32 results for Stephen Harper

13 June 2013

We assess Canadian-British relations following Stephen Harper's visit to London, preview the Cannes International Festival of Creativity and look back at Iran's Green Movement.

27 May 2016

Canada’s former prime minister Stephen Harper may have been more or less a quiet figure in parliament after being booted out of Langevin Block – home of the PM’s office – last November but that does not mean he’s been…

2 November 2015

Canada will make things official with Justin Trudeau when the Liberal leader is sworn in as prime minister this week. After sweeping the board with his winning election majority and pushing Stephen Harper out of power,…

6 January 2014

We head to Ottawa as environmental protesters interrupt a key economic address by Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper, look ahead to the CES fair in Las Vegas, and speak to Monocle’s editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé in St…

9 December 2015

Buoyed by a strong performance at his first question period in Ottawa this week, Canada’s new prime minister Justin Trudeau is pushing ahead with his ambitious programme to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the…

14 January 2016

There has been a recurring theme in Justin Trudeau’s short premiership so far: Canada’s economy is in trouble and it’s getting worse. The deepening slump in the price of crude oil – which slipped below CA$43 (€28) a barrel…

19 February 2014

We hear from Ukraine for the latest on the government crackdown on protesters, discuss the rekindling of the the North American Free Trade Agreement as Barack Obama and Stephen Harper visit Enrique Peña Nieto and find out…

30 October 2013

Following the arrest of yet another Muslim Brotherhood leader, we ask what next for the group. We also have the latest on the expenses scandal in Canada that's threatening to engulf Stephen Harper's government and talk to…

21 August 2014

Daniella Peled and Shashank Joshi assess the 12 months since a sarin-gas attack in a Damascus suburb, we ask why Canada’s scientists are becoming increasingly frustrated with prime minister Stephen Harper, and trace the…

16 December 2015

Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, set up to investigate abuses of indigenous Canadian children at residential schools, published its long-awaited report on Tuesday, promising that the victims and their families…

9 October 2015

Mohamed Fahmy, who was jailed in Egypt on terrorism charges while working for Al Jazeera, has launched a scathing attack on the Canadian government following his release from prison in September. “So much needs to be done…

11 August 2015

As Greece reaches an agreement with its creditors, we examine the obstacles still left in the country’s road to recovery. We also assess Iraq’s newly approved anti-corruption reform and find out why Stephen Harper has…