Stephen Harper
Stephen Harper
Stephen Joseph Harper PC MPis a Canadian politician and member of Parliament who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada, from February 6, 2006 to November 4, 2015. He was the first prime minister to come from the modern Conservative Party of Canada, which was formed by a merger of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth30 April 1959
CityLeaside, Canada
CountryCanada
I'll believe it the day I see it.
I like the position we're in. I think we're ready for an election. I think we've got the members, the money and candidates and the support we need to have an election at any time.
I've established a party that is well financed, that is paying its own bills, that has been running in the black. And we can afford to pay for our own partisan activities.
I want the best people in my cabinet. And I want to broaden the base of our party beyond those who voted for it.
That's a pretty serious decision. It involves some big investment dollars in terms of infrastructure, so we're going to want to get, hopefully, some positive indications from the United States on the future of NAFTA when we're elected.
They could knock the GST off of the excise tax. They could knock the GST off of gas above a certain price level. These are the things we propose.
The U.S. defends its sovereignty. The Canadian government will defend our sovereignty.
We all know that I would have preferred an election by now. We didn't have one,
Tonight friends, our great country has voted for change, and Canadians have asked our party to take the lead in delivering that change.
We had a good sleep, we're all excited and we're all feeling pretty upbeat, as you can imagine ... to start rebuilding this great country of ours.
We had a good sleep. The family's excited. We're all feeling pretty upbeat, as you can imagine.
What really needs to happen is this culture of waste and mismanagement and corruption that the Liberal Party practices must end,
Each and every day I will assure you of one thing -- I will dedicate myself to making Canada more united, stronger, more prosperous and a safer country.
You can't come to Toronto without talking about new Canadians. New Canadians are hardworking. They pay their taxes. They play by the rules.