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17 unusual facts about Stephen Harper


Alberta Agenda

The Alberta Agenda is a loosely-organized political movement initiated by a letter written by prominent Albertans, including future Prime Minister Stephen Harper and 2006 Alberta PC leadership candidate Ted Morton, urging Albertan Premier Ralph Klein to fully exercise Alberta's constitutional powers.

Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper earlier expressed his intention to join the Partnership in August 2007, despite some domestic opposition.

Better Now

For the 2008 Canadian election, Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper used the song as his intro music when he entered his party HQ for a victory speech.

Canadian Red Ensign

Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the decision after lobbying by veterans groups and then-Parliamentary Secretary Jason Kenney.

Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations

In December 2008, the conference presented Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and his government as a whole, with its inaugural "International Leadership Award" for his support for Israel.

Corriere Canadese

Its longtime political editor, Angelo Persichilli left to become the director of communications in the Canadian Prime Minister's Office of Stephen Harper.

Hassan Abdillahi

In November 2009, Abdillahi was presented with a National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada (NEPMCC) award by Prime Minister Stephen Harper at an event in Seneca College.

Jason Collett

At a recent show at Queen's University, Collett expressed his displeasure for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Marine Stewardship Council

The year before, the salmon run of the Fraser River (a part of the fishery) was only 1.4 million (M) of a predicted 11 M salmon and had prompted the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to launch a judicial enquiry.

Motion of no confidence

In 2008, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, of the re-elected minority government of Canada, requested that Governor General Michaëlle Jean prorogue Parliament.

National Research Universal reactor

Prime Minister Stephen Harper accused the "Liberal-appointed" CNSC for this shutdown which "jeopardized the health and safety of tens of thousands of Canadians".

Negative campaigning

Similar backlash happened to the Liberal Party in the 2006 federal election for running an attack ad that suggested that Conservative leader Stephen Harper would use Canadian soldiers to patrol Canadian cities, and impose some kind of martial law.

NoCGV Svalbard

On 9 July 2007 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper had announced that Canada would be building six to eight corvettes modeled after the Svalbards design.

Parliamentary immunity

In the run-up to the 2006 election in Canada, Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper denounced the ruling Liberal Party on the floor of the House of Commons, contending that the government ran "a massive corruption ring using organized crime to defraud taxpayers."

Rockcliffe Park Public School

Current Prime Minister Stephen Harper's daughter attends the school, as did his son, the three sons of Pierre Trudeau and the children of John Turner.

Theoconservatism

The current Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, has been referred to by his critics as a "Theo-con".

Title of authority

When used in conjunction with proper names, titles of office are capitalized (and usually not otherwise): The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada.


Baitun Nur

Baitun Nur had its grand opening to the public on July 5, 2008, with 5000 people in attendance, including dignitaries such as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Opposition Leader Stéphane Dion, and Calgary Mayor Dave Bronconnier.

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Toronto

The Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper, then-Premier of Ontario Dalton McGuinty and then-Mayor of Toronto David Miller, were in attendance at the opening.

Canadian leaders debates

The five participants were Conservative leader and incumbent prime minister Stephen Harper, Liberal leader Stéphane Dion, NDP leader Jack Layton, Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe, and Green Party leader Elizabeth May.

The four participants in both debates were Conservative leader and incumbent prime minister Stephen Harper, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, NDP leader Jack Layton, and Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe.

Charles McVety

In November 2006, former Conservative Garth Turner claimed that McVety had once boasted to him of his influence with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, saying "I can pick up the phone and call Harper and I can get him in two minutes." McVety flatly denied saying this, after which Turner firmly reiterated his claim.

CHNU-DT

Following an initial three-year run that included feature interviews with the likes of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, author Salman Rushdie, Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Shirin Ebadi, and HRH Prince Edward, the program was replaced in June 2008 with The Daily when S-VOX took over ownership of the station from Rogers.

Dean Del Mastro

In March 2013, NDP MP Charlie Angus called on PM Stephen Harper to remove Del Mastro from the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.

Frank Fagan

Appointed on the recommendation of Prime Minister Stephen Harper on February 2, 2013, Fagan was sworn in on 19 March 2013, succeeding John Crosbie.

Health Canada

The current Minister of Health is Rona Ambrose, a Conservative Member of Parliament appointed to the position by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Jack de Keyzer

First, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's son, Ben, received a guitar lesson from him by request from first lady Laureen Harper at the Prime Minister's residence.

Jacques Demers

On August 27, 2009, he was nominated by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to fill the Canadian Senate seat vacated by Yoine Goldstein.

Pierre Reid

In 2010, Reid and Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper announced funding for a new arena in honour of hockey coach Pat Burns, who was suffering from and later died of terminal cancer.

Priorities and Planning Committee

As of June 4, 2013, the members of the committee are Stephen Harper (chair), Senator Marjory LeBreton (vice-chair), Peter MacKay, Vic Toews, Diane Finley, John Baird, Tony Clement, Jim Flaherty, Jason Kenney, Christian Paradis, James Moore, Denis Lebel, and Ed Fast.

Richard Décarie

Richard Décarie is a Strategy Communication Consultant who was Deputy Chief of Staff of the Leader of the Official Opposition Conservative Party of Canada, the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, at the Canadian House of Commons.

Roy Cullen

In opposition, Cullen broke with the Liberal caucus in 2007 to vote with Stephen Harper's Conservative government in favour of extending Canada's NATO-authorized combat mission in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan for two years.

Saulie Zajdel

He had been a Liberal for decades federally, but switched to the Conservatives, stating that this was due to the Harper government's strong support for Israel and Michael Ignatieff's claims that Israel committed war crimes in Lebanon.

Toronto Street News

Brean cited several articles published by the paper, including a claim Liberal party member Bob Rae had secretly changed his name from "Levine" (to conceal the fact that he is actually Jewish) and a claim that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's real birthday is the same as Adolf Hitler, which the paper claimed “looks good on a resume” for “New World Order types.”

Wes McLean

Before becoming an MLA, he worked as political staffer in New Brunswick and Ottawa, including the offices of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Senate Leader Marjory LeBreton.

Western alienation in Canada

Later decisions of the minority Conservative government of Stephen Harper – on issues such as income trusts and the recognition of the Québécois as a "nation within a united Canada" – caused some dissent amongst a segment of Western Canadians who traditionally supported the Tories.

Yinka Dene Alliance

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was about to meet Hu Jintao to discuss Chinese investment and trade in Canadian energy, which the Northern Gateway project would facilitate greatly.

Zach Churchill

On July 24, 2012, Churchill caused a controversy when he posted on Twitter that former NDP leader Jack Layton would be disgusted the way the provincial NDP are operating in Nova Scotia and described Premier Darrell Dexter as making Prime Minister Stephen Harper, "look like a saint".