This has to be a frustrating time for our friends up north on the left. Between Harper's anti-climate change beliefs and the nasty, polluting oil sands project, the environment can't be very pleased either. The Independent:
Canada's Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has won his coveted majority government in elections that also marked a shattering defeat for the opposition Liberals, preliminary results show.
Mr Harper, who took office in 2006, has won two elections but until now had never held a majority of parliament's 308 seats, forcing him to rely on the opposition to pass legislation.
While Mr Harper's hold on the 308-member Parliament has been tenuous during his five-year tenure, he has managed to nudge an instinctively centre-left country to the right.
He has gradually lowered sales and corporate taxes, avoided climate change legislation, promoted Arctic sovereignty, upped military spending and extended Canada's military mission in Afghanistan.
