Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: G. L. Peiris says Harper and Canada are alone in the boycott of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and that all other 53 countries of the group are attending, according to Huffington Post. Harper, who says the boycott is in protest of Sri Lanka's human rights abuses, is also threatening to yank Canadian funding to the Commonwealth, which at nearly $20 million annually makes Canada the second-largest financial supporter of the bloc and Sri Lanka's foreign minister says Prime Minister Stephen Harper is "totally isolated" in his decision to ditch the upcoming Commonwealth summit in Colombo, Agence France-Presse reports. "Canada is totally isolated in this situation because we have the overwhelming support of all other countries," he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.