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$90,000 payment appears to contradict ex-Mulroney aide's testimony documents

'What is it they're trying to hide' NDP asks for military export data

1 year later, Tory-touted accountability act scores 'D' grade watchdog

Affidavit alleges Airbus deal made while Mulroney still in office

Alberta Tory denied provincial nomination

Anti-Kyoto campaigner volunteer member of Tory election team

Cadman's daughter backs up mom's bribe story

Calling election if crime bill gets delayed is 'silly' but legal expert

Canada failing its obligations to children UNICEF

Canada fourth-worst climate sinner, study finds

Canada going soft on death penalty Amnesty International

Canada says no climate deal without U.S., as stalemate looms at UN talks

Canada standing in the way of environmental action Dion

Canada's position at Bali talks assailed from various quarters

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Canadian military to be smaller than Tories promised in 2006

CBC-Globe report finds no evidence to back up Mulroney testimony

Climatologists puzzled at rationale for ending research fund

Colleague complains Tory MP viewed 'scantily clad woman' on laptop in Commons

Conflict allegations surface in Mulroney-Schreiber inquest

Conservative Joe Speaks

Conservative MPs kind to Mulroney while following a script

Conservatives and Liberals in virtual tie poll

Conservatives bolt from Mulroney's side

Conservatives give lobby group same weight as scientists

Conservatives made million-dollar offer to MP Cadman book

Cosy relationship between Harper, Mulroney hits the skids

Critics worry Tories have no plans to mark anniversary of Pearson's Nobel win

CTV.ca Ex-Mulroney chief of staff to tell MPs about cash

CTV.ca Ex-Tory candidate slams party for media restrictions

CTV.ca Extra voting day won't have much effect Mayrand

CTV.ca Government surplus shrinks by $2.7 billion

CTV.ca Group files conflict complaint against Harper

CTV.ca Liberals to RCMP Investigate Tory bribe claims

CTV.ca MacKay denies knowing Schreiber before Thyssen job

CTV.ca Majority want Mulroney-Schreiber affair probed

CTV.ca Mounties launch Mulroney-Schreiber review

CTV.ca Mulroney calls for full-blown public inquiry

CTV.ca Mulroney intervened in military project ex-aide

CTV.ca NDP accuses government of shortchanging seniors

CTV.ca Opposition demands debate on joining nuclear club

CTV.ca Opposition wants review of contract to speech writer

CTV.ca PMO 'lied' about Afghan prisoner transfers Dion

CTV.ca Probe into Liberal polling dings Tories instead

CTV.ca Tories assure pollsters no moratorium coming

CTV.ca Tories defend decision to join world nuclear group

CTV.ca Tories do about-face on $1B community fund vote

CTV.ca Tory support dips after new Schreiber allegations

Defence program over budget by $132 million

Dion calls for ministers firing over security breach

Dion says he knew of detainees policy, but sworn to secrecy

Elections Canada faces climbing legal bill from Tory lawsuit

Elections Canada says Tories near the limit

Environmentalists fear Bush has Harper's ear in coming fuel efficiency rules

Europeans decry Harper government’s execution policy

Expert disputes accountability of top bureaucrats

Federal deadheat persists with Liberals holding slight lead

Federal treasury will stay in surplus, despite slowdown Flaherty

Firing of federal nuclear watchdog raises concerns auditor general

Firing of nuclear watchdog head could silence other public servants critics

Flaherty's personal income tax cuts modest and temporary, report says

Former Supreme Court justice denounces Tory death-row reversal

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globeandmail.com Floor-crossing Tory faces charges over election spending

globeandmail.com Former chief of staff says he has fresh evidence

globeandmail.com Former Tory candidate boosts Rae

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globeandmail.com Harper in Quebec to woo ADQ supporters

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globeandmail.com Mulroney camp used German cash to help dump Clark

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globeandmail.com Mulroney mum on declaring cash

globeandmail.com Mulroney must explain cash payments, Tory MP says

globeandmail.com New poll suggests Canadians side with McGuinty in feud with Flaherty

globeandmail.com Opposition says GST ads amount to Conservative advertising

globeandmail.com Pasta explanation 'nonsense'

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globeandmail.com Tax cuts fail to lift Harper's fortunes

globeandmail.com Tax rich less to keep them in Canada, Flaherty proposes

globeandmail.com Tories plan to withhold funding for 'offensive' productions

globeandmail.com Tories tried to sway vote of dying MP, widow alleges

globeandmail.com Tories' support falls to tie Liberals in poll

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globeandmail.com Tory death penalty decision fails to thrill voters

globeandmail.com Tory MP put lives at risk, Liberals charge

globeandmail.com Two ex-ministers contradict Mulroney

globeandmail.com Watchdog says Ottawa hiding pollution figures

Gomery slams Harper for ignoring sponsorship reform proposals

Government knew nuclear plant needed repairs before shutdown Liberals

Government to shut down popular, independent health advice website

Government unwilling to stop Schreiber deportation

Harper accused of insulting 'entire Greek community'

Harper aide investigated by ethics commissioner

Harper denies Canada isolated on climate change at Commonwealth meeting

Harper gov't blocks binding commitment on climate

Harper heard on tape discussing financial inducements for late MP

Harper orders Mulroney review, cuts ties to ex-PM

Harper stands alone on climate change at Commonwealth summit

Harper underfire for delaying Mulroney-Schreiber inquiry

Harper's climate stance disappoints Malaysia

Influential journal blasts Tory government's 'disregard for science'

