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Stephen Joseph Harper, né le 30 avril 1959 à Toronto, est un homme d'État canadien. Il est Premier ministre du Canada du 6 février 2006 au 4 novembre 2015.

Il représente la circonscription de Calgary Heritage à la Chambre des communes de 2015 à 2016, après avoir représenté Calgary-Ouest de 1993 à 1997, puis Calgary-Sud-Ouest de 2002 à 2015. Membre fondateur du Parti réformiste, il quitte le Parlement temporairement pour diriger la Coalition nationale des citoyens, un groupe de pression conservateur qui milite en faveur d'une réduction des impôts et du rôle du gouvernement. Après la démission de Stockwell Day de son poste de chef du parti, en 2002, Harper est élu chef de l'Alliance canadienne. En 2003, il réussit à conclure un accord avec Peter MacKay, chef du Parti progressiste-conservateur, pour fusionner les deux partis. Le 20 mars 2004, Harper est élu chef du nouveau Parti conservateur et il le reste jusqu'au 19 octobre 2015.

Le 23 janvier 2006, il remporte les élections fédérales face au Premier ministre sortant Paul Martin. Il est assermenté avec son gouvernement le 6 février 2006, formant un gouvernement minoritaire et mettant un terme à plus de douze ans de gouvernement du Parti libéral. Le 14 octobre 2008, il est réélu comme Premier ministre pour un deuxième mandat, dans un gouvernement minoritaire renforcé. Le 27 novembre 2008, son gouvernement dépose un énoncé économique jugé inacceptable par les partis d'opposition, qui s'unissent quelques jours plus tard afin de défaire le gouvernement. Le 5 décembre 2008, le Premier ministre demande à la gouverneure générale Michaëlle Jean de proroger la session parlementaire afin d'éviter un vote de confiance prévu par les partis d'opposition. Il est finalement renversé par une motion de censure pour « outrage au Parlement » en mars 2011. À la suite d'élections fédérales anticipées en 2011, il obtient la majorité absolue et est réélu pour un mandat de quatre ans.

Bien que Harper soit réélu lors des élections fédérales de 2015, les conservateurs sont battus par le Parti libéral. Son chef Justin Trudeau accède ainsi au poste de Premier ministre. Le 25 mai 2016, Stephen Harper fait savoir qu'il quitte la vie politique et démissionnera de son mandat de député avant la reprise des travaux parlementaires ; sa démission est effective le 26 août 2016. Wikipedia  

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Stephen Harper: Citations en anglais

“I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome. …Atlantic Canada's culture of defeat will be hard to overcome as long as Atlantic Canada is actually physically trailing the rest of the country.”

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New Brunswick Telegraph Journal, May 29, 2002.
2002

“These proposals included cries for billions of new money for social assistance in the name of “child poverty” and for more business subsidies in the name of “cultural identity. In both cases I was sought out as a rare public figure to oppose such projects.””

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The Bulldog, National Citizens Coalition, February 1997.
1990s

“When Ralph Goodale tried to tax Income Trusts they showed us where they stood, they showed us their attitude towards raiding Seniors hard earned assets and a Conservative government will never allow either of these parties to get away with that.”

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39th Canadian General Election 2006 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9mibZYpVPY - On October 31, 2006, barely ten months into the Conservative run minority Government of Canada, Canadian (Conservative) federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced a new 34% tax on income trust distributions.
2006

“I think I have been perfectly clear in saying that I hope Canadians do elect a majority government. I think this cycle of election after election, minority after minority is beginning to put some of the country's interests in serious jeopardy.”

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2011 English Language Leaders' Debate, April 12, 2011, http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20110413/main-election-110413/20110413?s_name=election2011.
2011

“The Bloc Québécois is equivalent to your Southern secessionists, Southern Democrats, states rights activists. The Bloc Québécois, its 44 seats, come entirely from the province of Quebec. But even more strikingly, they come from ridings, or election districts, almost entirely populated by the descendants of the original European French settlers.”

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1990s, Speech to the Council for National Policy (1997)

“This party will not take its position based on public opinion polls. We will not take a stand based o­n focus groups. We will not take a stand based o­n phone-in shows or householder surveys or any other vagaries of public opinion… In my judgment Canada will eventually join with the allied coalition if war on Iraq comes to pass. The government will join, notwithstanding its failure to prepare, its neglect in co-operating with its allies, or its inability to contribute. In the end it will join out of the necessity created by a pattern of uncertainty and indecision. It will not join as a leader but unnoticed at the back of the parade.”

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Hansard, January 29, 2003: On the Iraq war.
2003

“We support the war effort and believe we should be supporting our troops and our allies and be there with them doing everything necessary to win”

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Montreal Gazette, April 2, 2003: On the Iraq war.
2003

“The Liberal party is very much your northern Democrat, or mainstream Democratic party, a party that is less concessionary to the secessionists than the PCs, but still somewhat concessionary. And they still occupy the mainstream of public opinion in Ontario, which is the big and powerful province, politically and economically, alongside Quebec.”

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1990s, Speech to the Council for National Policy (1997)

“Corruption is not a Canadian value!”

