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
Most of the time they don't even admit a problem exists, ... They point to selective statistics of crime going down.
We can win seats in every region, and at this point I think we are the only party that can realistically win seats in every province.
As we end this week, we're campaigning in areas of the country that have been strong Liberal ridings, at least in the recent past, and I notice Mr. Martin is campaigning in Montreal, which was considered not too long ago the strongest set of Liberal ridings in the country. I think at this point that's an encouraging sign.
I don't think we can ever be sure we will have Mr. Layton's votes unless he is in on the motion itself. And to this point he's indicated no willingness to do that.
All indications I've had to this point is that Mr. Layton still will not support a motion to bring down the government,
When Paul Martin comes after us, as he will - when he comes after me, as he's already planning - take that as proof we are on the right track,
Why is the government not suing the Liberal party to recover the money that was lost or stolen?
What really needs to happen is this culture of waste and mismanagement and corruption that the Liberal Party practices must end,
Even the United States, an allied government, is currently making incursions into our territorial waters without even notifying us, let alone seeking permission.
The government will join, notwithstanding its failure to prepare, its neglect in co-operating with its allies, or its inability to contribute. In the end it will join out of the necessity created by a pattern of uncertainty and indecision. It will not join as a leader but unnoticed at the back of the parade.
You can't come to Toronto without talking about new Canadians. New Canadians are hardworking. They pay their taxes. They play by the rules.
We will improve Canadians' faith in our public institutions by making government more accountable and effective.
We will honor your trust, we will deliver on our commitments.
We will have to put much higher emphasis in exploiting the growing demand of China, India and others for our natural resource sectors - options that did not exists in the 1980s (when free trade was negotiated.)