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Stephen Harper
Leading Canada as prime minister from 2006 to 2015 and uniting its modern Conservative Party.
Federal Accountability Act · GST reductions
- Born
- 30 April 1959
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Canada
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Stephen Harper is a Canadian politician who led two minority governments and then a majority administration. His premiership combined tax changes, trade negotiations and a more conservative direction in federal policy.
Early life
Toronto upbringing
Grew up in the Toronto area before moving west as a young adult.
Economics
Completed undergraduate and master’s degrees at the University of Calgary.
Career
- 1993
Entered Parliament
Won a seat for the Reform Party.
- 2002–2004
Opposition leadership
Led the Canadian Alliance and then the newly merged Conservative Party.
- 2006–2015
Prime minister
Led Canada through three terms in government.
- 2016
Left Parliament
Resigned his seat after the Conservatives’ 2015 election defeat.
Major decisions
Federal Accountability Act
Introduced changes to federal ethics, lobbying and oversight rules.
GST reductions
Reduced the federal goods and services tax from seven to five per cent.
Residential schools apology
Delivered a formal parliamentary apology to former students of residential schools.
Beyond office
Hockey history
Wrote A Great Game about the early development of professional hockey.
Music
Plays piano and performed publicly with Yo-Yo Ma in 2009.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Further source: ourcommons.ca ↗Photo: World Economic Forum / Remy Steinegger. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
