News on Stephen Harper

Canada says must go in tandem with U.S. on climate

2010-04-16T08:17:12Z

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper brushed off criticism on Friday that Canada would act on climate change only in parallel with the United States, saying this was crucial because of In reversal, Canada's prime minister to attend UN climate-change meeting in Copenhagen

Canada's prime minister is reversing his position and will attend a United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen next month, Stephen Harper's spokesman sai...

Canada's PM to join climate talks in Copenhagen

2010-04-16T08:51:38Z

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will attend international climate talks next month, his office said Thursday, as 3,000 scientists pressed Ottawa to seek a deal on deeper CO2 emissions cuts. A spokesman for Harper told AFP he will travel to Copenhagen for the December 7-18 climate talks, but a travel date has not yet been set. T...

Canada, US partner on environment and energy

2010-06-26T00:05:57Z

Visiting US President Barack Obama and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper agreed on Thursday to cooperate on environmental protection and energy security, said Harper. "President Obama and I agreed to a new initiative that will further cross-border cooperation on environmental protection and energy security," Harper told a joi...

Canada to seek continent-wide approach to climate change

2010-04-16T14:38:32Z

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday called for a North America-wide plan to curb CO2 emissions linked to warming, while jumbling his new cabinet's economic and environmental duties. "We want to work with the Americans on regulatory systems relating to greenhouse gas emissions in order that we can work toward the s...

Green Party leader defeated in Canada's election

2010-04-16T12:54:54Z

Green Party leader Elizabeth May failed in her bid to unseat Conservative Defense Minister Peter MacKay in Canadian elections Tuesday, dashing her party's best hope of getting its first MP into the House. May lost by more than 5,000 votes in a campaign that saw her go head to head with the key cabinet minister, as the main opposition Liberals chose not to enter this particula...

Canadian leader gambles for majority government

2010-04-16T12:57:49Z

Canadian prime minister takes election gamble for majority government

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is gambling that an opposition pushing an unpopular carbon tax will steer Canadian voters to the right in Tuesday's election and bolster his hold on power. If the polls are any indication, though, Canada's third national ballot in just over four years will give th...

Canada's PM on hotseat in debate over climate change

2010-04-16T13:07:42Z

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper came under fire for his record on fighting global warming in a political debate televised Wednesday ahead of elections on October 14. Former environmental activist and Liberal leader Stephane Dion accused Harper of stalling on climate change since coming to power in January 2006 and tarnishing ...

PM on hotseat in debate over climate change

2010-04-16T13:07:58Z

Liberals crunch carbon tax for Canadians

2010-04-16T13:18:44Z

Canada's Liberals unveiled their election plank Monday, touting the largest tax shift in recent Canadian history, massively cutting income and corporate taxes to offset a new pollution tax. Liberal leader Stephane Dion described the cuts and introduction of a new 40-billion dollar carbon tax to stem emissions linked to global ...

Taxes on diesel, carbon split rivals in Canada election

2010-04-16T13:27:52Z

Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised Tuesday to reduce Canada's excise tax on diesel fuel in contrast to his main rival's plan for a carbon tax, in a heated election campaign. Harper said if his Conservatives are returned to power he would cut the diesel tax by half, from four cents (Canadian, US) to two cents a liter. Liberal...

Stephane Dion, aiming to return his Liberal party to power

2010-04-16T13:28:37Z

He has been derided as "risky" for Canada and a "ball and chain" for his party, but Liberal leader Stephane Dion aims to pull off the move of his political career by snatching the premiership away from conservative Stephen Harper. Dion, 52, was chosen to carry the torch for the Liberal Party in December 2006 as an "acceptable c...

Canada Royal Visit

2010-06-29T15:30:47Z

Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh are greeted by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, as the arrive for a luncheon in Halifax on Tuesday, June 29, 2010. The royal couple is on a nine-day tour of Canada. (AP Photo/Andrew

World Summit

2010-06-27T16:30:20Z

President Barack Obama of the United States, center, joins with other world leaders including Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, right, for the official family photo during the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper welcomes President Barack Obama to the G8 and G20 Summit at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the G8 and G20 Summit at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario, French President Nicolas Sarkozy waves to reporters after being greeted by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper upon his arrival for the G8 and G20 summit at the Deerhurst Resort is Huntsville,