It's up to PM whether to fire spokeswoman over Afghan comment, says Tory MP

Judges resent ‘implied criticism’ of mandatory minimum sentences Gomery

Liberals hold Nicholson to fire over Schreiber flip-flop

Liberals narrowing gap with Tories poll

Liberals pull ahead of Tories in Ontario and Quebec

Liberals want RCMP to probe Baird

Liberals, Tories squabble on World AIDS Day

Lunn feeling the heat from Keen firing

Military unhappy with order to clam up around reporters

Mulroney could be found in contempt of Parliament ethics chairman

Mulroney landed lucrative jobs after leaving office

Mulroney sends old brochures as proof of international lobbying work

Mulroney-Schreiber letters raise questions of what PM knew

New case of potential abuse involving Afghan prisoner uncovered Bernier

Nobel scientists deliver stinging criticism of federal government

Nuke problems radiated months ago auditor general

Opposition MPs slam government secrecy of private contractors

Opposition steams at exclusion from global warming summit

Ottawa to axe soldiers’ cost-of-living bonus

PM handcuffing Mulroney inquiry opposition MPs

PM Harper among powerful politicians who want Schreiber extradited Greenspan

Poll suggests opposition to Tory policy on death-penalty clemency

Prime minister's staffer on hot seat

Rejecting Tory inducement example of Cadman's integrity, biographer says

Scientists lament closing of key advisory office

Scratchy tape begins with Harper request 'This is not for publication'

Some opposition emerges to Tory crime bill

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Tax cuts provide short-term gain for long-term pain, think-tank says

The politics of life and death

Top federal bureaucrats getting more money

Tories accused of stealing money, money, money, mon-ey!

Tories drop 2 would-be Ontario candidates

Tories ignoring Darfur Dallaire

Tories paid $25 billion in grants and subsidies over first year in office report

Tory government may be condemning innocents to death with new policy Liberals

Tory minister bills economic agency for jet travel to riding documents

Tory MP charged with violating elections act

Tory support falls amid Schreiber allegations

Tory support plunges in wake of Mulroney, Bali, isotope controversies poll

United opposition to honour climate change scientists

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Williams says Harper told him N.L. support not needed to win election

MacKay says he has no knowledge of alleged financial offer to Cadman

Canada's government is interfering in U.S. election, says strategist

Harper denies meddling in U.S. presidential primaries

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Ottawa's progress on environmental protection 'unsatisfactory': audit

The government's environmental policies are falling short when it comes to protecting people, plants, animals and habitat, Canada's environmental watchdog said Thursday.

Harper widens NAFTA-gate probe to include his own office

CTV.ca | Liberals accuse Tories of ducking long gun fight

The Liberals are accusing the Conservatives of allowing long gun owners to circumvent gun registry laws. They say the Tories are using "back door tactics" to again extend an amnesty for rifle and shotgun owners.

Controversial bill that makes hurting fetus a crime moves ahead

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Almost a third of Canadians think Harper is lying over Cadman affair: poll

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Tory ridings in Quebec getting more handouts

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Gomery readies new blast at Tories for sponsorship response

Afghan mission to run $1 billion over budget: report

The Conservative government is downplaying a report that the Afghanistan mission will run $1 billion over budget this fiscal year after a series of cost over-runs.

Gomery blasts Tory government for lack of sponsorship response

CTV.ca | Tories try to dampen Afghan overspending report

The Conservative government scrambled Tuesday to explain a report that the Afghanistan mission will run $1 billion over budget this fiscal year.

Canada risks becoming ‘one-man government’: Gomery

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globeandmail.com: Joe Clark has some 'concerns' about Harper

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Gomery blasts Tories, warns of potential for more scandal

Tories bar opposition members from NATO summit

Liberal MP accuses Harper government of misusing postal privileges

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Chatty Tory's loose lips have been political asset - until now

Homophobic slur hurts Tory attempts at image makeover

Tory tape scandal has Opposition calling on Sask. MP to resign

Harper slammed for refusing to discipline MP over homophobic slur

Tory MP feared gay marriage would mean 'adverse' social change, polygamy

globeandmail.com: Staff briefed Bernier to discuss wireless issue with Mulroney

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Program ‘tailor-made’ to send cash to Flaherty’s riding: critics

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Tory MP’s comments under scrutiny after recording surfaces

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Conservatives accused of rigging fund in favour of friendlies

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Anti-Kyoto ads funded by university ‘research’ account

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PM reins in Bernier over Afghan governor comments

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Mounties search Tory headquarters

RCMP are searching Conservative party headquarters in Ottawa on Tuesday at the request of Elections Canada.

CTV.ca | Tories under fire after RCMP raid party HQ

The opposition parties wasted no time in question period Tuesday as they pounced on the events surrounding an RCMP raid on Conservative Party headquarters in Ottawa.

globeandmail.com: Flaherty's office ignored rules on speech contract

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Bernier must resign, say Liberals

Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier's diplomatic gaffe in Afghanistan suggests he doesn't have the capacity to handle the portfolio and should be replaced, Liberal critic Bob Rae said Thursday.

Tories under fire for partisan leaflets mailed at taxpayer expense

globeandmail.com: House panel to investigate mass mail-outs by MPs

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Conservative admen dubious of 'in and out' scheme: warrant

Opposition blasts Conservatives over campaign finance controversy

Search warrant cites ‘false and misleading statements’ on Conservative ads

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globeandmail.com: RCMP targeted alleged Tory spending scheme

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Allegations by Elections Canada suggest Tories cheated in last election: Dion

Kandahar governor set to leave until Bernier spoke, says Afghan official

The controversial governor of Kandahar was on his way out until a political gaffe by Canada's foreign affairs minister, an Afghan politician says.

Suspicious of Tory 'in-out' money, disgruntled ex-candidate says

A former Conservative candidate says revelations about the widening advertising scandal only underline her existing suspicions about the party.

globeandmail.com: Tory election spending probe unprecedented: experts

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CTV.ca | Ethics watchdog to probe Flaherty office contract

The federal ethics watchdog is investigating a sole-source contract Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's office awarded to a well-connected Conservative.

