Quebec, Aug. 19 : Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has said that current Prime Minister Stephen Harper absence from the Beijing Olympic Games and preference for extending a welcome to Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has the potential of impacting negatively on future Sino-Canadian ties.
Toronto, Aug. 4 : Sikhs based in the British Columbian town of Surrey have rejected Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper apology Sunday for the 1914 Komagata Maru incident in which hundreds of Indians seeking a better life in Canada were turned away.
Harper’s address to a crowd of about 8,000 people, a majority of whom were East Indians, was greeted with anger and jeers. As soon as he left the stage, several Sikhs rushed to the podium to denounce the apology.
According to the Globe and Mail, they demanded that the apology be made on the floor of the House of Commons.
Ottawa, July 10 : The opposition in Canada believes that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Walter Natynczyk, are too bullish and optimistic about future of the o
Bonn, Germany - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday that increasing global awareness of the threats posed by climate change "is one of the things that make me hopeful," but he si