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Deological History of Politics and Govrnmrnt in Canada

   

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Running head: IDEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF POLITICS AND GOVRNMRNT IN CANADA 1IDEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT IN CANADAStudent’s nameInstitution of affiliation

DEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF POLITICS AND GOVRNMRNT IN CANADA 2DEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF POLITICS AND GOVRNMRNT IN CANADA Stephen Harper is the Canadian longest serving conservative prime minister. He was the 22ndprime minister of Canada. He was elected under the umbrella of conservative party of Canada which was formed as a result of merger between Canadian alliance party and progressive conservative party in 2003 by successive talks initiated by Harper. His government was the longest serving minority government in the Canadian History.The conservative government focused on the following areas during its campaigns; crime, tax reforms, child care, accountability and health. The conservative government formed in 2006 strengthened the lobbing rules in the country by approving the federal accountability act and initiated for the formation of several independent institutions whose role was to oversee the government operations. For example the government introduced the parliamentary budget officerwhose role was to oversee the government spending and accounting. Harper’s government also eliminated unions and corporate donations to political parties. In the Harper government Tenner tax rate for goods and services was lowed from seven percent to five percent, this had an impact to the federal government revenue, and it denied the government thirteen billion dollars every year. This move was strongly supported by the conservatives.The Conservatives had promised to eliminate the program of public funded child care initiated and agreed by the previous liberal government. This was replaced by 1200 dollars per year distributed to each child under the age of six, disbursed directly to the parents without major considerations.

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