Canada's funding for polio eradication effort slowed since Tories took office

Liberals demand RCMP look for criminal activity in 'in and out' scandal

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Another Conservative candidate attacks 'in-out' ad scheme

A politician who represented the Conservatives in the last federal election in Labrador is now denouncing the party over the widening advertising controversy.

Elections boss who quit warned candidates about ad expenses

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Former Tory candidate says she was left out of ad deal

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Strahl does damage control amid UN criticism on native issues

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Tories kill access to information database

The federal Conservatives have quietly killed an access to information registry used by journalists, experts and the public that users say helped hold the government accountable.

globeandmail.com: Why Tories are blowing off the G-G's arts party

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Tough-on-crime policies ineffective, U.S. sentencing expert contends

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CTV.ca | Investigate Tory election polling spending: NDP

A New Democrat MP has asked Canada's elections watchdog to expand its probe into alleged Conservative campaign spending fraud to look into transactions used to pay for public opinion polling during the last election.

Tory cabinet minister Oda hid thousands of dollars in limo rides: NDP

UN to probe Canada over lack of greenhouse-gas reporting

The UN says it will investigate Canada for failing to meet a Kyoto Protocol deadline on greenhouse-gas reporting and could bar it from an international carbon-trading scheme if the probe finds Ottawa broke the rules.

Bernier in hot seat after reports former girlfriend had alleged ties to biker gang

Tory tax cuts will exacerbate inequalities in Canadian economy: study

Court papers contend Baird gone if tied to Mounties’ bribery probe

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globeandmail.com: $1.1-million ad campaign sells reforms not yet passed

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Bernier affair is a security issue, say experts

Criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic, Harper says

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From software to diapers: suppliers face gag orders when dealing with governments

Bloc calls for Bernier security probe amid concerns over biker 'infiltration'

CTV.ca | RCMP asked Bernier about photo with suspect

A Montreal newspaper says the RCMP recently visited with Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier to ask him about photo that shows him shaking hands with a Montreal businessman who currently facing criminal charges.

Opposition slams PM for anti-Semitic allegations

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Harper under fire for delaying Mulroney-Schreiber probe

Harper at 'war' with federal institutions: Dion

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globeandmail.com: Tories losing ground with voters

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Bad grades for Harper's handling of labour market: study

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globeandmail.com: Defence plan to cost $20-billion more than announced

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Contradictions surround Canada’s defence policy

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globeandmail.com: Critics blast Harper on dithering on campaign for UN Security Council seat

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globeandmail.com: Tories grilled on defence plan

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Opposition says Conservative ads show contempt for Parliament

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Tories stand by Bernier despite new report of ex-girlfriend biker ties

Harper to be absent as Clark joins Parliament's walk of fame

AIDS groups fear federal government ideology could further threaten funding

Minister invokes 18th century rule to avoid testimony

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CTV.ca | Bernier's record of gaffes indefensible: Ignatieff

Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier has embarrassed this country and it should be for the last time, says Deputy Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff.

Harper dismisses security concerns about cabinet minister's ex-girlfriend

Foreign affairs minister resigns

Maxime Bernier has resigned from cabinet over a security breach involving classified documents, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told reporters on Monday.

CTV.ca | Former PM questions Harper foreign policy direction

Calling himself a "political orphan," former Progressive Conservative prime minister Joe Clark questioned the direction Stephen Harper's Tory government is taking Canada.

Bernier suffers final fall of long, public plummet

CTV.ca | More fallout expected from Bernier scandal

The fallout from the resignation of former foreign affairs minister Maxime Bernier over a security breach is expected to continue today.

CTV.ca | Bernier affair may hold Tory troubles in Quebec

The Maxime Bernier affair has the potential to set back years of Tory efforts to make political inroads into Quebec, say some political analysts.

CTV.ca | Court rules against Ottawa in injection site case

A B.C. court has ruled Ottawa cannot constitutionally shut down Vancouver's safe-injection site. Federal lawyers had argued addicts do not have protection under the Charter of Rights. A judge disagreed.

Opposition uses Bernier to highlight Harper's struggles

Tory MP's assistant fired over controversial movie tickets

A parliamentary staffer has been fired after ordering tickets to a provocative movie about the sex lives of young people.

Spy agency informed of Bernier affair, opposition alleges

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'Sexy scandal' cover greets Harper in Italy

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globeandmail.com: Gomery chides Harper for delay in Mulroney-Schreiber inquiry

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Bernier papers returned full day before PM learned of breach

Foreign Affairs knew about Maxime Bernier's security breach a full day before Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he learned of the matter, CBC News has confirmed.

Tories ignore calls for RCMP probe of Bernier breach; CSIS denies involvement

CTV.ca | Liberals accuse Tories of a Bernier affair 'cover-up'

The Liberals levelled allegations of a cover-up in the Maxime Bernier affair Wednesday, accusing the Tories of sitting on a "national security bomb." They say the Tory timeline of events doesn't make sense.

CTV.ca | PM spokesperson backtracks on Afghanistan briefing

A spokesperson for the prime minister was forced to backtrack Thursday after inaccurately informing reporters that Italy was removing restrictions on the use of their soldiers in Afghanistan.

globeandmail.com: PMO bungles Berlusconi message

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Satisfaction with Harper government plunges: poll

CTV.ca | Satisfaction with Harper government plunges: poll

Public perceptions of integrity, accountability and economic stewardship are all taking a hit as the Harper Conservatives enter their third year in power, a new poll suggests.

