Carson's Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Canadians, who care at all about the consequences of global Climate Change, are going to have a rough time next week. As the pompous figure of Stephen Harper struts onto the world stage we can be confident of nothing so much as his insincerity. He has no intention of doing anything to reduce Canada’s impact on [...]
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Improving trade relations and broaching the subject of human rights might be on Stephen Harper's agenda during his visit to China. But Chinese officials could have a thorny issue of their own to raise with the prime minister - the fact that one of China's most wanted men is still finding refuge in Vancouver.
Conservative Party of Canada (Free subscription) | yesterday
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today acknowledged China’s decision to reopen their lucrative markets to Canadian pork exporters.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Our government, quivering with hate, has turned Canada into a corrupt petro-state most of us are ashamed of George Monbiot wrote a real porcupine of a column this week on Comment is Free, excoriating Canada on its failure to act on climate change. The headline read, "Canada's image lies in tatters. It is now to climate what Japan is to whaling." Brilliant! Just what smug Canada needs, a...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) At the request of the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, and her husband, His Excellency Jean-Daniel Lafond, will undertake State visits to the United States of Mexico, from December 6 to 9, the Republic of Guatemala, from December 9 to 12, and the Republic of Costa...
Accidental Deliberations (Free subscription) | yesterday
Since the ol' browser tabs need some clearing out... - Tom Bradley comments on how the HST will affect the financial sector: Canada's regulatory patchwork, cut up by geography, product type and ancient history, has already inadvertently shaped how investment products are designed and sold. Structured products, for example, fall between the regulatory cracks and have been given freer rein to make marketing...
Bloomberg (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Stephen Harper, making his first trip to China as Canada’s prime minister, will encourage companies such as China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. to invest in Canada’s mining and energy resources.
Doug's Dynamic Drivel (Free subscription) | yesterday
Taking a play directly out of the Karl Rove handbook, P.M. Stephen Harper attacked the people who are questioning why Canada turned over detainees in Afghanistan to the Afghan prison officialsknowing full well they would be tortured. CBC – Harper said that living in a time “when some in the political arena do not hesitate [...]
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 02/12/2009
If accurate, reports of a U.S. withdrawal would explain the lack of pressure on Stephen Harper to extend the Canadian deployment
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
The whole detainee affair, which I’ve largely ignored until now because as far as I’m concerned Canada has done more than its fair share, has spilled over into a partisan shouting match between Liberals and Conservatives. It wouldn’t make much difference to me, except that the two have now taken to launching smear attacks on each other involving our military. The Liberals accuse...
Buckdog (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
Here is an editorial from the China Daily on Harper's visit to the Peoples Republic of China: "Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper will make his first visit to China since taking office in 2006. He is aiming to not only boost trade but repair a strained relationship. Harper, leader of his nation's Conservatives party, will be in China from Dec 2-6, a trip that former Canadian prime minister...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is taking a lot of criticism because he recently suggested that anyone questioning our prisoner transfer policy in Afghanistan was really maligning Canada’s soldiers. Lawrence Martin calls this tactic “intellectually infantile”; Andrew Coyne, using less elegant language, calls it “trash” and Liberal MP Bob Rae stated “To argue that...
Runesmith's Canadian Content (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
Respected British writer and activist George Monbiot has joined the pile-on of individuals , organizations and nations who are horrified by Canada's increasingly obstructionist approach on the climate change front. So here I am, watching the astonishing spectacle of a beautiful, cultured nation turning itself into a corrupt petro-state. Canada is slipping down the development ladder, retreating from...
Canadian Dimension Articles (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
Today famed British journalist and environmentalist George Monbiot wrote an open letter to the people of Canada pleading with us to clean up our act on the environment. In his usual incisive prose he wrote: “Canada’s tactics have caused shock and revulsion everywhere. They are dragging your good name through the mud. Stephen Harper and Jim Prentice threaten to do as much damage to your...
World Nuclear News (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
Two weeks after Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper visited India, he and Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh have announced that they have struck a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.
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