Stephen Harper
Prime Minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015
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| April 2025 | Harper endorsed the current Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre during a rally in Edmonton ahead of the 2025 federal election. |
| 2024 | Harper was named as Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) Chair by Premier Danielle Smith. |
| 2023 | Stephen Harper was appointed a Member of the Alberta Order of Excellence, recognizing his long-standing contributions to the province. |
| April 2023 | Harper endorsed Albertan Premier Danielle Smith for the 2023 Albertan provincial election. |
| March 22 2023 | At a conservative conference in Ottawa, Harper criticized the Trudeau government's handling of Chinese government interference in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections. |
| September 2022 | Harper attended Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral alongside other former Canadian prime ministers. |
| July 25 2022 | Harper endorsed his former cabinet minister Pierre Poilievre for the leadership of the Conservative Party, marking his first endorsement of a federal Conservative leadership candidate. |
| 2021 | Harper appeared on the podcast American Optimist, where he criticized the Trudeau government's large-scale deficit spending during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| March 11 2021 | During a virtual gathering hosted by the Conference of Defence Associations Institute, Harper claimed that the world has entered a Second Cold War between the United States and China. |
| 2019 | Canada's greenhouse gas emissions were 730 Mt, representing only a 5% reduction from 739 Mt in 2005, falling short of previously set environmental targets. |
| 2019 | A group of independent academics published an assessment showing that Harper's government fulfilled 85 percent of its campaign pledges during his time as Prime Minister. |
| 2019 | Harper was appointed as a Companion of the Order of Canada by Governor General Julie Payette, an honor that was formally invested during a ceremony in September 2022. |
| May 2019 | Harper appeared on another PragerU video explaining reasons to support Israel amid the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. |
| January 2019 | Harper appeared on a PragerU video explaining why Donald Trump was elected president in the 2016 United States election. |
| 2018 | PPP Canada was dissolved under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, ending its role as Canada's centralized Public-private partnerships unit after nine years of operation. |
| 2018 | The Phoenix Pay System had caused pay problems for over 50 percent of the federal government's 290,000 public servants, with the Auditor General describing it as an 'incomprehensible failure' of project management. |
| 2018 | Canada planned to submit a claim to a portion of the Arctic continental shelf, which would include the North Pole, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. |
| November 19 2018 | Harper appeared on a show hosted by Ben Shapiro, discussing populism, immigration, and nationalism. |
| May 29 2018 | The Auditor General released a report revealing that Public Services and Procurement Canada had cancelled a pilot test of Phoenix before its government-wide implementation. |
| May 9 2018 | Harper expressed support for Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran deal by lending his signature to an ad in The New York Times. |
| March 26 2018 | Harper attended the international Fellowship of Christians and Jews Gala at Mar-a-Lago, expressing support for US president Donald Trump's speech on Jerusalem. |
| February 2 2018 | Harper revealed in a statement that he knew about the sexual assault allegations against Conservative MP Rick Dykstra during the 2015 election. |
| 2017 | The Office of the Auditor General conducted its first report reviewing the problematic Phoenix Pay System. |
| October 2017 | Harper received media attention for criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's handling of the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. |
| 2016 | The Public Service Pay Centre had cut 1,200 pay advisor positions by this year. |
| 2016 | President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine awarded Stephen Harper the Order of Liberty, the highest award for foreigners. |
| August 26 2016 | Stephen Harper resigned his seat in the House of Commons. |
| May 2016 | Harper delivered a speech at the 2016 Conservative Party convention honoring his accomplishments as party leader and prime minister. |
| May 26 2016 | Harper was named a board member for the Conservative Party's fundraising arm, the Conservative Fund, and played a role in the removal of Harper-appointed Conservative executive director Dustin Van Vught. |
| 2015 | Harper extended $42 million over five years to the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service, enabling the opening of four new trade offices in China (bringing the total to 15) and strengthening the support network in India with eight offices and nearly 50 trade commissioners. |
| 2015 | The federal government initially projected a $1.4-billion surplus for 2015–2016 but ended the fiscal year with a $1 billion deficit following Harper's defeat in the federal election. |
| 2015 | Following the election of a new government, several scientists employed by the government came forward to confirm allegations regarding restrictions on communication and transparency during the Harper years. |
| 2015 | The number of veterans served by Veterans Affairs Canada declined to 199,154. |
| December 2015 | Harper set up Harper & Associates Consulting Inc., a corporation where he serves as a director alongside associates Ray Novak and Jeremy Hunt. |
| November 2015 | Stephen Harper returned to Ottawa as a Conservative backbencher and addressed a meeting of the Conservative caucus that included defeated MPs. |
| November 4 2015 | On November 4, 2015, Stephen Harper resigned as Prime Minister of Canada during a meeting with Governor General David Johnston, who subsequently invited Justin Trudeau to form a government. |
| November 4 2015 | Stephen Harper's tenure as Prime Minister ends, concluding a period characterized by a significant departure from traditional Canadian diplomatic approaches. |
| October 19 2015 | In the federal election held on October 19, 2015, Stephen Harper's Conservative Party was defeated by Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party, resulting in Harper's party becoming the Official Opposition with only 99 seats out of 338. |
| October 19 2015 | Harper officially stepped down as leader of the Conservative Party. |
| August 31 2015 | Stephen Harper appointed Russell Brown as a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, who served until June 12, 2023. |
| August 2 2015 | On August 2, 2015, at the request of Stephen Harper, Governor General David Johnston dropped the writs of election for the federal election scheduled to take place on October 19, 2015. |
| June 2015 | Federal employees began reporting payment issues before the Phoenix system's official launch, with the Miramachi pay centre employees reportedly overwhelmed. |
| June 2015 | During mid-2015, Harper expressed his opinion that Russia should be excluded from the G7 group of nations due to its support for Russian-speaking Ukrainian dissidents, stating that 'Mr. Putin ... has no place at the [G7] table.' |
| May 2015 | IBM recommended delaying the Phoenix pay system rollout due to critical problems. |
| March 2015 | Harper approved $50 million in financial assistance over five years to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), helping approximately 500 to 1000 Canadian entrepreneurs annually to enhance their export capabilities through market research and trade missions. |
| February 3 2015 | John Baird resigned as foreign minister and was replaced by Rob Nicholson. |
| 2014 | CPC Finance Minister Joe Oliver initially projected a $7.5-billion surplus for the upcoming fiscal year, despite volatile economic conditions caused by declining global oil prices. |
| 2014 | Ninth federal budget was introduced, near the end of Harper's consecutive terms in government. |
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