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The phony crisis of the middle class
Justin Trudeau’s convention tale contains an irresistible political message, even if it isn’t true. Turkey calls out Canada on human rights over Quebec secular charter
A Canadian official says his attempt to discuss human rights with a foreign government prompted it to throw Quebec's controversial values charter back at him. Ukraine ambassador calls for Trudeau to apologize for ‘silly' and ‘inappropriate' Olympic hockey joke | National PostPolitical | 93 hits | 2:03 PM on Tuesday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Canadians can come to us, Tories tell NDP on elections bill review
The Conservative government says it's prepared to allow as many witnesses as the opposition parties want in committee hearings on electoral reform — but by no means will those hearings be held outside Ottawa. Ex-Liberal senators' expenses missing key details
A CBC examination of federal Liberal Party documents released Monday reveals that key details are still missing, eight months after the party announced it would make its travel expenses transparent, as it began a release of travel claims by senators who w Federal Liberals call for de-criminalization of physician-assisted death
In the end, Liberals voted overwhelmingly in favour of the motion, which could put pressure on Liberal leader Justin Trudeau to include it in his platform during next year’s federal election. Tiny the cat to be honoured at N.B. legislature
Tiny the cat, the formerly fat feline who dieted to health, wellness — and internet notoriety — will be recognized on the floor of the New Brunswick Legislature tomorrow as part of the Fredericton SPCA's 100th anniversary celebration.Spanish incursion off Gibraltar prompts UK protest
The Foreign Office is making a "formal protest" to the Spanish authorities after a warship entered British-controlled waters around Gibraltar.
Political | 145 hits | 8:13 AM on Thursday | posted by maldonsfecht
The Foreign Office is making a "formal protest" to the Spanish authorities after a warship entered British-controlled waters around Gibraltar. Middle-class family income in Conservative budget called 'make believe'
Middle-class families are struggling economically, but at least one of them is doing quite well, thank you very much: the working parents with two kids who appear as a fictitious examples in the federal budget each year. Critics say the family's rapidly rSyrian wounded flee to hospitals in Israel: Derek Stoffel
Although Syria and Israel have officially been at war since 1948, Israel has quietly offered state-of-the-art medical treatment to hundreds of Syrians wounded in the civil war in the past 13 months, writes Derek Stoffel.
Political | 164 hits | 1:27 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Although Syria and Israel have officially been at war since 1948, Israel has quietly offered state-of-the-art medical treatment to hundreds of Syrians wounded in the civil war in the past 13 months, writes Derek Stoffel. RCMP officers bring union bid to Supreme CourtPolitical | 104 hits | 1:26 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
RCMP members are before the Supreme Court of Canada making a final pitch for their right to form an independent union.Ukraine violence grows, as 13 people killed in fiery mayhem
Thousands of police armed with stun grenades and water cannons charged into the large opposition camp in Ukraine's capital that has been the epicentre of nearly three months of anti-government protests after at least nine people were killed in street clas
Political | 128 hits | 1:18 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Thousands of police armed with stun grenades and water cannons charged into the large opposition camp in Ukraine's capital that has been the epicentre of nearly three months of anti-government protests after at least nine people were killed in street clas Jim Flaherty explains tax break for search and rescue volunteersPolitical | 136 hits | 2:34 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told a Vancouver audience today that the announcement of a tax break for volunteer search and rescue workers in the 2014 budget was a way for the government to say thanks. SNC-Lavalin bridge contract linked to $1.5M in suspected kickbacks
Radio-Canada’s investigative program Enquête has uncovered a money trail suggesting that almost $1.5 million in suspected kickbacks ended up in Swiss bank accounts of a former Federal Bridge Corporation boss, shortly after SNC-Lavalin was awarded a $127-m Military loses $3.1B in Conservative budget
The Defence Department was effectively stripped today of more than $3 billion it had planned to spend on major new military purchases in the near future, in what amounts to the second major setback it’s faced in as many weeks. Conservatives planning to undermine Justin Trudeau at Liberal convention
Stephen Harper’s Conservatives are planning to target Justin Trudeau at the upcoming Liberal convention with a carefully orchestrated campaign to disrupt Liberal communications, highlight disunity in the ranks and question his leadership abilities. 15th Annual “Teddy” Government Waste Awards WinnersPolitical | 136 hits | 1:18 PM on Monday | posted by Freakinoldguy
It's Official: Clay Aiken Running for Congress
Former American Idol star Clay Aiken is officially running for Congress. The season two runner-up announced his candidacy in a video posted on Wednesday. Aiken is running for the House of Representatives seat in North Carolina's second district, looking t
Political | 109 hits | 12:24 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Former American Idol star Clay Aiken is officially running for Congress. The season two runner-up announced his candidacy in a video posted on Wednesday. Aiken is running for the House of Representatives seat in North Carolina's second district, looking t Trudeau's economic agenda fleshed out in caucus proposals at Liberal conventionPolitical | 136 hits | 8:09 AM on Saturday | posted by Headstrong
First Nations to gain greater control of education system, more funding
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will make a major First Nations education funding announcement Friday in Alberta. Stephen Harper's drummer, an Ottawa teacher, charged with sexual assaults on a minor
An Ottawa teacher who is the drummer in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's band has been charged with numerous sexual assault charges involving a minor. Conservatives' new ‘Fair Elections Act' will rein in electoral officer, raise political contribution limit | National Post
The most controversial part of the new bill will be the structural changes to Elections Canada, an agency that many Conservatives feel is biased against them 'Worse than intolerable': Manitoba First Nation defaults on teacher salaries, school deplorable, union says
The federal government is being asked to take over a Manitoba First Nation where teachers say their paycheques have bounced, retirees can’t get access to their pensions and those who are ill can’t get disability benefits. The Manitoba Teachers’ Society sa House girds for battle on elections bill as electoral officer disputes minister's claim of consultation
Spokesman for chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand says he was neither consulted nor given any heads-up about what the proposed changes entail CSEC used airport Wi-Fi to track Canadian travellers: Edward Snowden documentsPolitical | 168 hits | 5:09 AM on Friday | posted by Headstrong
Scott Walker touts state's economy, tax cut plan in annual speech
Gov. Scott Walker is using a budget surplus to trim taxes by a half-billion dollars.
