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
Our mission is clear. We will restore faith and trust in our public institutions as we keep Canada strong and united.
Canadians can disagree, but it takes a lot to get Canadians to intensely hate something or hate somebody. And it usually involves hockey.
This has been an historic evening in this Parliament and this country. This is not just the end of a tired, directionless, scandal-plagued government. It's the start of a bright new future for this country.
This culture of waste, management and corruption that the Liberal Party practices needs to end, ... I don't think it's going to end with a few firings. I think it's only going to end when we fire the government.
A culture of waste, mismanagement and corruption is not going to fix itself,
That is not value for money and it has to stop.
My smaller cabinet and more streamlined cabinet structure are designed for work -- not for show.
I'll only make promises I know we can afford and we can keep.
Our team is talented and diversified and reflects Canada and we will work hard for all Canadians. The Cabinet that I have put together is smaller, but it will be more focused and more effective.
People who are in cabinet have more responsibility, but everyone in caucus, every elected member of this caucus, has equal power.
The biggest thing I want to do on foreign policy is to increase Canada's foreign policy capacities, whether they be in foreign aid, or military capacity or disaster assistance. We want Canada to be able to do more.
So we recognize, continue to recognize, the concept, but as I say, I'm glad to see the situation of the provinces is not quite as urgent as it's been.
move forward and address the real priorities of Canadians.
I think things are looking up, but you don't know until people actually go into the voting booth.