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herdizziness
herdizziness CSN Member Posts: 3,624 Member
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I'm trying to right an all important essay that is required in my Comparative Government Class. I would like to write about Harper, HOWEVER, difficulty finding articles (non-newspaper) on him. Can you point me in the right direction??
Many thanks,
Winter Marie
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  • standbyme
    standbyme CSN Member Posts: 41
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    Harper
    Winter Marie,

    Even though Harper is not one of my favorite people, perhaps I can point you in the right direction. The party website, www.conservative.ca/leader/ has quite a bit of information.

    Judy
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  • herdizziness
    herdizziness CSN Member Posts: 3,624 Member
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    standbyme said:

    Harper
    Winter Marie,

    Even though Harper is not one of my favorite people, perhaps I can point you in the right direction. The party website, www.conservative.ca/leader/ has quite a bit of information.

    Judy

    Judy
    He doesn't seem to be a lot of people's favorite, so I'm surprised he was elected, that is why I choose him to do my paper on.
    Thank you for your help.
    Winter Marie
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  • westie66
    westie66 CSN Member Posts: 642
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    herdizziness said:

    Judy
    He doesn't seem to be a lot of people's favorite, so I'm surprised he was elected, that is why I choose him to do my paper on.
    Thank you for your help.
    Winter Marie

    Harper in Canada
    Hi: I can add to that. He was born in Toronto (but doesn't seem to admit it!) but spent most of his life in Alberta (Calgary). He has degrees in Economics. He is a very bright man but can be hard, ruling perhaps with an iron fist. He is definitely pro-business/industry (like oil!) and not the environment. Not my favourite either (I liked Jack Layton who just died from cancer and was the leader of the NDP party). I'm sure if you checked online you'll find lots of non-newspaper sources (although the Globe and Mail did a very good article on him a few years ago - not favourable!). You'll get the party line on the conservative party website. However, one thing in his favour - we did survive the recession very well. It is interesting that he and his party did very well on the elections, but note that the NDP became the official opposition which is interesting in itself!
    Keep us posted on your paper.
    Happy thanksgiving from Canada.
    Cheryl
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  • robinvan
    robinvan CSN Member Posts: 1,012
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    Wikipedia
    The wikipedia entry on Harper is pretty good for straight bio info.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Harper

    Once described as George W. Bush without the warm personality!
    He wants y'all to buy more of our dirty tar sands oil.

    Hope this helps.

    Rob; In Vancouver
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  • herdizziness
    herdizziness CSN Member Posts: 3,624 Member
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    robinvan said:

    Wikipedia
    The wikipedia entry on Harper is pretty good for straight bio info.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Harper

    Once described as George W. Bush without the warm personality!
    He wants y'all to buy more of our dirty tar sands oil.

    Hope this helps.

    Rob; In Vancouver

    Not allowed Wikipedia
    Is there another official sight for bio? Or a periodical?
    Thanks Rob!!!
    Winter Marie
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  • robinvan
    robinvan CSN Member Posts: 1,012
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    herdizziness said:

    Not allowed Wikipedia
    Is there another official sight for bio? Or a periodical?
    Thanks Rob!!!
    Winter Marie

    Sheesh! Tough rules.
    If
    Sheesh! Tough rules.
    If these sites don't pass muster you may actually have to go to a library! How archaic!

    http://pm.gc.ca/eng/pm.asp

    http://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Fl-Ka/Harper-Stephen.html

    http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/canada/Stephen-Harper.html

    http://www.biography.com/people/stephen-harper-39153

    Just for fun...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOt2Qp0H9G8

    TTFN... Rob; In Vancouver
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  • herdizziness
    herdizziness CSN Member Posts: 3,624 Member
    #8
    robinvan said:

    Sheesh! Tough rules.
    If
    Sheesh! Tough rules.
    If these sites don't pass muster you may actually have to go to a library! How archaic!

    http://pm.gc.ca/eng/pm.asp

    http://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Fl-Ka/Harper-Stephen.html

    http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/canada/Stephen-Harper.html

    http://www.biography.com/people/stephen-harper-39153

    Just for fun...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOt2Qp0H9G8

    TTFN... Rob; In Vancouver

    Thank you
    I cannot thank you enough! Thank you for taking the time out to do that for me!
    Winter Marie
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  • westie66
    westie66 CSN Member Posts: 642
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    herdizziness said:

    Thank you
    I cannot thank you enough! Thank you for taking the time out to do that for me!
    Winter Marie

    Harper again
    Hi Winter Marie: There was an interesting article in today's Globe and Mail (Canada's national newspaper along with the National Post if it is still going). The headlines urged McGuinty (a liberal who just won a minority vote in Ontario's elections) to adopt Harper's governmental strategy - "elect a strong, stable, majority government".

