who is the political leader of canada?
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Yep, Stephen Harper of the Conservarive party. 2006\n\nFormerly Paul Martin of the Liberals. 2004 - 2006 \n\nand before that was Jean Cretien of the Liberls. 1994 - 2004\n\nand Kim Campbell of the Progresive Consertives. 1994\n\nand Brian Mulroney of the Progresive Consertives.1988 - 1994
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Canada is a Monarchy, Head of state is the Monarch\n( H. M. Queen Elizabeth II, The Queen of Canada),\nMr. Harper is just the federal Prime Minister.
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Interesting you should ask this today. I live up in Canada and this was the topic of discussion on one of our local radio talk shows. The consensus is that the polls are showing he is a lame duck.
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I think Harper will probably get in, but as the others on this page, I think it will be another minority government.  \n\nI don't think that the Conservatives will ever stand a chance of having a majority government until the Bloc Quebecois stops running.  They seem to take too many votes away from the rest of the federal parties.
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Canada is a good neighbor, but I think they have a bit of an inferiority complex. Beautiful country nice place to visit.  Relations will probably improve now that a Conservative is in office.  We had some great times during the Mulroney-Reagan years
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"The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada), colloquially known as the Grits (originally "Clear Grits"), is a Canadian federal political party positioned around the centre of the political spectrum, combining a generally progressive social policy with moderate economics. The party has been frequently dubbed "Canada's natural governing party", since it was in power for most of the twentieth century, and starting with Wilfrid Laurier in 1896 every leader of the party has served as Prime Minister of Canada. The party has formed the Official Opposition in the Parliament of Canada since February 2006."\n\n"The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Shadow Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster System of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition (or the leader of other smaller opposition parties) form an alternative cabinet to the government's, whose members shadow or mark each individual member of the government. Members of a shadow cabinet are often but not always appointed to a Cabinet post if and when their party gets into government. It is the Shadow Cabinet's responsibility to pass criticism on the current government and its respective legislation, as well as deciding where amendments to the legislation are necessary."\n\nThat's what I found from a search. Hope it helps.
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Stephen Harper:(born April 30, 1959) is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. He was sworn in as Prime Minister by Governor General Michaëlle Jean on February 6, 2006, at Rideau Hall. Harper has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Calgary Southwest in Alberta since 2002, having previously served as the MP for Calgary West from 1993 to 1997. According to Canadian protocol, as Prime Minister, he is styled "The Right Honourable" for life.\n\nAs one of the founding members of the Reform Party, he ended his first stint as an MP to head the National Citizens Coalition. After the ousting of leader Stockwell Day in 2002, Harper became leader of the Canadian Alliance and returned to Parliament. In 2003, he successfully reached an agreement with Progressive Conservative leader Peter MacKay to merge the Canadian Alliance with the Progressive Conservative Party to form the Conservative Party of Canada. He was elected as the new party's first leader in March 2004. He led the Conservatives to a minority government win in the January 2006 federal election.
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Yea. Started the national health care ideal, which then went provincal. But, I like Pierre Elliot Trudeau myself.
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dick Cheney, And I'm Canadian and i know that, let me ask you a question (nicely), Off the top of your head who is the prime minister of Canada? (if you are American)
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Canadians know more about America than Americans know about Canada. This makes sense because America is a superpower, therefore U.S. culture is so ubiquitous. I'm an American and know a lot more about Canada than most Americans. The Canadian Prime Minister is Stephen Harper. Paul Martin came before him. Jean Chretien came before Martin. Canadians are generally more liberal. They allow gay marriage. They have very few restrictions on abortion. Attempting suicide is not illegal there. Canada is officially bilingual. The Queen of England is the head of state i believe. Everything is in metric. They have less violent crime. Canada has universal healthcare.
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See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Harper
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Here 'ya go:\nhttp://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/cabinet.asp?featureId=8\n\nHope that helps!
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What country?\n\nCanada - Stephen Harper\nUK - Tony Blair\nIraq - Iyad Allawi \nSpain - Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero\nAustrallia - John Howard\n\nI could go on but I really don't want too.
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I know several Canadians that put US folks to shame where politics are concerned. They are much more attuned to international affairs, domestic affairs than their southern neighbors are attuned to Canadian affairs.
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Nick Wright of Halifax.\n\nThe Green Party of Nova Scotia is a newly formed political party in the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia.\n\nIt was formed to contest the upcoming Provincial election and held its founding convention on March 4-5, 2006. At the convention the Party unanimously approved its constitution, voted to support the six-principles of the Global Green Charter, elected an executive and chose a Party logo. Nick Wright of Halifax, Nova Scotia won the contested leadership nomination race over long-time Green Party of Canada candidate and organizer Sheila Richardson of Wolfville, Nova Scotia. In his acceptance speech Wright declared that the Party will be running a full slate of 52 candidates in the upcoming Provincial Election to ensure that every Nova Scotian will have the oppertunity to vote Green.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_of_Nova_Scotia
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Stephen Harper as of Feb. 6th, 2006.\n\nHe replaced Tony Martin who served from Dec. 12th, 2003 to Feb. 6th, 2006.\n\nhttp://www.canadainfolink.ca/pms.htm
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He is the current South African president. He is the leader of the African National Congress (ANC) in South African politics.