Harper prepares final farewell to party ahead of plans to step down as MP
OTTAWA – Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper is preparing to step down as a Member of Parliament. Harper resigned as Conservative leader after losing the election last fall, but stayed on as MP for...
View ArticleHarper quits Parliament, gets new job
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper has officially resigned as a member of Parliament. Harper has issued a statement, 10 months after he lost the federal election to Justin...
View ArticleStephen Harper gets a new job
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper has landed himself a job with an international law firm. Dentons announced this morning that Harper has teamed up with the firm to provide...
View ArticlePM accused of playing hooky from Question Period
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – It appears Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been playing a lot of hooky from Question Period in the House of Commons. As the opposition tries to hold the federal government...
View ArticleLong-awaited Canada border bill introduced in US Congress
WASHINGTON (NEWS1130) – A bill to simplify crossing the Canadian-US border has just been introduced in American Congress. It’s a long-awaited development. The Harper and Trudeau governments have both...
View ArticleHarper reaches out to alleged victims of Omar Khadr: report
TORONTO – Former prime minister Stephen Harper has reportedly contacted both the widow of an American soldier killed by a grenade allegedly thrown by Omar Khadr and another soldier injured in the blast...
View ArticleInside the explosive Conservative Party fight over Rick Dykstra
During the 2015 election campaign, Stephen Harper’s top aides exchanged tense emails about sexual assault allegations against MP Rick Dykstra, documents obtained by Maclean’s reveal. Dykstra was...
View ArticleFormer PM Stephen Harper says Americans are winners in USMCA
OTTAWA (1310 NEWS) — If there is a winner in the new trade agreement between Canada, U.S. and Mexico, it appears a former prime minister is giving that title to the Americans. It’s been over a week...
View ArticleFirst Nations chiefs boo Scheer for not saying how he’s different from Harper
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says First Nations chiefs will have to wait until his platform is released to see how he differs from former prime minister Stephen Harper. Hundreds of chiefs...
View ArticleFormer PM Harper offers help on trade, but staying ‘neutral’ in UK Tory race
Former prime minister Stephen Harper says he’s willing to help the next British prime minister negotiate a divorce deal with the European Union — but he’s not taking sides in the race to decide who...
View ArticleStephen Harper fundraising pitch used to raise money, for Liberals
OTTAWA — Former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper has been conscripted to help fill the election war chest — of the Liberal party. The Conservatives posted a video Thursday of Harper urging...
View ArticleVancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart slams Andrew Scheer, calls Conservatives ‘a...
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The Mayor of Vancouver is wading into the federal election, and has come out swinging against Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer. Speaking on Wednesday, Stewart said he was...
View ArticleNew poll suggests Tories clearer on the what, not the who, for new party leader
OTTAWA — A new poll suggests Conservative voters are far clearer about what they want in a new leader for their party than who should fill that job. The Leger Marketing survey suggests 29 per cent of...
View ArticleConservative MP Tim Uppal sorry for role in ‘divisiveness’ of Harper-era...
OTTAWA — A former Conservative cabinet minister is apologizing for not pushing against his party’s culturally divisive polices of the Stephen Harper era, including an effort to ban face coverings...
View ArticleTory brand with racialized communities still hurt by divisive 2015 campaign: MP
The Conservative MP leading outreach efforts for leader Erin O’Toole says a six-year-old promise to create a ‘barbaric cultural practices’ hotline still hangs over the party’s attempts to rebuild...
View ArticleFormer Conservative PM Stephen Harper endorses Pierre Poilievre for party leader
Former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper has endorsed Pierre Poilievre to be the party’s next leader. In a rare public return to party politics, Harper released a short video on Twitter...
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