he said if you vote for the green, is a vote for stephen harper, but he would not answer clearly on thelition. >> fortunately, today mr. harper and the conservatives mr. golden opportunity to work together with the other parties in the house of commons to show that it is possible and they are capable of putting families first in our decision. the ndp offer a program and some initiatives, but unfortunately, mr. harper rejected our proposals to make daily life more affordable for some, with lower taxes on heating oil with an improvement in our pension system, for seniors in particular, and retirees. and to create positions for physicians and nurses so we will not have 5 million families are individuals here in canada with no family doctor. but he rejected those proposals, and he showed that he made a choice. he made the choice to have an election rather than working with the others. critical point. an election will be taking place. we will present our policies and our team and we will fight the conservatives all across the country in order to replace them in the house of commons, and i wi

[inaudible conversations] >> prime minister stephen harper delivering his first words after this vote in matters of contempt. he did not take any questions, and he said the vote disappointed me. he said it disappointed canadians as well, and now tomorrow he'll meet with the governor general, the only possible course of action, he said, he will do that tomorrow. he called the coalition partners and said that they should have supported his budget. they did not, and he said as well that this is an election canadians don't want, the fourth one in seven years. again, he didn't take any questions, but he did say he was disappointed with the vote, and he said that tomorrow after he meets with the governor general, he will be in a position to take questions. peter, let me get reactions from you, the language we speculated on, well, he did, indeed use that tone, he did say coalition, and an election no onements. very interesting speech. >> it was, but i think it's what we expected. i mean, he tried to take the prime minister road through it as we were suggesting he probably would. he only used

he said, if you both for the green or the ndp, it is a vote or stephen harper. >> mr. harper and the conservatives missed a golden opportunity to work together with the other parties in the house of commons. to show that it is possible and they are capable of putting families first in our decision. the ndp offered a program and some initiatives. unfortunately, mr. harper rejected our proposals to make daily lives more affordable with lower taxes on heating oil, with an improvement on our pension system for seniors and retirees and to create positions for physicians and nurses so that we will not have 5 million families or individuals here in canada with no family doctor. he rejected those proposals. he showed that he made a choice. he made the choice to have an election rather than working with the others. are at a critical point. and the election will be taking place. we will present our policies and our team. we will fight the conservatives all across the country. in order to replace them in the house of commons. i will present myself as a candidate for the position o

portugal -- stephen harper, vote of confidence. what is going on? guest: portugal is next-to-last in the sovereign fiscal some -- greece is last but they have a serious problem, more serious than ours. they also cannot have over 60% of the world's global reserve currency so they have to make tough choices. frankly,hey waited too long. to there are going to end up engaging in a very difficult austerity measures very quickly because they waited too long. here is the key. the night -- united states does not exempt from the laws of prudent finance. if we wait too long we will have to do the same thing -- make dramatic spending cuts, draconian changes in social insurance programs and significant tax increases all of the sudden and ordered to be able to stabilize the markets and restore confidence. we don't have to do that, but we need to start soon if we want to avoid that. host: your conclusion, which you referred to earlier in your report -- for many other countries including the u.s., fiscal governance is moderate to week. while most countries in this

change this of course was not mentioned of the security council resolution but prime minister stephen harper health canada and i'm following the canadian responses has stated that the jet to this operation is to unseat khadafi so that the whole humanitarian underpinnings of this war becoming entirely clear aspect is that in fact this military coalition is already reply elated to. the resolution which they themselves are forced on the so-called international community to call nineteen zero zero zero the resolution of the united nations security council resolution says to go on on weapons on to. to libya but in fact what are they doing then bringing in weapons and supplying opposition forces with weapons through feet of this wall is a poil. united states canada i'll go there with the intent of the interests of the whole prince of the oil corporations and the extension of the influence in june to into africa this is not. a humanitarian operation it is a war of conquest and it will have devastating consequences are not only on all the people of libya but most generally. coalition aircraft and su