CTV.ca | Bernier left NATO briefing notes out in open: NDP

The NDP has accused beleaguered former foreign affairs minister Maxime Bernier of carelessly leaving important briefing notes out in the open during a commercial flight.

globeandmail.com: Harper's attempt to ignore scandal risks having voters question his judgment

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CTV.ca | Canadian consumer confidence tumbling: report

Consumer confidence in Canada tumbled in May, hitting its lowest level in at least seven years, says the Conference Board of Canada.

globeandmail.com: Tory defence strategy runs into trouble

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Bernier controversy flares with report ex-girlfriend dated Mafioso

4 in 10 Canadians say Harper doing a good job: poll

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Government buffing Prentice's Wikipedia entry

The government has been editing Industry Minister Jim Prentice's Wikipedia entry, removing copyright controversy and replacing it with praise.

globeandmail.com: RCMP called to Tory nomination meeting in Kamloops

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CTV.ca | Canada slack on protecting secrets: expert

Few other G8 governments would be as lax on the security of classified documents as Ottawa, says a national security expert.

Julie Couillard donated $1,000 to Conservatives, a Montreal newspaper reports

Tories have little room to grow, Liberals preferred choice in polarized vote: poll

Tory ads gassed at pumps

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Minister's aide fired after Couillard links emerge

Federal Public Works Minister Michael Fortier has dismissed a senior member of staff because the man had a romantic relationship with Julie Couillard last year, according to a report.

CTV.ca | Tory attack on carbon tax is dishonest: economist

A prominent resource economist has pronounced himself disgusted with "dishonest" Conservative attack ads on a Liberal carbon tax proposal that's yet to be unveiled.

Tory MP sings different tune as Conservatives offer native apology

Copyright law could result in 'police state,' critic warns

The federal government has introduced a controversial bill it says balances the rights of copyright holders and consumers — but it opens millions of Canadians to huge lawsuits, prompting one critic to warn it will create a police state.

CTV.ca | Tory MP under fire over comments about natives

Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre is under fire over comments he made suggesting that native people need to learn the value of hard work more than they need financial compensation.

globeandmail.com: Couillard accused of influence peddling as details emerge about first date

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Lakes across Canada face being turned into mine dump sites

CBC News has learned that 16 Canadian lakes that include prime wilderness fishing sites from B.C. to Newfoundland are slated to be officially but quietly reclassified as toxic dump sites for mines.

CTV.ca | Couillard's mother got federal contract: report

A published report says Julie Couillard's mother received a three-year mandate from the federal government to arbitrate employment-insurance disputes.

Defence officials warned of weak walls at Afghan prison 2 years ago

Canadian military officials warned more than two years ago that the stone-and-mortar walls of Kandahar's largest prison were on the verge of collapse, newly released documents show.

RCMP may probe Couillard affair

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globeandmail.com: Mandatory sentences blamed for boom in cost of prisons

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globeandmail.com: Canada faces lawsuit over plan that doesn't meet Kyoto Protocol obligations

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Tory government mined judges' personal tax data

The Conservative government is facing criticism for using the personal income tax information of more than 500 sitting federal judges during salary negotiations.

Canada ranked 2nd last on World Wildlife Fund G8 Climate Scorecard

Tories lose crucial ground with women, Quebecers, Ontarians, poll suggests

CTV.ca | Canadians want tough action on climate: poll

A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians want aggressive government action to fight climate change, despite skyrocketing fuel costs.

Elections chief counters Tory defence on expenses practices

Elections officials found no evidence that other political parties engaged in a scheme to circumvent spending limits as the Conservatives are accused of doing in the 2006 federal election, Canada's chief electoral officer said Tuesday.

Conservatives blasted for 'grandstanding' on text message fees

The Liberals are blasting the government for grandstanding on the new incoming text messaging charges proposed by Bell and Telus.

MP presses Tories on tax evasion scandal

A Bloc Québécois MP is pressuring the Tory government to answer questions about the 100 Canadians involved in a growing global Liechtenstein tax evasion scandal, CBC's The Fifth Estate has learned.

globeandmail.com: The politics of destruction has run its course

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Elections Canada claims Quebec Tories swapped campaign ad expenses to beat cap

globeandmail.com: Tory ad scheme in Quebec was illegal, watchdog says

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globeandmail.com: Canada feared U.S. backlash over man trapped in Sudan

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New Democrats call for Tory MP's removal from Supreme Court advisory panel

Harper's relationship with Mulroney to be reviewed - again

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Harper fails to meet own deadline rules for disclosing gifts

CTV.ca | Liberal complains Tory mailouts break rules

A Liberal MP has filed a formal complaint over the Conservative party's use of taxpayer-funded mail-outs.

Tories deny burying release of climate-change report

Expert report questions Tory greenhouse-gas claims

globeandmail.com: Canada changes nuclear policy to accommodate India

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31 witnesses summoned in election 'in and out' scheme

A House of Commons committee probing the Conservatives' in-and-out scheme is sending an extraordinary 31 summonses to witnesses.

CTV.ca | Tories slammed for burying negative reports

The Harper government's timing for the release of some unflattering reports has critics scratching their heads over the Conservatives' concept of transparency.

Senate committee says Tory government's defence spending doesn't add up

Harper lawsuit smacks of authoritarian state: prof

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's legal tactics are likened to those of an authoritarian state in court documents filed recently by the Liberal party.

Tory campaign manager booted from committee after refusing to leave

Party sent $37,000 to his campaign, then took it back: ex-Tory

An unsuccessful Conservative candidate says he agreed in advance not to spend $37,000 the party sent to his campaign in 2006, then quickly took back.

Tories allegedly tell witnesses to snub Commons committee

globeandmail.com: MPs clash over vetting Supreme Court candidates

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Tory witnesses fail to show at election-financing hearing

Four witnesses who were ordered to appear before a Commons committee looking into the Conservative in-and-out election-finance scheme were no-shows on Tuesday.

