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In 2007 Harper promised Canadian farmers over $1 billion Canadian dollars in farm subsidies but at the same time is pushing to remove the [[Wheat Board of Canada]], a government group that controls the prices of wheat and barley, a move which farmers believe would cost the Canadian farming industry billions of dollars in lost revenues. The [[United States]] also wants the Wheat Board of Canada removed from power because it claims price fixing is unfair to free-trade. Wheat exports to the United States account for only 10% of Canada's wheat production. | In 2007 Harper promised Canadian farmers over $1 billion Canadian dollars in farm subsidies but at the same time is pushing to remove the [[Wheat Board of Canada]], a government group that controls the prices of wheat and barley, a move which farmers believe would cost the Canadian farming industry billions of dollars in lost revenues. The [[United States]] also wants the Wheat Board of Canada removed from power because it claims price fixing is unfair to free-trade. Wheat exports to the United States account for only 10% of Canada's wheat production. | ||
| − | Although Mr. Harper is a member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, a conservative evangelical Christian group, he has not reintroduced capital punishment, sent Canadian troops to Iraq | + | Although Mr. Harper is a member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, a conservative evangelical Christian group, he has not reintroduced capital punishment, sent Canadian troops to Iraq nor banned gay marriage. He has, however, introduced reforms limiting Canadian gun control laws and may be able to implement a more conservative set of policies if his party wins re-election with a majority of the seats in the Canadian parliament. |
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.thestar.com/News/article/164678 Stephen Harper's article on hockey in the Toronto Star] | * [http://www.thestar.com/News/article/164678 Stephen Harper's article on hockey in the Toronto Star] | ||
[[Category:Canada]] | [[Category:Canada]] | ||
Revision as of 18:45, April 24, 2007
Stephen Harper is currently the Prime Minister of Canada. He is also the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
History
Stephen Harper was born on April 30, 1959 in Toronto, Ontario. He received a Master's degree in economics from the University of Calgary.
He was first elected to Parliament in 1993 to represent the riding of Calgary West.
Subsequently, he became the head of the National Citizens Coalition (NCC), a conservative advocacy group in Canada.
In 2002, he became the leader of the Canadian Alliance (CA), a conservative party in Canada.
He was instrumental in the merger between the CA and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, the previously dominant conservative party in Canada.
In an election in 2006, the Conservative Party of Canada [1] elected enough members of parliament to form a minority government and Stephen Harper became the Prime Minister.
In 2007 Harper promised Canadian farmers over $1 billion Canadian dollars in farm subsidies but at the same time is pushing to remove the Wheat Board of Canada, a government group that controls the prices of wheat and barley, a move which farmers believe would cost the Canadian farming industry billions of dollars in lost revenues. The United States also wants the Wheat Board of Canada removed from power because it claims price fixing is unfair to free-trade. Wheat exports to the United States account for only 10% of Canada's wheat production.
Although Mr. Harper is a member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, a conservative evangelical Christian group, he has not reintroduced capital punishment, sent Canadian troops to Iraq nor banned gay marriage. He has, however, introduced reforms limiting Canadian gun control laws and may be able to implement a more conservative set of policies if his party wins re-election with a majority of the seats in the Canadian parliament.