    I know you can't use newspapers but I'm sure you'll be able to find that statement on other sources as it was his election stand.

    We can't under-estimate Harper's intelligence. He is definitely not warm and fuzzy although he tries to be (not successfully) but he is very intelligent. An interesting focus might be the difference in "style" between him and Pierre Elliot Trudeau (a liberal) who really was full of charm (albeit he did some rather nasty things). He was known throughout the world for it - dated Barbra Streisand for example. Quite a different prime minister indeed! Different party, different personality.

    Have fun with it!

    PS: I didn't let my students use Wikipedia either! not only can you not guarantee the veracity of the articles but they are also gender biased. For some reason, women don't contribute very much to it at all.

    Cheryl
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  • herdizziness
    herdizziness CSN Member Posts: 3,624 Member
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    westie66 said:

    Harper again
    Hi Winter Marie: There was an interesting article in today's Globe and Mail (Canada's national newspaper along with the National Post if it is still going). The headlines urged McGuinty (a liberal who just won a minority vote in Ontario's elections) to adopt Harper's governmental strategy - "elect a strong, stable, majority government".

    I know you can't use newspapers but I'm sure you'll be able to find that statement on other sources as it was his election stand.

    We can't under-estimate Harper's intelligence. He is definitely not warm and fuzzy although he tries to be (not successfully) but he is very intelligent. An interesting focus might be the difference in "style" between him and Pierre Elliot Trudeau (a liberal) who really was full of charm (albeit he did some rather nasty things). He was known throughout the world for it - dated Barbra Streisand for example. Quite a different prime minister indeed! Different party, different personality.

    Have fun with it!

    PS: I didn't let my students use Wikipedia either! not only can you not guarantee the veracity of the articles but they are also gender biased. For some reason, women don't contribute very much to it at all.

    Cheryl

    Cheryl
    Thankyou!!
    Winter Marie
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  • Buckwirth
    Buckwirth CSN Member Posts: 1,258 Member
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    herdizziness said:

    Not allowed Wikipedia
    Is there another official sight for bio? Or a periodical?
    Thanks Rob!!!
    Winter Marie

    Hey Marie,
    Try this:

    Wiki References for Stephen Harper

    Rather than using Wiki as a source, you use the references to get at the original source documents. You can also use the further reading and additional links that are provided after the references.

    This way, for the purpose of the paper, Wikipedia was never used as a source document.

    Blake
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  • westie66
    westie66 CSN Member Posts: 642
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    Buckwirth said:

    Hey Marie,
    Try this:

    Wiki References for Stephen Harper

    Rather than using Wiki as a source, you use the references to get at the original source documents. You can also use the further reading and additional links that are provided after the references.

    This way, for the purpose of the paper, Wikipedia was never used as a source document.

    Blake

    Great idea!
    That certainly is what I do! It makes a good start to a paper or lecture prep. On my computer hooked up to the university I also have direct connection to journals from which I can download articles for free. I'd be interested in seeing your paper Winter Marie! A view from outside, wow!
    Cheryl
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  • herdizziness
    herdizziness CSN Member Posts: 3,624 Member
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    westie66 said:

    Great idea!
    That certainly is what I do! It makes a good start to a paper or lecture prep. On my computer hooked up to the university I also have direct connection to journals from which I can download articles for free. I'd be interested in seeing your paper Winter Marie! A view from outside, wow!
    Cheryl

    Paper
    Is turned in!! I received an A in German politics, an A in Great Britain politics, lets see what I get in Canadian politics. LOL.
    Thank you for your help!!!
    Winter Marie
    If you pm me your email, I'll send you my paper I turned in Cheryl.
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  • westie66
    westie66 CSN Member Posts: 642
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    herdizziness said:

    Paper
    Is turned in!! I received an A in German politics, an A in Great Britain politics, lets see what I get in Canadian politics. LOL.
    Thank you for your help!!!
    Winter Marie
    If you pm me your email, I'll send you my paper I turned in Cheryl.

    Paper
    Hi: I'm not sure how to do that without it being erased. Can we do it through the CSN Email system? I know I'm hooked up to that. Would love to read it! You get great marks!
    Cheryl
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  • westie66
    westie66 CSN Member Posts: 642
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    herdizziness said:

    Paper
    Is turned in!! I received an A in German politics, an A in Great Britain politics, lets see what I get in Canadian politics. LOL.
    Thank you for your help!!!
    Winter Marie
    If you pm me your email, I'll send you my paper I turned in Cheryl.