this of course was not mentioned of the security council resolution but prime minister stephen harper of canada and i'm following the canadian responses has stated that the objective of this operation is to unseat khadafi so that the whole humanitarian underpinnings of this war no becoming entirely clear aspect is that in fact this military coalition has already by late in. the resolution which they themselves have calls on the so-called international community article nineteen zero zero zero the resolution of the united nations security council resolution says too quickly to go on on weapons on to. libya but in fact what are they doing that bringing in weapons and they're supplying opposition forces with benefits and i read i read the section very carefully it doesn't it doesn't say it specifies no weapons should be brought into the country so they violated violate that they you know the united nations security council resolution right from the outset if the aim if the aim is to remove gadhafi then isn't it justified by any means to help those who want him removed those who have been

against the law because you can't call it something news if it's not actually news in canada so the stephen harper the prime minister says well let's just change the law the canadians are not going along with that and so this back to the canadian radio act says you may not broadcast any false or misleading news it's against the law so much like our fairness doctrine which reagan blew up in one nine hundred eighty seven which had nothing to do with determining whether i or or rush limbaugh quoted couldn't be on a particular radio station it had to do in public broadcasting in the public interest publishing in the in the public interest pure and simple the fairness doctrine required that in order to get your radio or television and more recently cable to get your license to use the public airwaves or the public thruways for cable wire or to get that renewed every year you had to demonstrate you were serving the public good in a way to serve the public good was by actually getting news that you called news which is why the news divisions of a.b.c. n.b.c. c.b.s. all lost money up until reagan blew up

it's from a joint news conference with canadian prime minister stephen harper. [ scattered cheers ] this"pretending to listen to this guy talk while thinking about the 1990s sitcom 'hangin' with mr. cooper.'" [ cheers ] here's another one, from the same conference. [ light laughter ] this is the "i wonder if 'hangin' with mr. cooper' is out on dvd. [ laughter ] man, that was such a great show." [ applause ] here's one. this is the, "i mean, you've got mr. cooper, or as i like to call him coop, you've got vanessa, you got the next-door neighbor kid, tyler, and then you've got coop's niece, played by raven simone from 'that's so raven.' hey, you know what else would be 'so raven'? them bringing 'mr. cooper' back to tv. who's with me!?" [ cheers and applause ] this is one is called -- [ laughter ] "speaking of that, whatever happened to mark curry? i actually have an autographed picture of mark curry on my desk in the oval office. i got it because, in sixth grade, we had to write a letter to our hero. everyone else chose michael jordan or bill clinton, but i chose mark curry because he was

and now canadian prime minister stephen harper takes questions along with his cabinet at. he needs the support of at least one of the opposition parties in order to govern. if he can't get the support for the budget he needs, it could result in the dissolution of parliament and parliamentary elections. live coverage courtesy of the cpac. we expect the canadian prime minister stephen harper in just a moment. >> earlier today, an explosion occurred in jerusalem. canada strongly condemns the cowardly act of terror against the israeli people. our sympathies are with the victims and a fellow. terrorism must be rejected. the comprehensive just can only be reached through negotiation. this heinous act of terror cannot be tolerated. those behind this criminal act must be brought to justice and held accountable. further, we urge both parties to return to the peace negotiating table as soon as possible. our government stands by the people of israel on this tragic news. [applause] >> the honorable -- [applause] >> the honorable member for london. >> canada -- [inaudible] >> the canad

for an election after opposition parties toppled the conservative government of prime minister stephen harperday's no confidence vote triggered the country's fourth election in seven years, to be held in early may. harper warned an election would harm canada's fragile economic recovery. opposition parties charge he has mismanaged the economy and is overly secretive. the roman catholic order of the jesuits will pay $166 million to hundreds of native americans and native alaskans. the groups charged that jesuit priests in the pacific northwest sexually abused them over a period of decades. the settlement announced today is one of the largest yet in the church's long-running abuse scandal. the city of new york today marked the 100th anniversary of the fire that galvanized the u.s. labor movement. the fire at the triangle shirtwaist factory in 1911 killed 146 people. most were young immigrant women, and many jumped to their deaths trying to escape the flames. the fire was the worst industrial accident in the city's history. it led to key improvements in workplace and fire safety. on wall street,

institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] ♪ >> canadian prime minister stephen harperaces a no- confidence vote in the house of commons this afternoon. his party lacks the votes to pass legislation on its own. he needs to court from at least one other party, which he failed to get this week when he presented his budget plan. we will have live coverage of that no-confidence vote in canada this afternoon and one piece -- at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> tonight, a female loggers, ranchers, and activists from the middle east discuss civil unrest from the country. you'll hear about women taking a role in changing political systems and egypt, iraq, iran, and saudi arabia. >> iran is really bad. the situation is bad for women and for everybody. but this is one side of the coin. the other side is saudi arabia, but it is the darkest side. we live in a very dark area. nobody knows about us. our story has never been heard. because we are very strong in terms of goyal. we support the west with the royal. also, it is an islamic country. the homeland of islam. >> tonight at 8:00

our coverage of canada's politics continues tomorrow as stephen harper participates in the house of commonsrn on c-span2. up next, a decision affecting veterans and then timothy geithner on helping small businesses raising capital, and a discussion on how senate operates with a reform to change rules. >> the american legion is holing its national conference this week. veteran's affairs secretary and congressman jason and the national commander. also the labor department's assistance secretary for veteran's employment in training. this is two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, i'm chairman of the national legislative commission from the great department of virginia, and i call this commanders call to order. the colors of our nation in place, hand salute. please remain standing and uncover as i call upon the american legion from the department of wisconsin to lead us in prayer. >> we pray that we come before you refreshed and with purpose as our commander and leader of this great organization brings us together as fellow veter

portugal -- stephen harper, vote of confidence. what is going on? guest: portugal is next-to-last in the sovereign fiscal some -- greece is last but they have a serious problem, more serious than ours. they also cannot have over 60% of the world's global reserve currency so they have to make tough choices. frankly, they waited too long. to there are going to end up engaging in a very difficult austerity measures very quickly because they waited too long. here is the key. the night -- united states does not exempt from the laws of prudent finance. if we wait too long we will have to do the same thing -- make dramatic spending cuts, draconian changes in social insurance programs and significant tax increases all of the sudden and ordered to be able to stabilize the markets and restore confidence. we don't have to do that, but we need to start soon if we want to avoid that. host: your conclusion, which you referred to earlier in your report -- for many other countries including the u.s., fiscal governance is moderate to week. while most countries in th

the canadian parliament will pass a motion of no-confidence in the government of prime minister stephen harper, and the leader of the conservative party, which will lead to a parliamentary election in canada, likely to be said in early may. in about 40 minutes or so, a roundtable discussion with the number of mayors from around the country talking about economic development and budget pressures faced in their -- facing their cities. it will be live here, on c-span. >> tonight, a look at education reform with former washington, d.c., school chancellor michele re-, and sacramento mayor and former nba player kevin johnson. they will discuss why they think student achievement has worsened, despite a doubling of federal spending over the last 30 years. >> it is all of us doing our part, whether you have kids or not. there are far too many kids that are languishing in schools that are not doing well, but there are also kids living in nice neighborhoods, and their schools are not serving them to the degree they need to as well. >> i concur with him. we are in a position right now in this country wher

tomorrow, we will be back to the canadian house of commons, as prime minister stephen harper answersquestions. he is the leader of the conservative party and is under pressure to present a budget that opposition parties will accept. they need at least one of the three opposition parties to support a budget or a vote of no-confidence will force his government to dissolve parliament and call for elections but you can see the canadian house of commons question time tomorrow at 2:15 eastern on c-span2. ahead of that, more international programming with british prime minister david cameron. he will be answering questions tomorrow morning from parliament in london. that gets underway at 8:00. under he is done, the chancellor will present the british budget report could about the those beginning at 8:00 tomorrow from london, and that is also on c- span2. this evening on c-span at 8:00 p.m. eastern, abc world news anchor diane sawyer on the future of journalism. she will be talking with marrison about the future of journalism, speaking at the national press club. we will have the beginning t