Political | 90 hits | 4:08 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Gov. Scott Walker is using a budget surplus to trim taxes by a half-billion dollars. ‘A sucker's deal for America': Stephen Harper to be featured in anti-Keystone ad during Obama speech | Financial PostPolitical | 98 hits | 10:17 AM on Tuesday | posted by saturn_656
Muslim group demands apology from Harper, chief spokesman over comment | CTV News
A major Canadian Muslim group is demanding an apology from Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his chief spokesman for a comment it says links the organization to a terrorist group. 1-year minimum drug sentence 'cruel and unusual': judge despite 21 previous convictionsPolitical | 164 hits | 7:20 AM on Monday | posted by SpecimenYarp
B.C. provincial court judge Joseph Galati has ajdourned the case of a small time drug dealer to give the Crown a chance to justify the law that says anyone convicted of drug trafficking who has served time must go to jail for a year. 1-year minimum drug sentence 'cruel and unusual': judge despite 21 previous convictionsPolitical | 98 hits | 7:20 AM on Monday | posted by SpecimenYarp
Unique project helps stateless Tibetans find homes in Canada | CTV News
A unique agreement with the Canadian government is helping resettle 1,000 previously-stateless Tibetan refugees in Canada.Psychologists: Getting Liberals to Agree Really is Like Herding Cats
When he was President, Bill Clinton famously (and perhaps apocryphally) complained that getting Democrats to agree on a course of action was like herding cats, while the Republicans didn’t seem to have this problem. All political parties are large coaliti
When he was President, Bill Clinton famously (and perhaps apocryphally) complained that getting Democrats to agree on a course of action was like herding cats, while the Republicans didn’t seem to have this problem. All political parties are large coaliti Health Canada library changes leave scientists scrambling
Health Canada scientists are so concerned about losing access to their research library that they're finding workarounds, with one squirrelling away journals and books in his basement for colleagues to consult, says a report obtained by CBC News. Fundraiser for heritage minister 'crosses the line,' says Liberal MP
Heritage Minister Shelly Glover is under fire from opposition MPs over a fundraising event where members of Winnipeg’s art and culture community were asked to donate money to the cabinet minister -- donations that may have breached federal conflict-of-intMajority of Congress members now millionaires
For the first time ever, more than have of Congress members are millionaires, according to a new report from the non-profit Center for Responsive Politics.
Political | 124 hits | 5:26 AM on Monday | posted by BeaverFever
For the first time ever, more than have of Congress members are millionaires, according to a new report from the non-profit Center for Responsive Politics.Ariel Sharon, former Israeli Prime Minister, dead at 85
Ariel Sharon, whose half century as a military and political leader in Israel was marked with victories and controversies, died Saturday after eight years in a coma, Israeli Army Radio reported. Sharon was 85.
Political | 99 hits | 4:25 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Ariel Sharon, whose half century as a military and political leader in Israel was marked with victories and controversies, died Saturday after eight years in a coma, Israeli Army Radio reported. Sharon was 85. RCMP unveils new details in fraud allegations against former senator Mac Harb
The RCMP has unveiled more details about its allegations of mortgage fraud against former senator Mac Harb. In newly released court documents investigators allege that hours after Harb took out a $177,000 mortgage on his home in Cobden, Ont., in Oct. 2007 Mac Harb probe sees new details released by RCMPPolitical | 107 hits | 10:32 AM on Friday | posted by ShepherdsDog
RCMP's pursuit of criminal charges against Nigel Wright could backfire, law experts say
Nigel Wright could avoid facing the legal consequences for his central role in the Senate expenses scandal if the RCMP remains focused strictly on possible criminal offences, parliamentary law experts sayRobert Gates, former defense secretary, offers harsh critique of Obama's leadership in ‘Duty'
In a new memoir, former defense secretary Robert Gates unleashes harsh judgments about President Obama’s leadership and his commitment to the Afghanistan war, writing that by early 2010 he had concluded the president “doesn’t believe in his own strategy,
In a new memoir, former defense secretary Robert Gates unleashes harsh judgments about President Obama’s leadership and his commitment to the Afghanistan war, writing that by early 2010 he had concluded the president “doesn’t believe in his own strategy, Canada Revenue Agency reviewing issue of taxpayers wrongfully declared dead
The Canada Revenue Agency says it hasn’t yet been determined whether the CRA has a “systemic issue” with wrongfully declaring taxpayers dead, despite briefing notes to the new minister identifying that issue and a handful of others as problems that need t Climate change activists disrupt Stephen Harper eventPolitical | 153 hits | 10:31 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Two climate change activists managed to sneak up behind Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday just as he was getting ready to start a question and answer session at the Vancouver Board of Trade. Ice storm: Toronto deputy mayor considering calling in the army | Toronto Star
Norm Kelly says he is making "exploratory calls" to see if armed forces could assist in Toronto's massive cleanup effort. Mayor Rob Ford files papers for re-electionPolitical | 141 hits | 4:43 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Mayor Rob Ford crowed Thursday that he’s the “best mayor” Toronto has ever had and ponied up $200 cash to put his name on the ballot for the next election.Back to Canada News
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