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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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No Canadian money for eurozone bailout fund: Harper (16)

CANNES, France — Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday that Europe must sort out its own economic mess — and flatly stated that Canada will not provide any funds to bail out the continent. Harper delivered his message during a … Continue reading

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Stevens: Harper solidifies Conservative power with little opposition

People who have plumbed the depths of Stephen Harper more deeply than I have say he will never rest until he achieves his ultimate goal. The goal is not simply to win two or three more elections — although he … Continue reading

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Libin: What the West wants next

Spend enough time driving around Alberta and you might still spot, on the very occasional older model vehicle, the yellow, Reform-era bumper sticker: “No Kyoto, no wheat board, no gun registry.” Those were radical enough ideas back in the mid-’90s … Continue reading

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Keystone pipeline approval ‘complete no-brainer,’ Harper says

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says U.S. approval of a new oil sands pipeline should be a “no-brainer” given that country’s demand for energy and its unpalatable alternatives to Canadian oil. In New York for the opening of the United Nations … Continue reading

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Harper makes ‘remarkable’ gains in best-prime-minister ranking

Stephen Harper is quickly gaining ground as the best prime minister since 1968, according to a new Angus Reid poll. Mr. Harper is in second place in the online survey after Pierre Trudeau, with 19 per cent support compared to … Continue reading

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U.S. crisis ‘very bad’ but Canadian situation much better, Harper says

It should come as no surprise the United States is having a hard time dealing with a mammoth debt crisis that is threatening to push the world’s largest economy over the fiscal edge, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday. At … Continue reading

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Coyne: Our upper house of ill repute

The Senate is Confederation’s original sin, the great stain on the fathers’ handiwork, from which much greater evils have flowed. Structurally, it has contributed to the divisions and weaknesses that have bedevilled the federation. Without some constitutionally appropriate vehicle for … Continue reading

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