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Upcoming Event: Breakfast with Rob
September 11, 2010, 9am
Location: Pilar and Post, Niagara-on-the-Lake
MAKE PARLIAMENT WORK TO AVOID UNNECESSARY ELECTION: PRIME MINISTER - August 6, 2010
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says making Parliament work is essential if Canada is to avoid an unnecessary election that would jeopardize our economic recovery.
“The economy remains the number one priority of Canadians and of our Government,” said the Prime Minister. “An unnecessary election is the last thing that Canadians need, that the economy needs, at this time.”
To advance the objective of making Parliament work, the Prime Minister today announced the appointment of one of his most experienced, senior Ministers to the position of Leader of the Government in the House of Commons. The Honourable John Baird has a mandate to work cooperatively with the other parties and make Parliament function.
CONSERVATIVES TAKE ACTION TO END ENTITLEMENTS FOR PRISONERS- June 1, 2010
On Tuesday, Diane Finley, Canada’s Minister of Human Resources & Skills Development, and Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu took steps to eliminate government entitlements for certain prisoners.
Our Conservative Government believes that Canadians who work hard, contribute to the system, and play by the rules deserve government benefits such as Old Age Security. It is wrong and obviously unfair that prisoners who broke the rules receive the same entitlements as law-abiding Canadians.
Mass murderer Clifford Olson, a man who murdered 11 children, is receiving government entitlements even though he forever altered the lives of his victims’ families, and traumatized the communities where he committed his dreadful crimes.
CONSERVATIVES TAKE ACTION TO ENHANCE SAFETY AND SECURITY IN THE ONLINE MARKETPLACE May 25, 2010.
On Tuesday, Tony Clement, Canada’s Minister of Industry and Denis Lebel, Minister of State, announced two important steps our Conservative Government is taking to enhance the safety and security of the online marketplace. By introducing amendments to legislation protecting the personal information of Canadians and reintroducing anti-spam legislation in the House of Commons, our Government is taking important steps to position Canada as a leader in the digital economy.
Our Conservative Government believes Canadian shoppers should feel just as confident in the electronic marketplace as they do at the corner store.
STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA April 21, 2010
Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued the following statement to mark National Volunteer Week, April 18 to 24:
“Over 12 million Canadians volunteer their time and energy to make their communities, this country and the world a better place.
“We all know some of these selfless people, having experienced first-hand their contributions to a broad range of charities and other organizations. Often their work is essential to keeping an organization or service up and running.
PM TO ATTEND THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 9, 2010
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that he will attend the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C. from April 12-13. The Summit will bring together representatives from 47 countries, including all G-8 and G-20 members. It will provide an opportunity for the representatives to discuss nuclear terrorism and the pressing need to further develop and implement internationally-coordinated efforts to enhance nuclear security worldwide.
“The Nuclear Security Summit will provide Canada with an opportunity to highlight Canadian leadership on nuclear security and its cooperation with the United States and other partners to ensure that all nuclear materials are secure so that they do not fall in the hands of terrorists,” said the Prime Minister.
CONSERVATIVE ACTION TO STRENGTHEN JUSTICE SYSTEM MARCH 16, 2010
On Tuesday, Rob Nicholson, Canada’s Minister of Justice was joined by Minister Paradis and Senator Boisvenu to announce legislative amendments that would strengthen the way the young offenders system deals with violent and repeat young offenders.
This bill is entitled Sébastien’s Law, in memory of Sébastien Lacasse. It honours his parents, Line and Luc and other courageous families who have fought tirelessly for the rights of victims and to make a difference in the lives of others.
Today, Canada’s Finance Minister Jim Flaherty presented our Conservative Government’s Budget plan, which is helping to lead the way on jobs and growth.
As Canadians remain concerned about jobs and the economy, our Government has held hundreds of consultations with Canadian workers and businesses. As a result, Year 2 of Canada’s Economic Action Plan builds on Canada’s economic recovery with action to sustain our country’s economic advantage and chart the way forward to balance our budget.
The priorities of Canadians are at the forefront of plan to lead the way on jobs and growth. As Year 2 of Canada’s Economic Action Plan rolls out, it contains important stimulus measures to help create jobs now, including the rapid rollout of infrastructure projects across the country. It takes additional steps to protect existing jobs and create new ones, and it looks ahead to the future in order to secure Canada’s long-term growth.
We are also taking steps to reduce the deficit and to return to balanced budgets in the medium term. At the same time, we will not balance the budget by cutting transfer payments for health care or education, or by raising taxes on hard-working Canadians.
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THE PARTY’S OVER FOR CRIMINALS WITH CONSERVATIVE ACTION ON 2-FOR-1 SENTENCING - February 23, 2009
On Tuesday, our Conservative Government announced that our Truth in Sentencing Act, which ends 2-for-1 and in some cases, 3-for-1 sentencing, is now the law of the land.