Tories should be held in contempt of Parliament, say Liberals

CTV.ca | Critic slams Harper gov't on human rights reports

The Conservative government has decided to treat parts of ambassadors' reports about human rights in other countries as secret documents, something one critic calls "shocking."

globeandmail.com: Tories face jeers for jilting Commons hearing

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globeandmail.com: Poll suggests possible trouble for Tories

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Ex-Tory candidate yells at ethics committee

The Commons ethics committee is in an uproar again as it wrestles with the issue of Conservative ad spending in the last federal election.

Williams lambastes PM over 'laughable' carbon tax comments

Premier Danny Williams chuckled off warnings that Prime Minister Stephen Harper made on how the proposed Liberal carbon tax could wreck the offshore oil industry.

globeandmail.com: Ottawa to axe five more arts and culture programs

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Sensitive government document found on rainy Ottawa street

A sensitive government document detailing a classified computer database has been given to the CBC after it was found lying on an Ottawa street corner.

Liberals slam Harper aide's plum appointment

Tory mailing targeting 'junkies' strikes a sour note in east Vancouver

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New online database shows Harper met lobbyists twice in July

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globeandmail.com: Cry us a river, Tories, but who wrote the book on chaos?

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Legislative record contradicts Harper claim of parliamentary dysfunction

Harper touts legislative gains just days after calling Parliament dysfunctional

globeandmail.com: Tories pushing fall election to shut down probe, MPs say

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Tories coy about plan to shift food inspection powers to industry

globeandmail.com: Opposition MPs blast Tories over pamphlets

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New navy supply ships too costly, government says

The Conservative government has quietly scuttled the navy's $2.9 billion project to replace its aging supply ships, saying bids from the shipbuilding industry were significantly higher than the money set aside for the program.

globeandmail.com: Critics blast Clement's absence

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globeandmail.com: Mounties probe Couillard link to real-estate deal

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Tories hack Telefilm's $14.5M new media fund

Canada's Conservative government is axing a $14.5 million program — administered by Telefilm — which fosters the creation of internet content and its distribution, according to a report by the Globe and Mail.

CTV.ca | Tories slammed for $8.8B spending splurge

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says the Harper government's pre-election spending is out of this world.

Keen resigns from nuclear watchdog's board of directors

The former head of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has resigned from the nuclear watchdog's board of directors.

Tory candidate blames immigrants for crime

globeandmail.com: Harper's claim of 200 new food inspectors not true: inspection agency

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CTV.ca | Harper faces heat for no-show on anti-poverty video

Stephen Harper is facing criticism that he's ducking questions on how to help Canadians living in poverty, even as economic turmoil threatens to push more people over a fiscal cliff.

CBC.ca - Canada Votes - Harper government opened patronage doors before election, records show

The Harper government approved 148 appointments to federal boards and agencies, long used as rewards for supporters of the party in power, as the election neared, The Canadian Press has learned.

CTV.ca | Ritz ducks listeriosis questions after debate

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz avoided any direct mention of the listeriosis crisis during a two-hour debate with political rivals on Monday and left through a back door to avoid the media afterward.

CBC.ca - Canada Votes - Liberals accuse Harper of plagiarizing 2003 speech on Iraq

Liberal foreign affairs critic Bob Rae on Tuesday accused Conservative Leader Stephen Harper of plagiarizing a speech from Australian Prime Minister John Howard in a 2003 address in the House of Commons calling for Canadian troops to be deployed to Iraq.

CBC.ca - Canada Votes - Retired justice critical of Conservatives' young offender plan

A federal Conservative promise of tougher sentences for violent young offenders isn't endorsed by Merlin Nunn, the retired supreme court justice who led the inquiry into the death of a Halifax teacher's aide caused by a 16-year-old driver.

CBC.ca - Canada Votes - Bernier bashed PM, asked ex to put NATO papers in trash bin: Couillard book

Maxime Bernier complained regularly about Prime Minister Stephen Harper and once asked his girlfriend to dispose of confidential NATO briefing papers on trash day, Julie Couillard writes in her highly anticipated autobiography.

CBC.ca - Canada Votes - Liberals fling another plagiarism accusation at Tories

The Liberals have lobbed a fresh accusation of plagiarism at the Conservative camp, alleging that Stephen Harper stole ideas from a speech given more than five years ago by former Ontario premier Mike Harris.

Bigger Tory cabinet to cost $3.9 million in salaries alone

Lost document more sensitive than Baird indicated, expert says

A government document found on an Ottawa street last summer might be more sensitive than the environment minister John Baird initially led the public to believe, the CBC has learned.

Bar the doors: Tory delegates debate policy behind curtains

Delegates tilt right at first Tory policy convention since 2005

PM must 'cut the jargon' on recession talk: opposition

Opposition MPs accused Stephen Harper on Monday of sugar-coating Canada's economic reality after the prime minister acknowledged the country was headed for a technical recession at the end of this year or early in 2009.

Tories slammed for lack of stimulus package

Day denies report of 2000 coalition plot with Bloc

Federal Trade Minister Stockwell Day denied on Wednesday he was aware of a secret plan in 2000 for him to take power through a formal coalition between the Bloc Québécois, the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives.

Canadian Alliance courted BQ for coalition in 2000: letter

CTV.ca | Harper wrong on democracy claims: experts

Just how valid is Prime Minister Stephen Harper's claim that changing governments without a new election would be undemocratic?

Feds get poor grade for accountability: Democracy Watch

Scientist dropped from climate delegation to save money: Prentice

Minister of Environment Jim Prentice said the government's decision to not send one of Canada's leading scientists to the international climate talks wrapping up in Poland Friday was financial, not political.

Liberals say Flaherty admits economy now worse than projections in fall update

Information watchdog alarmed by Harper government clampdown

Canada's information watchdog says the public knows less than ever about what its government is doing — a stark contrast to U.S. President's Barack Obama's push for openness in the United States.

