Respondents were given a list of actions taken by Harper's government between 2006 and 2015, and asked to choose its biggest accomplishments and failures. A detailed list of actions can be found online.
Here are the results...
Harper's Legacy: Top Achievements, Failures, According To Poll
Harper's Notable Achievements
NOTE: The second-most popular choice was "none of these."
Reducing the GST from 7 to 5 per cent
One in three — 36 per cent — chose this as the Harper government's top achievement.
Balancing budgets in 2006-2008 and 2015
Almost one-quarter — or 24 per cent — highlighted this action as a key achievement.
Establishing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and apologizing to First Nations for the residential schools abuses
13 per cent chose this action as a notable achievement.
Negotiating trade deals with Europe (CETA) and Asia-Pacific region (TPP)
12 per cent chose this action as a key achievement.
Moving to exert Canadian power in the Arctic
Nine (9) per cent chose this action as a key achievement.
Harper's Notable Failures
Pulling Canada out of the Kyoto Accord on climate change
27 per cent chose this action as the Harper government's most notable failure.
Prohibiting scientists receiving government funding from speaking publicly about their work
26 per cent of respondents said this action was a failure.
Passing Bill C-51
20 per cent chose this action as a key failure.
Canada's military combat missions against ISIS and Afghanistan
16 per cent said the combat mission against ISIS was a failure, while 14 per cent said the same of the mission in Afghanistan.
Lowering corporate tax rates
13 per cent chose this as a key failure.
Defeated Tory Cabinet Ministers
Though Stephen Harper was re-elected in his Calgary riding in the 2015 federal election, many members of his cabinet went down in defeat.
Here are some key figures from Harper's inner circle who will not be returning to Ottawa...
Chris Alexander
Cabinet position: Minister of citizenship and immigration
Riding: Ajax
First elected: 2011
Joe Oliver
Cabinet position: Minister of finance
Riding: Eglinton-Lawrence (Toronto)
First elected: 2011
Oliver also previously served as minister of natural resources
Bernard Valcourt
Cabinet position: Minister of aboriginal affairs
Riding: Madawaska—Restigouche (N.B.)
First elected: 2011 (though he was a Progressive Conservative MP from 1984 to 1993).
Julian Fantino
Cabinet position: Associate defence minister
Riding: Vaughan
First elected: 2010
Fantino is probably better remembered for his controversial tenure as minister of veterans affairs.
Leona Aglukkaq
Cabinet position: Minister of the environment
Riding: Nunavut
First elected: 2008
Aglukkaq previously served as minister of health, and was the first Inuk in Canadian history named to federal cabinet.
Greg Rickford
Cabinet position: Minister of natural resources
Riding: Kenora
First elected: 2008
Rickford previously served as minister of state for science and technology.
Gail Shea
Cabinet position: Minister of fisheries and oceans
Riding: Egmont (P.E.I.)
First elected: 2008
Tim Uppal
Cabinet position: Minister of state for multiculturalism
Riding: Edmonton—Sherwood Park
First elected: 2008
Uppal also previously served as minister of state for democratic reform.
Ed Holder
Cabinet position: Minister of state for science and technology
Riding: London West
First elected: 2008
John Duncan
Cabinet position: Chief government whip
Riding: Vancouver Island North
First elected: 2008 (though he also served as an MP from 1993 to 2006).
Duncan previously served as minister of aboriginal affairs.
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