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The Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, and the Canadian Border Services Agency - that is, the Harper Government - has told former US solider and Iraq War veteran Kimberly Rivera, her husband and their three young children to leave Canada by March 26, or face removal.
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The Harper Government continues to flout democracy by ignoring the motion.
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So, what else can we mock from Sandy's list of Harper Government accomplishments?
Dear Sandy: Go stuff a duck. CC 2009
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Meanwhile, I will just say that the Harper Government is persecuting this family and it has got to stop!
breaking news: harper government to deport war resister kim rivera and family [updated!] 2009
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And although I strongly dislike Ignatieff and his right-wing values, I'll take an Ignatieff-led government tempered by an NDP coalition over this Harper Government any day.
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You are absolutely not going to believe this, which takes us here, where irredeemably useless CPoC shill and Stephen Harper fluffer Sandy Crux has added the re-patriation of Suaad Hagi Mohamud as an official Harper Government "accomplishment" and part of his "record."
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All three opposition parties came together for this historic vote - but the Harper Government has ignored it.
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All three opposition parties came together for this historic vote - but the Harper Government has ignored it.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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All three opposition parties came together for this historic vote - but the Harper Government has ignored it.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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The Harper Government keeps trying to deport the war resisters.
some things you can do to help stop deportations of iraq war resisters 2008
alexz commented on the word Harper Government
From the usage, "Harper Government" seems to be:
- a reference to the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper's office, appointed Federal Ministers and ministries.
- The government of Canada, under Stephen Harper
according to critics on Reddit, it's
- a Partisan branding of the government's activities, at taxpayer's expense
- a phrase used by biased media to associate Harper with unpopular policies.
http://www.reddit.com/r/canada/comments/1k9u00/canada_to_favour_refugee_claims_by_gay_russians/
August 14, 2013
alexz commented on the word Harper Government
looking at the ngram viewer, we've also used similar phrases to tack a name to a government, such as "Trudeau Government" and "Obama Administration"
http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Trudeau+Government%2CHarper+Government%2CObama+Administration&year_start=1955&year_end=2013&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=
August 14, 2013