If you saw Cute with Chris episode 87 you might be familiar with this guy, Stephen Harper. My Canadian viewers are well aware of his existence, seeing that he is their current Prime Minister, but what they might not know is that he is foster father to several homeless kittens from the Ottawa SPCA. "Cheddar" has been officially adopted and is the newest member of the Harper family. Congratulations Cheddar, as a Canadian, and the nation's first cat, I guess this means you are free to marry your lesbian life partner.
Harper is a bonafide cat-lover. I read a news article when he first got elected about how he and his wife were worried about having kids. They weren't sure they'd love them as much as they loved their cats....
Posted by: Lisa | April 02, 2007 at 10:36 AM
I'm no Stephen Harper fan, but this makes me like him a wee (wee) bit more. Congratulations to the Harpers.
Posted by: Cori | April 02, 2007 at 10:46 AM
How nice to see a public figure embracing a cat. Maybe that is what GWB needs to do, adopt a cat, to raise his approval rating.
Congrats to the Harpers on their newest addtion.
Posted by: susan | April 02, 2007 at 11:41 AM
Well, maybe Harper isn't quite as much the undead subterranean dweller he's always seemed to be. They must have used a shitload of makeup on him for that photo, though, 'cause I don't ever remember seeing him looking so lifelike.
Posted by: Mel | April 02, 2007 at 11:45 AM
Whe I learned this story my opinion of him changed. But not as much as to forget his whole environmental fisco.
Posted by: Andros | April 02, 2007 at 04:16 PM
Its OK for the PM's cat to marry her life partner but heaven forbit if its his son.
Posted by: Busdriver | April 02, 2007 at 06:18 PM
This photo belongs in a molester van episode.
Posted by: annilita | April 03, 2007 at 11:43 AM
The cat makes people want 2 look at his picture.
Posted by: Kayla | December 10, 2007 at 01:46 PM
Cute picture Harper, but i wish u actually cared about animals especially the type you're holding.
Canada is importing fur from China which comes from cats and dogs that are tortured till the day of their death by drowning, strangling, or boiling.
HARPER IF YOU ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT ANIMALS, STOP IMPORTING FUR FROM CHINA, (let alone stopping china's fur trade all together)
Posted by: Moe | April 09, 2008 at 04:17 AM
Im from canada and I only hate Harper,but I also love this kitten :o)
Posted by: Kirouac | October 07, 2008 at 03:18 PM
Maybe we can end up with a CCPM?
Posted by: Paul | October 16, 2008 at 09:09 AM
To Susan,
GWB would have to adopt every cat in the nation for my opinion of him to raise even one percent from the negative number approval I hold him in...lol Thank God he could not run again this year....anyone want to party his last his last day of running this country into the toilet, /cough, I mean...office?
If there were a cat lover running for office I think SHE would have my vote =)
Posted by: antirepublican | October 16, 2008 at 05:01 PM
To Susan,
GWB would have to adopt every cat in the nation for my opinion of him to raise even one percent from the negative number approval I hold him in...lol Thank God he could not run again this year....anyone want to party his last his last day of running this country into the toilet, /cough, I mean...office?
If there were a cat lover running for office I think SHE would have my vote =)
Posted by: antirepublican | October 16, 2008 at 05:02 PM
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
CUTE CUTEY CUTUMS
!!!!!
The cat not Harper.
Posted by: Megan | October 16, 2008 at 05:04 PM
my cat's name is cheddar!lol harper is such a name stealer who else thinks to name their orange cat after cheese
-that would be sarcasm-
Posted by: Kirsten | May 05, 2009 at 05:59 PM
The caption
Harper: Oh, hi. This is my breakfast.
(Reference to kitten huffing)
I mean seriously, he has to love kittens for some reason ... and since he can't huff his wife's muff, he huffs the kittens.
Posted by: Arnold | May 06, 2009 at 05:58 PM
I would vote for Buttons in a CUTEDOWN! What he lacks in eyes... is more than made up in orange floofiness!
Posted by: vibram fivefingers | July 09, 2010 at 05:45 PM