The Act will strictly limit the amount of credit that is granted to criminals for their time served in custody prior to sentencing.
Law-abiding Canadian families who work hard and play by the rules deserve to have confidence in our justice system. Unfortunately, after thirteen long years of Liberal inaction on crime, that confidence has eroded.
Under the Liberals, it became common practice for courts to grant criminals extra credit for time served before their trial, which put them back on our streets before they had paid their full debt to society.
Our Conservative Government knew this was unacceptable, and we took action. The law that is now in effect proves that we are delivering on our commitment to ensure that criminals serve the sentences that reflect the severity of their crimes.
Canadians Providing Aid to Haiti- January 18, 2010.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Laureen Harper visited the Canadian Red Cross office in Ottawa to make a personal donation towards the relief efforts in Haiti.
Cash donations are the fastest, most efficient way to get help to people living in a disaster zone. Our Government encourages all Canadians to show their generosity by contributing to the registered charity of their choice to help in the earthquake relief. In order to avoid potential fraud, we urge everyone to ensure that their charity of choice is a registered charity. More information can be found at: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/donors/index.html
To acknowledge the generosity of Canadians, our Government has announced that we will match, dollar for dollar, Canadians’ charitable contributions to registered organizations for disaster assistance in Haiti. Thus far, over $30 million has been donated. This is in addition to the $5M preliminary emergency contribution announced earlier this week.
The Canadian Press made a good call, the only sensible and appropriate one they could've, naming Stephen Harper Canada's 2009 Newsmaker of the Year. Not that this tumultuous year began auspiciously for Harper, who closed out 2008 with a fresh, strengthened, minority mandate, but his government on the ropes, threatened by a cobbled-together, Bloc-supported, Liberal/NDP coalition ready to jettison principle in a brazen grab for power.
Harper was rescued from potential political oblivion by Governor General Michaelle Jean agreeing to let him prorogue Parliament and regroup in the face of opposition fury over the government's post-election pre-budget fiscal update announcing elimination of taxpayer subsidies to political parties.
The Conservatives dropped that provision, delivering a new budget in late January containing instead a package of fiscal stimulus measures the opposition parties could hardly vote down. Liberal leader Stéphane Dion was hastily thrown under the bus and replaced provisionally by Michael Ignatieff, whose lack of coalition enthusiasm effectively neutralized that threat, marking a turning of the tide, which pretty much lifted Harper for the rest of the year.
With A Little Help From My Friends PM performs "With A Little Help From My Friends" at the 2009 NAC Gala
For more information on projects in the Niagara Falls riding funded by the Government of Canada, click here.
PM meets with owners and operators a Niagara Region tourism businesses. - Sept 3, 2009
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today hosted a roundtable for owners and operators of tourism businesses in the Niagara Region to hear their perspectives on the current challenges and future opportunities facing their industry.
“Domestic and international tourism are major sources of economic activity on the Niagara Peninsula, just as they are in numerous other regions of our country,” said the Prime Minister. “Thousands of jobs depend on the tourism sector, which is why all levels of government and private industry must work together to promote the many amazing tourism experiences that Canada has to offer.”
More than 1.7 million Canadians depend on tourism-related jobs for their employment. In the Niagara Region alone more than 20,000 jobs depend on tourism-related activity.
The Prime Minister hosted the roundtable on a rehearsal stage at Niagara-on-the-Lake’s world-renowned Shaw Festival. As part of its long-term commitment to help grow tourism in Canada, the Harper Government recently invested $2.1 million in the Shaw Festival as part of its Marquee Tourism Events Program. Shaw Festival organizers used the funding for, among other things, better promotion of their Born Yesterday production in the Toronto market – an investment which resulted in a 40-per cent increase in ticket sales.
“The Shaw Festival is a perfect example of how government, the arts community, and local businesses can co-operate in attracting new visitors and bringing in more tourism dollars,” said the Prime Minister. “We will continue to work with tourism owners and operators in identifying new ways to support this sector and all of the jobs that depend on it.”
Canada’s Marquee Tourism Events Program provides targeted, time-limited support to existing tourist attractions so that they can enhance their programs and bring additional tourists to Canada during the summer vacation period.
PM tours Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory
Congratulates Canadian researchers for their groundbreaking work fighting the H1N1 flu
Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory today. He congratulated the researchers and public health professionals on completing the full genome sequencing of the H1N1 flu virus samples from Canada and Mexico.
Breakfast with Rob
Date: September 11 , 2010, 9am
Location: Pilar and Post
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Board Meeting
Date: September 14 , 2010, 7pm
Location: Spring Street Legion
Niagara Falls
