{"id":36439,"date":"2014-12-26T03:01:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T19:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=36439"},"modified":"2014-12-26T03:01:35","modified_gmt":"2014-12-25T19:01:35","slug":"in-christmas-message-pm-harper-asks-canadians-to-pray-for-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/12\/26\/in-christmas-message-pm-harper-asks-canadians-to-pray-for-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"In Christmas message, PM Harper asks Canadians to pray for troops"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36448\" style=\"width: 812px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/stephen-harper.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36448\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/stephen-harper.png\" alt=\"PM Stephen Harper delivers his Christmas message\" width=\"812\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/stephen-harper.png 812w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/stephen-harper-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AJYdxH-MyqY#t=18\">PM Stephen Harper delivers his Christmas message<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OTTAWA &#8212; In his annual Christmas message, Prime Minister Stephen Harper asks Canadians to pray for members of the military as they battle Islamic extremists in northern Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Canada has six CF-18 fighter jets in the Middle East as part of an international effort to help Iraq fight an insurgency by Islamic State militants.<\/p>\n<p>Harper said Canadians are doing what they are known for &#8212; &#8220;protecting the vulnerable, promoting peace, and defending the freedom of all people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On the economy, Harper said that &#8220;despite the difficulties elsewhere in the world,&#8221; more Canadians have more opportunities and better jobs than at any time in the country&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>Harper also said that while we live in a beautiful, compassionate and prosperous country, we should &#8220;show kindness to the less fortunate&#8221; in the spirit of Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA &#8212; In his annual Christmas message, Prime Minister Stephen Harper asks Canadians to pray for members of the military &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":36448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1145],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-headline","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}