Stephen Harper
- Prime Minister of Canada- Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
- M.A. degree in economics from the University of Calgary
- The Harper government has identified five policy priorities, in the areas of federal accountability, tax reform, crime, child care and health care
- To date, the government during Harper's prime ministership has avoided dealing with many of the more controversial social policy positions of the Conservative party, although they have followed through with increasing the legal age of consent from 14 to 16 years, and have promised a free vote to revisit the issue of same-sex marriage.
- Following a debate and vote in the House of Commons, the Harper government renewed the NORAD agreement with the United States, making it permanent and adding maritime defence to the agreement, which previously covered only air defence. Members of the NDP who were highly critical of the agreement, arguing that the arrangement will reduce Canadian sovereignty over the country's internal waters.
- insists on his right to choose who asks questions at press conferences