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In response to former Prime Minister Paul Martin suggesting that Liberal Party values are Canadian values on April 10th, 2005. CTV News http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1113091097636_23/
2005

“The treatment of children in Indian residential schools is a sad chapter in our history… Two primary objectives of the residential schools system were to remove and isolate children from the influence of their homes, families, traditions and cultures, and to assimilate them into the dominant culture.”

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Apology to Residential School victims, Parliament, June, 2008.: On Canada
2008

“[The Liberal party is a] moderate Democrat, a type of Clinton-pragmatic Democrat. It's moved in the last few years very much to the right on fiscal and economic concerns, but still believes in government intrusion in the economy where possible, and does, in its majority, believe in fairly liberal social values.”

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1990s, Speech to the Council for National Policy (1997)

“[S]ome basic facts about Canada that are relevant to my talk… Canada is a Northern European welfare state in the worst sense of the term, and very proud of it.”

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1990s, Speech to the Council for National Policy (1997)

“We also have no history of colonialism. So we have all of the things that many people admire about the great powers but none of the things that threaten or bother them.”

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At Press Conference at Pittsburgh, September 2009.
2009

“Last year, when we had the Liberal government putting the protection of sexual orientation in our Human Rights Act, the Reform Party was opposed to that, but made a terrible mess of the debate. In fact, discredited itself on that issue, not just with the conventional liberal media, but even with many social conservatives by the manner in which it mishandled that.”

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1990s, Speech to the Council for National Policy (1997)

“The world is now unipolar and contains o­nly o­ne superpower. Canada shares a continent with that superpower. In this context, given our common values and the political, economic and security interests that we share with the United States, there is now no more important foreign policy interest for Canada than maintaining the ability to exercise effective influence in Washington so as to advance unique Canadian policy objectives.”

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Canadian Alliance Defence Policy Paper: The New North Strong and Free, May 5, 2003.
2003

“"It [referring to calling a Minister "Idiot"] was probably not an appropriate term, but we support the war effort and believe we should be supporting our troops and our allies and be there with them doing everything necessary to win.”

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Montreal Gazette, April 2003: On the Iraq war.
2003

“But I'm very libertarian in the sense that I believe in small government and, as a general rule, I don't believe in imposing values upon people.”

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National Post, March 6, 2004.
2004

“Universality has been severely reduced: it is virtually dead as a concept in most areas of public policy…These achievements are due in part to the Reform Party…”

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Speech to the Colin Brown Memorial Dinner, National Citizens Coalition, 1994.
1990s

“It is imperative to take the initiative, to build firewalls around Alberta, to limit the extent to which an aggressive and hostile federal government can encroach upon legitimate provincial jurisdiction.”

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National Post, January 24, 2001, “Open Letter to Ralph Klein”
2001

“On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction. In our judgment, it was much more fundamental. It was the removing of a regime that was hostile, that clearly had the intention of constructing weapons systems. … I think, frankly, that everybody knew the post-war situation was probably going to be more difficult than the war itself. Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took.”

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Maclean’s, August, 25, 2003: On the Iraq war.
2003

“Those of different faiths and no faith should seek areas of common agreement based on their different perspectives.”

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Faith Today, January 11, 2006, "Faith and Politics: Party Leaders Respond".
2006

“[Y]our country, and particularly your conservative movement, is a light and an inspiration to people in this country and across the world.”

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1990s, Speech to the Council for National Policy (1997)

“In exercising our sovereignty over these waters, we are not only fulfilling our duty to the people who called this northern frontier home, and to the generations that will follow; we are also being faithful to all who came before us, who through great hardship and sacrifice made a quest for knowledge of the North.”

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Announcement of the John G. Diefenbaker icebreaker project, August 28, 2008.
2008

“In terms of the unemployed, of which we have over a million-and-a-half, I don't feel particularly bad for many of these people.”

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Speaking in Montréal, 1997. Sourced from Rebel Youth magazine, Fall-Winter Edition 2006.
1990s

“We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters.”

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Canadian Press Newswire, April 11, 2003: On the Iraq war.
2003

“Then there is the Progressive Conservative party, the PC party, which won only 20 seats. Now, the term Progressive Conservative will immediately raise suspicions in all of your minds. It should. It's obviously kind of an oxymoron.”

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1990s, Speech to the Council for National Policy (1997)

“A transition is taking place in Egypt. In my judgement, there is no going back. I think the old expression, “They’re not going to put the toothpaste back in the tube on this one.””

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CPAC, February 11, 2011, http://www.cpac.ca/forms/index.asp?dsp=template&act=view3&template_id=1383&hl=e.
2011

“They were in favour of gay rights officially, officially for abortion on demand… This explains one of the reasons why the Reform party has become such a power.”

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1990s, Speech to the Council for National Policy (1997)

“It [the Iraq invasion] was absolutely an error. It's obviously clear the evaluation of weapons of mass destruction proved not to be correct. That's absolutely true and that's why we're not sending anybody to Iraq.”

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To Gilles Duceppe during the 2008 English leaders' debate, October 2, 2008: On the Iraq war.
2008

“After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn’t mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It’s a dogma which one is supposed to accept without question.…Make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it is less bilingual today than it has ever been…As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions.”

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Calgary Sun, May 6, 2001.
2001

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