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Ontario natives fight to keep tax breaks
Ottawa :: Canada | 2 months ago
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Ottawa — From Thursday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Wednesday, Sep. PM EDT O ntario native leaders are warning they will turn their reserves into tax-free shopping zones unless Queen's Park and Ottawa back down from a harmonized sales tax that would...
Tags: Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, Liberal party, Liberal Party, infrastructure funding, Canada, Ontario, Mr Harper, stimulus money, harper government, infrastructure project, Ottawa
Canada PM focuses on Arctic north
Pangnirtung :: Canada | 3 months ago
Credibility Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is on a five-day visit to the northern Arctic region of his country. Mr Harper said it was all part of an initiative to promote Canada's sovereignty in the far north. The prime minister observed a day of military...
Tags: Stephen Harper, Canada, prime minister, minister stephen, Mr Harper, federal government, Northwest Territories
Swine flu hits remote Canada natives
Winnipeg :: Canada | 5 months ago
Credibility Stephen Harper says he is "very concerned" about a skyrocketing tally of swine flu cases in Canada, especially among remote aboriginal communities. "We are very concerned obviously about the H1N1 (flu) generally, and in particular the high incidence...
Tags: Manitoba First Nations, swine flu, Stephen Harper, Mr Harper, David Harper, prime minister, Halifax, manitoba chiefs, minister stephen, ve seen
Harper makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 6 months ago
Credibility Prime Minister Stephen Harper, making a surprise visit to Kandahar Airfield on Thursday, emphasized Canadian contributions to Afghan development over combat efforts in the war-torn country. Harper said that when the Canadian mission began in 2002, the...
Tags: Stephen Harper, Afghanistan, Mr Harper, Canada, Mr. Harper, prime minister, minister stephen, surprise visit, U.S, Kandahar Airfield
National Post, Canada: 'Extraordinary measures' necessary: Harper
London :: United Kingdom | 8 months ago
Credibility Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said "extraordinary measures" are necessary to help the economy come out of a recession. "We will require a range of extraordinary measures to deal with the situation," Mr Harper, 49, said at a press conference in...
Tags: Canada, Stephen Harper, Mr Harper, minister stephen, prime minister, extraordinary measures
The week in 7 stories
Ottawa :: Canada | 9 months ago
Credibility Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said his party is putting Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government on probation after the Jan. 27 federal budget. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press) Canadians held their collective breath as the minority Conservative government...
Tags: Bloc Quebecois, Michael Ignatieff, Gilles Duceppe, Mr Harper, Jack Layton, Mr Ignatieff, George W. Harper, House of Commons, Stephen Harper, federal budget
Tory Speechwriter Quits over Plagiarized Speech
Toronto :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility A campaign worker for Canada 's Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper resigned on Tuesday after admitting he plagiarized large chunks of a speech that Harper delivered in 2003 while leader of the opposition. Owen Lippert, said he "was overzealous...
Tags: Stephen Harper, prime minister, Mr Harper, minister stephen, Iraq, Canada, Liberals, Cadbury Dark Chocette
Canada concerned about Russia's Arctic intentions
Moscow :: Russia | about 1 year ago
Credibility Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday that his government was taking steps to bolster Canada's presence in the Arctic amid concerns about Russian intentions in the frigid zone. Harper charged that Russia has been showing signs of flaunting international...
Tags: Russian Arctic, Canada, Stephen Harper, Mr Harper, Harper Worried
Harper spokesman says PM mulling early election
Toronto :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility A spokesman for Canada's prime minister says Stephen Harper will deliberate over the next few days on whether to call an early election. Harper spokesman Kory Teneycke says there is no common ground with the opposition parties. Harper met Monday with...
Tags: Stephen Harper, prime minister, Canada, Stephane Dion, minister stephen, opposition leaders, Mr Harper, Harper Conservatives, Harper Tories, leaders stephane
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