Harper urges voters to pick Conservatives amid global economic instability

After a day of global economic turmoil, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper urged voters to entrust his party with the economy for another term.

Canada's top banks agree to no-cost accounts for the low-income

(Reuters) - Canada's eight largest banks have agreed to provide no-cost accounts to 7 million low-income people, Finance Minister Joe Oliver said on Tuesday as part of the Conservative government's consumer protection agenda ahead of a 2015 election.

Canadian PM Harper says he fears greater global protectionism

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A trend toward greater protectionism was pushing the world toward a prolonged recession, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Wednesday, although he added an economic catastrophe could be averted.

A shared vision for homeland and economic security

On Friday, President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper signed an historic statement - the "Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness" - that sets forth how our two countries will manage our shared homeland and economic security in the 21st century.

The United States and Canada not only share the longest geographic border in the world, but also the largest and most integrated economic partnership, with over $1 trillion in annual trade and foreign direct investment between our countries. In fact, Canada is a larger market for U.S. goods than all 27 countries of the European Union combined. Both sides recognize that, to sustain this productive economic relationship, we must work together to protect our borders and shared critical infrastructure from terrorism and transnational crime, such as drug smuggling and human trafficking.