OTTAWA, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is being criticized for reportedly wanting to fill 18 vacancies in a Senate whose powers he wants to limit.
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. 2 (UPI) -- Three opposition leaders in Canada have signed an accord to form a coalition to unseat the minority Conservative government as early as next week.
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.
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.
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said Canada's economy will not be harmed by recent turmoil in the U.S. financial markets.
TORONTO, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Gaps in Canada's food inspection system that foreshadowed the current deadly listeriosis outbreak were detected three years ago, a government report shows.
TORONTO, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Federal election campaigning in Canada has brought Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cuts to arts funding under fire.
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday a Conservative government would relax foreign-ownership rules, including for airlines and uranium mining.
VAUGHAN, Ontario, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A Conservative government would withdraw most Canadian troops from Afghanistan in 2011, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday.
OTTAWA, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, saying the nation's voters will "choose the way forward," dissolved Parliament Sunday and set an Oct. 14 election.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister David Emerson, a Liberal turned Tory, said Friday he would be co-chairman of the Conservatives' re-election campaign.
