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steven harper is returning to office after may's and election. it is a letter to a giant session. the current speech focuses on canada's economic plan. >> it is time for the throne speech from a conservative government for the first time in this century. ♪ >> it is a gorgeous day in the nation's capital. it seems like summer has finally arrived in central canada. on may 2 this year, conservatives won their majority, the one they so dearly sought since 2004. they lost that one to the liberals and followed it with their own minorities in 2006 and 2008. now a majority government. in the next two minutes, we will find out in the speech from the throne what exactly the stephen harper government has planned for the next four years. before that starts, let's get an idea from parliament hill. let's start with evan solomon that joins us from the lobby outside the house of commons. what is the mood there? >> peter, i know you came back from vancouver where the mood is nuts. it's not quite playoff fever. this is a hawker game -- a hockey game where the home team knows who will win. this is s
steven harper is returning to office after may's and election. it is a letter to a giant session. the current speech focuses on canada's economic plan. >> it is time for the throne speech from a conservative government for the first time in this century. ♪ >> it is a gorgeous day in the nation's capital. it seems like summer has finally arrived in central canada. on may 2 this year, conservatives won their majority, the one they so dearly sought since 2004. they lost that one to...
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the prime minister steven harper is returning to officer. he outlined the priorities of this government for the next year. he delivered it to a joint session of the canadian government in ottawa. this marks the official opening of the newly elected parliament and focuses on canada's economic education plan. -- canada's economic plan. -- canada's economic plan.
the prime minister steven harper is returning to officer. he outlined the priorities of this government for the next year. he delivered it to a joint session of the canadian government in ottawa. this marks the official opening of the newly elected parliament and focuses on canada's economic education plan. -- canada's economic plan. -- canada's economic plan.
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that she would take a moment of such high ceremony to protest against steven harper and the conservative government is totally unheard of. i have never seen anything like it, especially from someone employed by the house of commons. they try to contribute to democracy in some way. i guess she was, but this probably was not the best way to keep her job. >> you are right. it is certainly unprecedented in my memory. there have been demonstrations, as we all know, in the public galleries, at different times. but that is extremely unusual. but her name is, we don't know. what has happened to her since, we do not know. but we can assume she will not be back on the job tomorrow after that. but there are pictures. there you are. you get a sense of the kind of coverage that is going to provoke. that takes away from the message the government was hoping to get forward. all we can tell from that picture is that her first name is brigit. that is the name that was on the name tag. bridget marcelle is the name on the name tag. if we get more information, we will get it to you. we do not know whether t
that she would take a moment of such high ceremony to protest against steven harper and the conservative government is totally unheard of. i have never seen anything like it, especially from someone employed by the house of commons. they try to contribute to democracy in some way. i guess she was, but this probably was not the best way to keep her job. >> you are right. it is certainly unprecedented in my memory. there have been demonstrations, as we all know, in the public galleries, at...
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steven harper was absent from the proceedings. this is 45 minutes. >> are there any questions? >> mr. speaker, i like to congratulate the prime minister and all members of this house on their election. i would like to remind the conservatives that 60% of canadians voted against this government. the prime minister said he was going to have to work with all members of the house. in the throne speech, there is no change of tone. what happened to the willingness to work together? >> i would like to congratulate the new opposition leader. he was very successful in the election, and we can see the results here in this speech. we repeated promises that we made during the election campaign. the results were clear, and we now have a majority conservative government. [applause] mr. speaker, in the election, canadians clearly voted for change, and they clearly wanted members of parliament to work together. i think the sentiment was very strong. they wanted to focus on their families and the issues that were affecting them each and every day. new democrats have committed to work respectful
steven harper was absent from the proceedings. this is 45 minutes. >> are there any questions? >> mr. speaker, i like to congratulate the prime minister and all members of this house on their election. i would like to remind the conservatives that 60% of canadians voted against this government. the prime minister said he was going to have to work with all members of the house. in the throne speech, there is no change of tone. what happened to the willingness to work together?...
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[applause] steven harper, the prime minister of canada, had it right when he said when israel is consistently and conspicuously singled out for condemnation, i believe we are morally obligated to take the stand. [applause] president obama is focus on israel as the obstacle to peace is particularly disturbing considering the existence of a true threat to the peace of the world. that is the threat from iran. iranian dictatorship is steadily and methodically developing nuclear weapons. out of all the world's diplomatic meetings and four rounds of u.s. sanctions have not slowed down the development i one day. president ahmadinejad has been explicit about his desire to wipe israel off the mat. only three iranian nuclear weapons used against israel would bring about an equivalent of the second holocaust. you have to take his words seriously. ahmadinejad has also threatened the united states. his call for "a world without america" is a goal that he says is attainable. mark bowman described the legal seizure of the u.s. embassy and hostage taking is the first shots in iran as the war against america.
[applause] steven harper, the prime minister of canada, had it right when he said when israel is consistently and conspicuously singled out for condemnation, i believe we are morally obligated to take the stand. [applause] president obama is focus on israel as the obstacle to peace is particularly disturbing considering the existence of a true threat to the peace of the world. that is the threat from iran. iranian dictatorship is steadily and methodically developing nuclear weapons. out of all...
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. >> steven harper was initially expected to be on hand, but was traveling today to speak with the eventsecent floods in quebec. a quick programming note, we will be returning to the house of commons in just under an hour from -- for remarks from the finance minister on the budget. we will have live coverage of 4:00 eastern here on c-span. on friday of last week, stephen harper outlined the priorities of his government for the next year in the throne speech before a joint session of the canadian parliament in ottawa. it is delivered by canada's governor general, david johnson. parliament this year focused on canada's economic action plan in balancing the budget. prime minister harbor conservative party won a majority in the may elections. this is the canadian broadcasting corporation coverage of the speech. to better enable them to discharge duty to their queen and country hundley and claim all their rights and privileges, especially they may have freedom of speech in their debates, access to your excellency's person and the proceedings may receive from your excellency the most favorable
. >> steven harper was initially expected to be on hand, but was traveling today to speak with the eventsecent floods in quebec. a quick programming note, we will be returning to the house of commons in just under an hour from -- for remarks from the finance minister on the budget. we will have live coverage of 4:00 eastern here on c-span. on friday of last week, stephen harper outlined the priorities of his government for the next year in the throne speech before a joint session of the...
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is she'll lose her job and take a moment like this at such a high ceremony to protest against steven harper by someone who is employed by the house of commons to try to contribute to democracy in some way. i guess she was, but that probably wasn't the best way to keep her job. >> no, no, that's for sure. you're right. it's unprecedented in my memory. somebody in the house of commons was a staff on parliament hill. there's demonstrations from the public galleries at different times, especially the house of commons side, but that is extremely unusual. what her name is, we don't know. what happened to her sense, we don't know, but i think rosy is probably canadians cat a-- accurate assuming she won't be back on the job after that. there are pictures, and there you go, you get a sense of what kind of coverage that will provoke, and we'll take away a bit from the message obviously that the government was hoping to get forward today through the speech from the thrown. all we can tell from that picture in terms of name is that her first name is bridget, the name that's on the name tag there. bridg
is she'll lose her job and take a moment like this at such a high ceremony to protest against steven harper by someone who is employed by the house of commons to try to contribute to democracy in some way. i guess she was, but that probably wasn't the best way to keep her job. >> no, no, that's for sure. you're right. it's unprecedented in my memory. somebody in the house of commons was a staff on parliament hill. there's demonstrations from the public galleries at different times,...