Harper to run $64-billion deficit over two years

globeandmail.com: Short-term stimulus will just repeat errors of the past

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Tory ridings get most building money, Liberals charge

Feds hand out billions with little control over where it's spent: auditor

globeandmail.com: Warding off structural deficit

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Harper dropped lawsuit ahead of key hearing

CTV.ca | Opposition slams Tories over listeriosis secrecy

Opposition MPs say the Harper government's refusal to release handwritten notes on last summer's deadly listeriosis outbreak flouts its own Access to Information laws.

Opposition demands Harper apologize for misreading economy

Amid another day of financial market turmoil and more bad news about the economy, the Liberal Opposition demanded in the House on Monday that Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologize to Canadians about misreading the economy.

Opposition MPs criticize Harper for about-face on Afghanistan mission

Opposition MPs criticized Stephen Harper for flip-flopping on the objectives of Canada's mission in Afghanistan after the prime minister said Western troops could never defeat the Taliban insurgency and that Canada's goal is to train Afghan forces to provide their own security.

$500M in contracts awarded for red-flagged defence program

The federal government awarded contracts Monday worth more than $500 million for army communications

globeandmail.com: Tory support plummets in Quebec, poll finds

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globeandmail.com: Speaker orders MPs to curb personal attacks

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globeandmail.com: Harper gets the cold shoulder

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David Dodge criticism doesn't shake PM Harper's vision of economic recovery

CTV.ca | MP under fire for role at dinner where prize is handgun

Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz is being criticized for accepting an invitation to attend a gun lobby dinner near Toronto next month where the raffle prize is a rare Beretta semi-automatic handgun.

CTV.ca | Budget officer forecasts major decline in GDP

Parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page delivered more bad news about the Canadian economy Wednesday, saying the GDP will drop 8.5 per cent this quarter -- the biggest decline in at least four decades.

CTV.ca | Ignatieff popularity growing, Harper stalled, poll finds

People seem to be gradually warming to Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, but many still have a love-him-or-hate him view of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a new poll suggests.

Massive stimulus plans will exact heavy cost: economist

The world will pay a price in future years for current massive government spending that's meant to end the deep global recession, TD Bank Financial Group's chief economist told a parliamentary committee Thursday.

PMO wanted Gainey death report held until campaign over: emails

A series of government emails shows an arm's-length investigatory body was told that the Prime Minister's Office wanted it to hold off on releasing a report into the high-seas death of Laura Gainey.

CTV.ca | Conservative caucus roils over Brian Mulroney

The Conservatives' iron-clad discipline suffered several cracks last week as party members bickered behind closed doors over Brian Mulroney -- the former prime minister who divides them still.

globeandmail.com: Minister red-faced over observatory cuts

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Serious offences on the decline before Tories took office: study

PM expected to address caucus split over Mulroney party status

Prime Minister Stephen Harper was expected on Wednesday to address the supposed internal bickering in his party over the status of Brian Mulroney as a card-carrying Conservative.

Tories losing ground in key provinces: poll

CTV.ca | Ex-MP Turner casts Harper as bully in new book

A new book by a former Conservative MP casts Prime Minister Stephen Harper as a bully obsessed with secrecy and his caucus as a sycophantic squad of yes-men.

Harper inflamed isotope crisis with partisan remarks: government document

globeandmail.com: Minority Parliament reconfigured

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Federal Liberals open five-point lead on strength of urban women, Quebecers

Flurry of patronage postings at height of Tory strife

Ottawa mayor offered opponent money, federal job, court hears

Ottawa mayoral candidate Terry Kilrea kicked off the testimony at the influence-peddling trial of Mayor Larry O'Brien Monday with his account of the meetings he had with O'Brien before the 2006 municipal election.

CTV.ca | Liberals edge ahead of Conservatives, says poll

The Liberals have pulled ahead of the Conservatives in national voter support, propelled by surging numbers in Quebec where they have virtually tied the Bloc, according to a new poll.

CTV.ca | DND lost $300M from poor accounting, AG says

The Department of National Defence lost $300 million in funding in 2008 because it failed to keep track of a budget surplus, the auditor general said.

Federal predictions of greenhouse gas reductions are exaggerated: watchdog

The federal government has overstated greenhouse gas reductions expected as a result of its climate change plans and is failing to count the actual reductions, says a report from the environment commissioner.

CTV.ca | Harper says $85B deficit may yet grow larger

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is suggesting the federal deficit, pegged at $85 billion over the next five years, could get bigger to fight the recession.

Harper's chief of staff causing tensions in Tory circles

globeandmail.com: Tories attack: bad manners, bad politics

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Former aide challenges Mulroney claim he 'killed' Bear Head

Foreign Affairs contradicts MacKay on arms sales to Pakistan

The Foreign Affairs Department took the unusual step Thursday of publicly contradicting Defence Minister Peter MacKay — who has flip-flopped over the issue of potential arms sales to Pakistan.

Tories tumble in Quebec poll

Amid tough economic times and rising unemployment, support for the federal Conservatives continues to

Federal deficit to hit record $50 billion

Federal deficit headed toward record territory

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty revealed Tuesday the federal deficit will swell to more than $50 billion

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CTV.ca | Tory MP under fire for 'tar baby' comment

A Tory MP known for his partisan attacks and bare-knuckle parliamentary style is facing accusations of racism after he twice used the term "tar baby" in the House of Commons Friday.

Ottawa digging a $172-billion hole in deficits, TD Bank says

Minister grilled, aide resigns after secret documents left at news bureau

Prime Minister Stephen Harper defended his decision not to accept the resignation of his natural resources minister on Wednesday after it was revealed documents related to Canada's nuclear industry were left behind at an Ottawa news bureau for almost a week.

