the Official Opposition in order to run for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada
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Campaign: 2004 federal election.
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Career landmark: Leader of the Official Opposition (2004–2006).
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Career landmark: leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (2004–2015).
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (2004–2006).
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“the Upper House remains a dumping ground for the favoured cronies of the prime minister”
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Harper said "the Upper House remains a dumping ground for the favoured cronies of the prime minister"
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2003· 2 entries
Harper and Mackay agreed to merge the two parties to form the Conservative Party of Canada
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Harper and Progressive Conservative Party leader Peter MacKay agreed to merge the Canadian Alliance with the Progressive Conservatives to form the Conservative Party of Canada
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2002· 5 entries
Won Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (2002).
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Harper defeated Stockwell Day to become leader of the Canadian Alliance, the successor to the Reform Party, and returned to Parliament as the leader of the Opposition
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Adding, "Politics was not his first love
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (2002–2004).
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Career landmark: Leader of the Official Opposition (2002–2006).
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2001· 1 entry
Arguing that it would "save about $7,000 for each student who does not attend a union-run public school"
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2000· 4 entries
Harper wrote an editorial criticizing Trudeau's policies as they affected Western Canada
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“s policies as they affected Western Canada. He wrote that Trudeau”
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“embark[ing] on divergent and potentially hostile paths to defining their country”
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As a successor party to Reform, Harper predicted that Stockwell Day would defeat Preston Manning for the new party's leadership
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1999· 3 entries
“Universality has been severely reduced: it is virtually dead as a concept in most areas of public policy…These achievements are due in part to the Reform Party…”
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“Canada appears content to become a second-tier socialistic country, boasting ever more loudly about its economy and social services to mask its second-rate status.”
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Arguing that it would serve to consolidate Manning's hold on the party leadership
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1998· 2 entries
But talks broke down because of a disagreement over subsidies to shipyards in Atlantic Canada
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After Jean Charest left federal politics
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1997· 4 entries
The same day that he was appointed as a vice-president of the National Citizens Coalition (NCC), a conservative think-tank and advocacy group
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Harper delivered a controversial speech on Canadian identity to the Council for National Policy, a conservative American think tank
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And instead joined and later led the National Citizens Coalition, a conservative lobbyist group
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“Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society…It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff.”
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1995· 1 entry
Although he later voted against it at third reading stage
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1994· 1 entry
Opposed plans by federal Justice Minister Allan Rock to introduce spousal benefits for same-sex couples
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1993· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1993–1997).
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1992· 1 entry
Because of conflicting strategies over the Charlottetown Accord
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1985· 2 entries
And 1991, respectively, from the University of Calgary
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But later became disillusioned with the party and the government of Brian Mulroney, citing the administration's economic policy
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1978· 1 entry
And was a member of Richview Collegiate's team on Reach for the Top, a televised academic quiz show for high school students
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1959· 1 entry
Born 1959-04-30.
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