Signing up enhances your TCE experience with the ability to save items to your personal reading list, and access the interactive map.
Create AccountMacleans
This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on May 9, 2005. Partner content is not updated. JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING you hear repeated about Stephen HARPER does more to obscure than reveal him. He's said to be a policy wonk at heart.
"https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.phphttps://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9
Article
Stephen Joseph Harper, CC, PC, prime minister of Canada 2006–15, politician, author, economist (born 30 April 1959 in Toronto, ON). Stephen Harper is Canada’s longest-serving Conservative prime minister since Sir John A. Macdonald. He helped found the Reform Party and served as head of the National Citizens Coalition and leader of the Canadian Alliance Party. He then transformed the country’s political landscape by uniting the previously divided right into the Conservative Party of Canada. He led the CPC to three consecutive election wins before being defeated in 2015 and resigning as party leader. Harper’s adherence to a brand of ideologically pure conservatism resulted in what the Globe and Mail called “Canada’s first ever truly Conservative government.” He was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in December 2019.
"https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/a010c6ef-8141-4a58-b41e-867ee56f2f82.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.phphttps://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/a010c6ef-8141-4a58-b41e-867ee56f2f82.jpg
Article
At the age of 14, Steven Truscott was wrongly convicted of killing his 12-year-old schoolmate Lynne Harper. Five decades later he was exonerated.
"https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/3623c200-158f-4385-9756-3c4900055fcf.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.phphttps://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/3623c200-158f-4385-9756-3c4900055fcf.jpg
Article
Stockwell Day, Jr., religious school administrator, auctioneer, politician (b at Barrie, Ont 16 August 1950).
"https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/3b13e314-f57b-4688-b0d7-41bac8089869.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.phphttps://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/3b13e314-f57b-4688-b0d7-41bac8089869.jpg
Macleans
This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on April 12, 1999. Partner content is not updated. There is little doubt that Day, 48, enjoys the limelight. And these days, he is getting plenty of chances to bask in it.
"https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/3b13e314-f57b-4688-b0d7-41bac8089869.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.phphttps://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/3b13e314-f57b-4688-b0d7-41bac8089869.jpg
Article
Suzanne Côté, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, litigation lawyer, educator (born 21 September 1958, in Gaspé, QC.) One of Canada’s leading business lawyers, Suzanne Côté headed the litigation groups at Stikeman Elliot LLP and at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. She also lectured in litigation, evidence and commercial law at the Université du Québec à Rimouski and the Université de Montréal. In 2014, she became the first woman to be appointed directly from a private law practice to the Supreme Court of Canada. She is currently one of three Quebec justices on the bench.
"https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/suzanne-cote-rr-hr.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.phphttps://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/suzanne-cote-rr-hr.jpg
Article
Sylvia Olga Fedoruk, OC, physicist, educator, 17th lieutenant-governor of Saskatchewan (1988-94) (born 5 May 1927 in Canora, SK; died 26 September 2012 in Saskatoon). Fedoruk was a medical physicist who helped advance cancer treatment (see Physics; Contemporary Medicine).
"https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/sylviaolgafedoruk/sylviafedoruk.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.phphttps://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/sylviaolgafedoruk/sylviafedoruk.jpg
Article
Ted Moses, OQ, Cree leader, negotiator, business leader (born 1950 in Eastmain, QC). Ted Moses was the chief Cree negotiator in talks that led to the signing of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement and the Agreement Respecting a New Relationship Between the Cree Nation and the Government of Quebec, also known as the Paix des Braves. He was the founder and first director-general of the Cree School Board. Throughout his career, he has served as a leader for Cree governments, international organizations and corporations.
"https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/TedMoses/Ted_Moses_resized.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.phphttps://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/TedMoses/Ted_Moses_resized.jpg
Article
Terrance (Terry) J. Paul, CM, Chief, businessman, band manager, chief executive officer (born 30 December 1951 in Membertou First Nation, NS). Terry Paul is a Mi’kmaw leader who has been involved with the administration and governing of Membertou First Nation on Cape Breton Island for several years. He has been chief for 40 years, having been re-elected at every election since 1984. Under Paul’s leadership, Membertou has become one of the most progressive, well-organized and sustainable Indigenous communities in Canada.
"https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/TerryPaul/Chief-Terry_resized.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.phphttps://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/TerryPaul/Chief-Terry_resized.jpg
Editorial
The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated. It is the greatest murder mystery in Canadian political history. Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Father of Confederation and outspoken opponent of the Fenians, was assassinated on an Ottawa street in the early hours of Tuesday, 7 April 1868.
"https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/4a74eaf5-4691-4b89-9d50-e98da872ed41.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.phphttps://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/4a74eaf5-4691-4b89-9d50-e98da872ed41.jpg
Editorial
The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated. The Baldwin–LaFontaine government of 1848 has been called the “great ministry.” In addition to establishing responsible government, it had an incomparable record of legislation. It established a public school system and finalized the founding of the University of Toronto. It set up municipal governments and pacified French-Canadian nationalism after a period of unrest. Responsible government did not transform Canada overnight into a fully developed democracy. But it was an important milestone along the road to political autonomy. Most importantly, it provided an opportunity for French Canadians to find a means for their survival through the British Constitution. The partnership and friendship between Baldwin and LaFontaine were brilliant examples of collaboration that have been all too rare in Canadian history.
"https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/ba6bdff6-574a-4697-ac95-afdcc5ddfcc9.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.phphttps://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/ba6bdff6-574a-4697-ac95-afdcc5ddfcc9.jpg
Macleans
Only a true foreign policy wonk would expect to be stirred up by a document called "Canada in the World: A Global Networks Strategy.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on June 28, 2010
"https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.phphttps://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9
Macleans
In the suite of Parliament Hill offices reserved for the leader of the official Opposition, a scrap of paper on a receptionist's desk one day last week seemed to have drifted ashore from a previous era. The name scrawled on it in blue ballpoint - Jim Coutts.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on February 16, 2009
"https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.phphttps://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9
Article
The Penner Report was a report prepared by the Special Committee of the House of Commons on Indian Self-Government. It was issued in November 1983. Named after committee chairman Keith Penner, the report made a series of recommendations. These recommendations promoted the concept of self-governing First Nations. First Nations, in this legal context, are classified as status Indians under the Indian Act.
"https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/1eef3d08-4031-40d3-bbd4-6443822cd128.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.phphttps://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/1eef3d08-4031-40d3-bbd4-6443822cd128.jpg
Editorial
The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated. In 1946, John Humphrey became director of the United Nations Division on Human Rights, and Eleanor Roosevelt was named the United States representative to the UN’s Commission on Human Rights. Humphrey was an obscure Canadian law professor. Roosevelt was the world’s most celebrated woman. For two years, they collaborated on the creation of one of the modern world’s great documents: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was adopted on 10 December 1948.
"https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/6afcc1db-4a9a-4e2f-9a50-ad1981f54caf.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.phphttps://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/6afcc1db-4a9a-4e2f-9a50-ad1981f54caf.jpg
