With his election victory, Stephen Harper has achieved a new place among world leaders. Admired for his political skills as the leader of an insurgent movement and then, as a prime minister who jockeyed a pair of minority governments into a majority, he's also recognized for steering Canada's economy through recessionary waters that are still threatening his fellow G7 leaders. Written by Allan Gotlieb and Colin Robertson and published in the Opinion section of The Globe and Mail.