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Selley: Stephen Harper is scary. Check. What else you got?

It is almost painful, sometimes, to behold the “stay the course” mentality that is so bizarrely pervasive among Canadian progressives intent on besting Stephen Harper and his Conservatives. “If we keep telling people how scary this man is,” the theory … Continue reading

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Solomon: Harper’s mission (1)

He is the only PM in memory who has shown any spine in his dealings with China’s brutal plunderers When Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets China’s President Hu Jintao in Beijing next week, it will be a meeting between … Continue reading

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Long game on China

As Prime Minister Harper heads for China in a few days, Canadians, by and large, have a general understanding of what he will be seeking from the Chinese: a commitment to sustain the strategic relationship between our two countries beyond … Continue reading

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Harper blasts western countries for complacency (13)

DAVOS, Switzerland – Prime Minister Stephen Harper set a bold vision for Canada on Thursday, using the European debt crisis as an example of why Canada must chart its own course to avoid a similar fate. Harper used the stage … Continue reading

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Harper to call for ‘urgent action’ to fix eurozone during Davos keynote

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper this week will join the world’s political and business elite at an exclusive summit in the Swiss Alps to deliver some blunt words bound to draw attention to Canada. Among his messages: Europe must … Continue reading

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Wells: Canada’s crude awakening (5)

In hindsight, Stephen Harper’s new fight against the world’s oil sands detractors was a long time coming. Last November in Vancouver, the Prime Minister gave a local television interview in which he warned that “significant American interests” would be “trying … Continue reading

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Taube: Column: Harper did what he had to do to resurrect conservatism

Stephen Harper has long been a lightning rod for controversy in Canada. At the same time, the PM’s influential role in changing the ideological underpinnings of Canadian conservatism has gone virtually unnoticed. There has been an astonishing amount of obtuse … Continue reading

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Harper set to become the ninth-longest-serving Canadian prime minister next week

Rising rapidly among his fellow members of Canada’s ultimate political pantheon, Stephen Harper is just days away from surpassing another of his 21 predecessors — this time John Diefenbaker — to become the ninth longest-serving prime minister in the country’s … Continue reading

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Phillips: A statesman for the west

The excellent Tim Montgomerie makes the point in a Guardian column today that, having headed a minority government for five years, the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper last May led his Conservative party to its first majority in two decades. Montgomerie cites … Continue reading

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Harper handles Keystone well (3)

Prime Minister Stephen Harper may some day be a key exhibit in political science courses on the importance of periodically changing governing parties. Previously un-touchable topics are now open for debate, reconsideration and change because he and the Conservative party … Continue reading

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Canadians expect provinces to help federal government fight crime: Stephen Harper

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says his contentious anti-crime measures aren’t “terribly expensive” and provinces such as Ontario and Quebec that complain about having to foot the bill for the added costs to their prison systems should accept their … Continue reading

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