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Canada
No longer in office
Prime Minister
Conservative Party of Canada
1,525 days in office
41st Parliament of Canada
30 May 2011 - 02 Aug 2015

After two consecutive terms in a minority government (2006-2008, 2008-2011), Stephen Harper led the Conservative Party to a majority government with 166 seats and 39.62% of the popular vote on May 2, 2011. By rejecting the budget proposed by Harper’s minority government and adopting a motion of non-confidence asserting that the Harper government was in contempt of Parliament, the opposition parties forced the elections.

In the Conservative Party platform entitled “Here for Canada: Stephen Harper’s low tax plan for jobs and economic growth,” Harper’s Conservatives focused on furthering the economic recovery from the Great Recession of 2008. They hoped to obtain a strong mandate to implement the next phase of Canada’s Economic Action Plan, to eliminate the deficit by 2014-2015, and its “tough on crime” agenda for “law-abiding Canadians”. Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party designed a platform with 143 pledges, some of which appealed to very specific market segments according to a political marketing strategy. In Québec, Harper appealed to Quebec nationalists with the slogan “Notre région au pouvoir” (Our Region in Power).

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Viewing 143 of 143 promises

Promise Status as of 04 June 2023

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02-Aug-2015

3.01.10 - “Give the Coast Guard a law-enforcement mandate, to enable them to enforce federal laws on our oceans and on the Great Lakes.”
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02-Aug-2015

3.01.11 - “Establish armed boarding teams including Coast Guard and RCMP personnel.”
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02-Aug-2015

3.01.12 - “Outfit selected vessels with armed capability.”
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02-Aug-2015

3.05.10 - “support for any clean en- ergy project will be based on the principles of respect and equitable treatment for all regions of the country”
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02-Aug-2015

3.10.09 - “Re-introduce legislation to protect vulnerable foreign workers.”
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02-Aug-2015

3.11.06 - “We will strengthen the rights of landowners, by reviewing the Species at Risk Act with a view to ensuring that when compensation is owed, compensation will be paid.”
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02-Aug-2015

3.11.09 - “Implement the accord on Quebec’s offshore resources, by tabling the necessary legislation in Parliament.”
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02-Aug-2015

3.12.04 - “Establish an Adult Fitness Tax Credit (when budget balanced).”
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02-Aug-2015

3.01.07 - “Station 550 personnel at Bagotville […] by 2015 for the new expeditionary wing.”
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02-Aug-2015

3.02.05 - “Maintain the consistent policy of the federal government not to fund professional sports facilities, and we will apply it uniformly across the country.”
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02-Aug-2015

3.07.04 - “We will not cut transfer payments to individuals or to the provinces for essential things like health care, education, and pensions.”
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