Topic: Stephen Harper
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 North America's economic integration. "If the Americans don't act, it ...
In reversal, Canada's prime minister to attend UN climate-change meeting in CopenhagenCanada's prime minister is reversing his position and will attend a United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen next month, Stephen Harper's spokesman said. Dimitri Soudas announced Thursday that Harper decided ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Canadian prime minister takes election gamble for majority governmentPrime 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...