OTTAWA, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The political crisis that shut down Canada's Parliament benefited the governing minority Conservative government in poll results published Friday.
OTTAWA, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Embattled Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was poised Wednesday to seek a suspension of parliament to prevent a power seizure by an opposition coalition.
OTTAWA, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Canada's minority Conservative government faced the threat Monday of being toppled by a coalition of two opposition parties unhappy with economic policy.
LIMA, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- A freer international trade system would boost economies around the world, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in Peru Saturday.
OTTAWA, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Canada's provincial and territorial premiers were warned ahead of a Monday summit in Ottawa that the prime minister has no easy solutions to economic turmoil.
OTTAWA, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced his new cabinet Thursday in Ottawa, with economic expertise high on the agenda.
OTTAWA, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The Canadian Conservative party gained seats and won Tuesday's national election but fell 12 seats short of acquiring a majority government.
OTTAWA, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The Conservative party of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper did better in Tuesday's general election than two years earlier, the CBC reported.
MONTREAL, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The Canadian Conservatives' hopes for a majority government after Tuesday's federal election appear hampered by Quebec separatists, The Gazette newspaper said.
TORONTO, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Two of Canada's political leaders were scheduled to travel coast to coast Monday, campaigning on the last day before federal elections.
OTTAWA, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The second and final debate among Canada's five political leaders in Ottawa focused again on the economy and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's plan.
OTTAWA, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The first of two debates among Canadian political leaders before the Oct. 14 federal election targeted Prime Minister Stephen Harper's economic policies.
OTTAWA, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A Canadian broadcast consortium organizing nationally televised leaders' debates said Tuesday it would increase the time allotted for discussion of the economy.
OTTAWA, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A senior Conservative official resigned Tuesday after admitting he plagiarized almost half a speech Stephen Harper made urging Canada to send troops into Iraq.
OTTAWA, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The Canadian Conservative party is within striking distance of attaining a majority government in the Oct. 14 federal election, the Globe and Mail said Monday.
