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Stephen Harper

Time for Libby Davies to consider jumping ship to become Canada's minister on status of women

Without even getting into any of the current allegations involving Helena Guergis, I can’t think of anyone who has better comported herself in a manner becoming of someone charged to promote equality...

Harper and Hillary talk, as G-8 foreign affairs ministers' meeting opens with a focus on peace

Prime Minister Stephen Harper talked with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday before the G-8 Meeting in Gatineau where foreign ministers are discussing nuclear proliferation, security,...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper Congratulates Lauren Woolstencroft on Paralympic Alpine Gold Medal Win

Prime Minister Stephen Harper today congratulated Lauren Woolstencroft, whose outstanding performance in the women’s giant slalom standing alpine skiing event was rewarded with a gold medal at the...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper Makes His Case to Canada on YouTube

The questions are pouring into Prime Minister Stephen Harper on YouTube, his press secretary said. Ask the PM a question and win an iPod Shuffle. Tweet your question with the hashtag #VOW.

The Olympics Are an Opportunity to Put Affordable Housing Back on the National Agenda

The 2010 Olympics are finally here.  Recent polls show that only 50% of Vancouverites support them.  Rather than focusing on what divides us, it is time to harness the energy and focus our...

Mallick, Decrying Harper's Proroguing of Parliament, Says Prime Minister Wants to Make Canada a "Pale Watery Version of the US"

Heather Mallick writes in the UK Guardian, "If there was a gold medal for shafting democracy at the Winter Olympics, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper would win it. Just before the games open...

PowerUp Canada's Vlog Wrap up of a Disappointing Copenhagen Accord

Did our government truly represent us in Copenhagen?