CTV.ca | Tories face fresh fire in document controversy

The Harper government came under renewed fired in the House of Commons over its handling of the Lisa Raitt controversy, in which secret government documents were left by the minister's staff at CTV News' Ottawa bureau.

CTV.ca | Isotope issue 'sexy,' Raitt heard to say on tape

Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt is again at the heart of a controversy after she disparaged Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and called the medical isotope shortage a "sexy" issue on a newly unsealed audio tape.

Baird facing allegations he made board appointments to cover up Raitt allegations

Raitt calls isotope issue 'sexy' in recorded conversation made public by court

Top Tory blasts Toronto with profanity

Canada's ruling Conservative party is facing yet another controversy over ministerial remarks.

Alberta Tories take aim at brethren - The Globe and Mail

Say Ottawa is failing to inform them of key government policies, treats the unemployed unfairly and falls short in boosting the oil sands.

Defence Department under fire over $3B plane contract

The Defence Department has been forced to reconsider its choice of new search-and-rescue planes for the Canadian military amid accusations it rigged the multi-billion dollar bid process to favour an aircraft made by an Italian company, CBC News has learned.

Next minister dragged into Raitt tape controversy: Jim Prentice

CTV.ca | Raitt on recording worries about budget leak

Hours after Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt apologized for off-the-cuff comments made about the medical isotope crisis, more taped criticisms of her cabinet colleagues came to light.

CTV.ca | Tories on a downslope in support in key areas: poll

Conservative support has been eroding in a vital Ontario battleground targeted by Tories, Liberals and New Democrats alike, a new poll suggests.

CTV.ca | Flaherty denies deficit pledge 'not realistic'

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has rejected a watchdog's analysis that federal deficits are here to stay.

Opposition demands Tories table defence plans

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Experts douse Tory inmate crackdown plan

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CTV.ca | Federal Court to hear election challenge

The Federal Court of Canada is to hear arguments against the election call last fall by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Judge refuses Tories' request to expedite 'in-out' hearings

A Federal Court judge has turned down a request from the Conservative Party of Canada to push up hearings

CTV.ca | Tory ploy could muzzle Liberal-dominated Senate

Twenty-eight private-members' bills proposed by Liberal or independent senators were sponsored by Tory MPs last month -- a tactic that Liberals suspect is designed to stop the bills dead in their tracks, despite government denials.

Federal deficits to total $156 billion, job losses to mount: budget officer

CTV.ca | Gay Pride cash may have led to demotion of MP

A Conservative MP says federal funding for Toronto's Gay Pride parade may be responsible for junior cabinet minister Diane Ablonczy losing a key part of her portfolio.

Pride parade cash got file pulled from Ablonczy: Tory MP

Minister of State for Tourism Diane Ablonczy is no longer responsible for the delivery of a key tourism stimulus package, and one of her caucus colleagues says it's because her office gave some of the money to a gay pride parade.

CTV.ca | Deficit predicted to hit $155.9B over next 5 years

Canada's federal deficit will balloon to a cumulative $155.9 billion over the next five years, and the nation will remain in the red until at least 2014, according to a report from the government's spending watchdog.

CTV.ca | PM did not pocket communion wafer: spokesman

A spokesman for Stephen Harper says the prime minister did not pocket a communion wafer given to him by a Roman Catholic priest at a funeral in New Brunswick last week.

CTV.ca | False information leads to PM's attack on Ignatieff

A chief spokesperson for Prime Minister Stephen Harper is apologizing after he provided false information which the prime minister then used to launch an attack on his Liberal opponent.

Harper apology to Ignatieff raises questions about staff, judgment

CTV.ca | Tories reject funding for Montreal gay festival

A gay and lesbian arts festival that was told it met all government criteria under a new tourism stimulus program learned Tuesday it was rejected for funding.

PMO Iqaluit gaffe draws smiles, frowns

CTV.ca | Harper cabinet unleashes flood of patronage

Weeks before Stephen Harper named some of his closest Tory friends to the Senate, his cabinet quietly approved a flood of appointments to federal boards that also rewarded party faithful.

Top Tory donor gets director's post

Bernier's mislaid files held foreign policy secrets: report

National security documents former foreign affairs Maxime Bernier left at his ex-girlfriend's house last year contained highly sensitive information about foreign policy and global efforts to fight terrorism, according to a new investigation.

CTV.ca | Peter MacKay fined $200 for breaching ethics code

Canada's ethics commissioner fined Defence Minister Peter MacKay $200 on Thursday for failing to disclose his involvement as a director and officer of two companies owned by his father.

CTV.ca | Bernier documents held sensitive secrets: report

The documents Maxime Bernier left behind at his ex-girlfriend's home contained significant state secrets, a Montréal newspaper is reporting.

Harper's 2008 election call to be challenged

The Federal Court of Canada is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday against the election call last fall by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Majority government in reach: Harper

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, videotaped at a private meeting, says a majority government 'is in reach' for the Conservative party the next time Canadians go to the polls for a federal election.

CTV.ca | Harper shows right-wing side in new video: Grits

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff says a leaked video of a Tory rally shows that Stephen Harper is a right-wing partisan who wants to crush his political rivals and keep dissenting opinions out of Canada's courts.

CTV.ca | Bloc Quebecois wooing Tory Quebec adviser

The Bloc Quebecois says Pierre Brien, a federal Conservative adviser in Quebec, is considering running for the separatist party.

Tories overstate cost of Liberal EI plan: budget office

The Conservative government has overestimated the price tag of the Liberals' proposed employment insurance plan by nearly four times the actual cost, the parliamentary budget office said Friday.

Gay-themed events not scrutinized: Clement

Industry Minister Tony Clement denied Monday he directed his department to give any special scrutiny to gay-themed tourism events, and lashed out angrily at opposition suggestions that homophobia motivated government funding decisions.