    Paper
    Still trying to figure out how you can send it to me via csn email service. Are you hooked up to that?
    Cheryl
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  • herdizziness
    herdizziness CSN Member Posts: 3,624 Member
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    westie66 said:

    Paper
    Still trying to figure out how you can send it to me via csn email service. Are you hooked up to that?
    Cheryl

    Don't know
    how to via CSN email!!
    Winter Marie
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  • maglets
    maglets CSN Member Posts: 2,576 Member
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    herdizziness said:

    Don't know
    how to via CSN email!!
    Winter Marie

    wow
    wow great marks there kiddo.....well done....

    didn't know there was csn mail....

    I did not want to say anything but i am so not a fan of our Prime Minister....he is rigid and too right wing for me....don't know if in a crunch he will fight for our universal health care....which i love...Dh just walked in and said Steve Harper is George Bush light:):)

    keep those grades comin

    hugs....mags
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  • herdizziness
    herdizziness CSN Member Posts: 3,624 Member
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    maglets said:

    wow
    wow great marks there kiddo.....well done....

    didn't know there was csn mail....

    I did not want to say anything but i am so not a fan of our Prime Minister....he is rigid and too right wing for me....don't know if in a crunch he will fight for our universal health care....which i love...Dh just walked in and said Steve Harper is George Bush light:):)

    keep those grades comin

    hugs....mags

    LOL
    LOL Mags, I'll find out Monday what grade I received on it. On our Britain government paper I received a 19 out of 20 because when I spelled "party" wrong. I had left the "y" off and spelled "Part", he's a bit tough that way.
    Their only a page and a half papers, but one on different governments due each week, showing we have some sort of opinion and knowledge of some part of each government. This week is Mexico. And each one counts heavily in his course work. I was absent one class from this guy's class and I had to get a note from the doctor to take in, made me feel like a little kid. Other teachers, like my other political science teacher tells people to make sure they come in on test days, so for her class you have to show up the first day, 3 different test days, one of which is the last day. I attend every class (except that one day I wasn't feeling well)as I enjoy going and taking the classes, even math, as much as it worries me.
    It's fun really, especially at my age, I don't have to worry about all the younger year angst.
    Winter Marie
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  • maglets
    maglets CSN Member Posts: 2,576 Member
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    herdizziness said:

    LOL
    LOL Mags, I'll find out Monday what grade I received on it. On our Britain government paper I received a 19 out of 20 because when I spelled "party" wrong. I had left the "y" off and spelled "Part", he's a bit tough that way.
    Their only a page and a half papers, but one on different governments due each week, showing we have some sort of opinion and knowledge of some part of each government. This week is Mexico. And each one counts heavily in his course work. I was absent one class from this guy's class and I had to get a note from the doctor to take in, made me feel like a little kid. Other teachers, like my other political science teacher tells people to make sure they come in on test days, so for her class you have to show up the first day, 3 different test days, one of which is the last day. I attend every class (except that one day I wasn't feeling well)as I enjoy going and taking the classes, even math, as much as it worries me.
    It's fun really, especially at my age, I don't have to worry about all the younger year angst.
    Winter Marie

    lol
    lol to you darling girl.....yes all that youthful angst.....how do I look....am I pretty enough? hopefully you don't have to do that....

    I really am proud of you for studying....isn't that great you actually know a bunch of Canadians here?

    I embrace you.....good luck with that mark.....

    my DH is a journalist....retired....and I taught English....Winter Marie if ever you want an edit or a spell check or any help.....just pm me and I'll send our email address....

    maybe we can help....of course humor will be misspelled humour

    mags
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  • westie66
    westie66 CSN Member Posts: 642
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    maglets said:

    wow
    wow great marks there kiddo.....well done....

    didn't know there was csn mail....

    I did not want to say anything but i am so not a fan of our Prime Minister....he is rigid and too right wing for me....don't know if in a crunch he will fight for our universal health care....which i love...Dh just walked in and said Steve Harper is George Bush light:):)

    keep those grades comin

    hugs....mags

    Canadian PM
    I'm not sure anyone in Canada likes the PM. He'll fight for the health care system if he gets sick though! He'd better!
    Cheryl
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  • maglets
    maglets CSN Member Posts: 2,576 Member
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    westie66 said:

    Canadian PM
    I'm not sure anyone in Canada likes the PM. He'll fight for the health care system if he gets sick though! He'd better!
    Cheryl

    haha
    hi Cheryl....yup he'd better....

    mags
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