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Harper in the Arctic

Images from the Prime Minister's tour of the North to promote economic development and Arctic sovereignty

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  • Greenpeace activists are pictured in a dormitory as they prepare actions in a camp set up by the environmental group on the little island of Refshaleoeen, on Dec. 7, 2009 in Copenhagen. The organization has carried out several high-profile demonstrations in the weeks leading up to the Copenhagen summit, including climbing the roof of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa. Greenpeace is calling on the world's leaders to cut emissions in order to halt climate change.

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  • Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, the architect of the economic recovery plan, shares a collegial moment with PEI Liberal MP Wayne Easter, who is famous for his 'doorknob' strategy in which he criticized the Tories for billing routine building maintenance as infrastructure stimulus.

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  • Allan Tanner, 84, salutes his fallen comrades at a Remembrance Day ceremony in Halifax.

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  • This photo was taken and distributed by the Prime Minister's Office on Aug. 19. It's taken from the deck of the Canadian submarine HMCS Corner Brook when Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited it to showcase Canada's military capabilities in the Far North. News media were not allowed to take pictures of Mr. Harper aboard the military vessel but the PMO photographer was permitted to do so.

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  • Flowers bloom on Parliament Hill on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, a week before Members of Parliament return from their summer break amid threat of another fall election.

    The calm before the storm Wednesday, Sep. 09, 2009 06:06PM EDT

    With election speculation reaching fever pitch even before the House resumes sitting, MPs fan out for photo ops across the country

  • Clause Carignan (Quebec): The St.-Eustache mayor and long-time ADQ supporter won two landslide municipal elections, but lost his 2008 Parliamentary bid for the Rivière-des-Milles-Îles seat to Bloc MP Luc Desnoyers by 13,305 votes. Before his political career, Mr. Carignan taught law at the Université du Quebec à Montréal and at the Université de Montréal.

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  • B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell greats B.C. Lieutenant Governor Steven L. Point before they make their way into the B.C. legislature before the Throne Speech in Victoria.

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    The Throne Speech was delivered amid fanfare and protest in the British Columbian capital

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