Tory MP who led anti-drug campaign charged with cocaine possession

Fore! Feds spent thousands on golf balls

CTV.ca | Ottawa orders probe over flu body bag shipments

Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq has ordered a probe into why the government sent dozens of body bags to Manitoba reserves as part of flu preparedness shipments.

CTV.ca | Tories spend 5 times more on economy ads than H1N1 ads

The Conservative government is spending more than five times as many taxpayer dollars on promoting its economic plan as it is on raising public awareness about the flu pandemic.

Tory's spend five times more on touting economic plan than H1N1 prevention

PM's pics pulled from economic website amid partisan flap

Tories mum over vanishing Harper photos

CBC News - Canada - Tory plans for U.S.-style prisons slammed in report

The Conservative government plans to bring in an American-style prison system that will cost billions of taxpayer dollars and do little to improve public safety, according to a report released Thursday.

Ignatieff says empty field where stimulus money to be spent shows Tory inaction

CBC News - Canada - Tory political advertising breaks rules: Liberals

The Liberal Party accused the Conservatives on Friday of using taxpayer-funded money for political advertising and called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to end the practice.

CBC News - Canada - Ottawa forced to buy back auctioned antiques

The federal government has been forced to shell out nearly $100,000 to buy back antiques from Rideau Hall that it auctioned off for fire sale prices.

Liberals accuse Tories of unfair infrastructure allocations in B.C.

Finance adviser urges action on debt

Harper could change Canada 'beyond recognition': Ignatieff

Liberals slam 'unprecedented' government ads

Top bureaucrats objected to government ad campaign, sources say

Fed rules lax on 'sole-source' contracts: report

CBC News - Nova Scotia - Tory logo on federal cheque draws fire

A New Democrat MP wants the ethics commissioner to investigate how a Conservative Party logo ended up on a ceremonial cheque for a federal infrastructure project in Nova Scotia.

Prentice at odds with envoy over walkout during climate talks

CBC News - Health - Harper's hedge on H1N1 shot sparks confusion

Prime Minister Stephen Harper may have added to the confusion about the H1N1 vaccine on Wednesday by appearing to hedge on whether he would get immunized against the swine flu virus.

CBC News - Canada - Liberals file complaints over Tory logo cheques

The federal Liberals said Thursday they are filing 47 complaints with the ethics commissioner about Conservative Party logos or MPs signatures that have appeared on ceremonial cheques at funding announcements.

MacKay denies seeing Afghan torture warnings

Harper government refuses to expand information, privacy laws

CBC News - World - MacKay, military slam Taliban bribe report

Defence Minister Peter MacKay is dismissing reports that Canada paid off insurgents in Afghanistan as likely Taliban propaganda.

CBC News - Canada - Didn't see Afghan prisoner torture memo: Harper

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he did not see reports in 2006 that suggested there was evidence detainees had been tortured after they were handed over to Afghan prisons by Canadian Forces in Afghanistan.

Government website links to Harper piano video; Libs outraged

Tories spent at least $108K on economic update event

Tory Senator on payroll of company that won infrastructure contract

CBC News - Canada - Tories trumpet doorknob repair as stimulus: Liberals

Opposition parties called out the Harper government for including what they say is routine maintenance to federal buildings in P.E.I in its economic stimulus plan.

Opposition cry foul over contract given to firm with Tory on payroll

CTV News | Feds to allow diplomat to testify in torture probe

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CTV News | Ethics czar to investigate Tory logos on cheques

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CBC News - Canada - PM defends stimulus payouts

Prime Minister Stephen Harper defended his government's use of stimulus money following a report that Conservative ridings across Canada received a disproportionate amount of big-money projects.

Liberals accuse Tories of bias in apportioning recreation money

Tory senator blames one of his own colleagues for troubles

CBC News - Canada - Tory ridings get more stimulus money: CBC study

Conservative ridings are getting more economic stimulus money than ridings held by opposition members of Parliament, a CBC News analysis suggests.

Mounting deficits raise urgency for governments to switch from spenders to savers

If Canada is so much better off, how come U.S. economy is pulling ahead?

CTV News | Tory senator linked to key players in Quebec scandal

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CBC News - Canada - Fund me or axe me, Parliamentary Budget Officer says

Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page says the government should shut down his financial monitoring function if he does not get more resources to do the job.

CBC News - Canada - Disasters may catch Canada unprepared: AG report

If a terrorist attack, massive flood or other major disaster strikes, the federal government is unprepared to lead a co-ordinated emergency response, Canada's auditor general has found.

CBC News - Canada - Audit targets toxic consumer products, polluted reserves

Ottawa has failed to provide proper environmental protection for First Nations reserves and adequate warning for toxic substances in consumer products.

CBC News - Canada - New Tory senators will cost taxpayers $177M: NDP

The 27 senators appointed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper over the past year could end up costing Canadian taxpayers $177 million, the NDP alleges.

Minister grilled over timing of the release of a gun registry report

Tories launch cross-country stimulus spending blitz amid bad employment news

Is Canada still in recession or in mother of all jobless recoveries?

CTV British Columbia- Tories slammed over Olympic party locations - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television

Opposition MPs slammed the Harper government Thursday over the fact that Olympic torch celebrations are being held primarily in Conservative ridings.

Stimulus funds forget high jobless areas

CBC News - Canada - ADQ leader blames Tories for his undoing

One day after announcing his resignation, Action Démocratique du Québec Leader Gilles Taillon says he was the victim of a putsch organized by the former owners of the party, including former leader Mario Dumont, other influential members of the ADQ and the federal Conservative Party.

CBC News - Nova Scotia - Opposition MPs say they got Olympic snub

The four opposition MPs for the Halifax area say they have not been invited to any Olympic torch relay events and are blaming the Conservative government for petty politics.