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Conservative Government and Stephen Harper

Stephen Harper: Fast forward seven years: in the speech from the throne given in October 2013, the Conservative government listed over 100 things they wanted to achieve, according to CTV. A spokesman for the prime minister office said to date, they consider their most significant accomplishment their record on taxes and - When Stephen Harper was first elected prime minister in 2006, he laid out five key priorities for his first term. Some are clearly measurable, like the pledge to balance the budget by 2015. It nearly certain there will be a checkmark next to that one by the time the next election rolls around, exactly one year from now. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.