Tag: Steven Harper

Ottawa Boosts Matching Donations for Pakistan Flooding to $7.5M

The federal government has more than doubled the amount of donations it will match to help the people of Pakistan recover from disastrous flooding. International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan tweeted Wednesday that Canada will match the $7.5 million Canadians have donated to the Humanitarian Coalition. Three weeks ago, the government pledged to match just $3…


Former PM Stephen Harper Invested Into Order of Canada in London

If Shakespeare thought misery acquaints people with strange bedfellows, he may well agree that mourning a cherished monarch may also bridge some political divides. At least temporarily. Such was the case Sunday in London, when former prime minister Stephen Harper was invested into the Order of Canada while three of his previous political nemeses looked…