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    Liberals to run surplus instead of deficit for 2015 -2016

    Federal deficits won’t be as deep as Liberals’ outlook: budget watchdog OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget office projects federal deficits in each of the next five years won't be as deep as those in Ottawa's forecasts. A new report by the budget watchdog also contests the Liberal government's...
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    Canadians’ trust in government at highest point in 17 years of tracking

    At lowest point with you know whooooooo Canadians’ trust in government at highest point in 17 years of tracking The level of trust Canadians have in the federal government is at its highest point since EKOS Research began measuring the key indicator 17 years ago, a new survey shows...
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    B.C. Orders Enbridge to Seek New Environment Certificate for Northern Gateway

    No more pipelines jumping on the bed. B.C. Orders Enbridge to Seek New Environment Certificate for Northern Gateway Enbridge will have to secure an environmental assessment certificate from the B.C. government if it wants to proceed with its Northern Gateway oil pipeline according to an...
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    Suncor to improve climate-change risk and political lobbying disclosure

    Suncor to improve climate-change risk and political lobbying disclosure CALGARY — Suncor says it will be provide more information about political lobbying and how it plans to compete under tougher climate-change policy. The company said Monday that the information will be included in its 2016...
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    Experts on Trudeau's explanation of Quantum Computing

    Well he's definitely smarter than Harper. We Asked Some Experts to Score Justin Trudeau’s Explanation of Quantum Computing Amr Helmy—Director, University of Toronto’s Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Control “His account of the distinction between a classical and quantum state is...
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    Oil Industry Knew Effects Of Fossil Fuels On Climate Change In 1950s

    Oil Industry Knew Effects Of Fossil Fuels On Climate Change In 1950s A new report reveals that Big Oil companies have been covering up the detrimental effects of climate change around 20 years earlier than previously thought. Although researchers are now aware that Amoco, Exxon, Mobil...
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    Supreme Court strikes down 2 Conservative sentencing reforms

    Supreme Court strikes down 2 Conservative sentencing reforms The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that two key "tough on crime" measures brought in by the previous Conservative government are unconstitutional. In the first case, the court ruled 6-3 that a mandatory minimum sentence of one...
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    Canada ranks near bottom on UNICEF's 'fairness' report card

    Canada ranks near bottom on UNICEF's 'fairness' report card Canada's poorest children are falling further behind, according to a UNICEF report card that ranks the country in the bottom third among OECD and EU nations when it comes to inequality in the well-being of its youngest citizens...
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    Canadian Medical Association lauds historic federal law on assisted dying

    Canadian Medical Association lauds historic federal law on assisted dying OTTAWA, April 14, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ - The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is very pleased that the federal government's proposed legislation on medical assistance in dying introduced in Parliament today closely follows...
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    O'Leary vs. A Real Economist

    And he got a bruising. Kevin O'Leary and Armine Yalnizyan debate the ethics of tax shelters There will be some people using the tax shelters to hide money, O'Leary admitted, but that is a different story from the majority of Canadians using offshore accounts for their capital. Instead...
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    'Massive increase' in human trafficking cases reported, says Alberta agency

    'Massive increase' in human trafficking cases reported, says Alberta agency An Alberta group that works to fight human trafficking says there has been a "massive increase" in the number of cases reported and frontline healthcare workers could be key in identifying victims. Andrea Burkhart is...
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    Here's Why TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline Leaked Again

    Here's Why TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline Leaked Again According to a preliminary report, Keystone leaked that day because of a "weld anomaly." VICE News has found the section of pipe that leaked was manufactured overseas in India by a company known in the past to make leaky, substandard pipe...
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    Patrick Brown tries to sell carbon pricing to conservatives

    Patrick Brown tries to sell carbon pricing to conservatives You know who liked the environment? Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, the Ontario Progressive Conservatives are very keen to have you realize. Or, rather, they’re keen to have reluctant Progressive Conservatives realize, as those...
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    Komagata Maru: Justin Trudeau to apologize for 1914 incident

    Komagata Maru: Justin Trudeau to apologize for 1914 incident Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will offer an apology in the House of Commons on May 18 almost 102 years after the Komagata Maru incident, where the government of the day turned away more than 300 Indians seeking a better life in...
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    Bill O’Reilly outdoes Donald Trump with racist remark

    Bill O’Reilly outdoes Donald Trump with racist remark Fox News host Bill O’Reilly went beyond the pale Monday, noting Donald Trump’s poor standing in the black community and then asking his guest how he would provide jobs for unqualified people who “have tattoos on their foreheads.” O’Reilly...
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    Oil salesman threatens to shoot Alberta minister over carbon tax

    'I was just having a bad day.' A man has been charged after staff say someone phoned the legislature office of Alberta Environment Minister Shannon Phillips and threatened to shoot everyone over the carbon tax. “This was nothing. This was me having a bad day,” Enright said when contacted by...
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    Liberals pledging renewed anti-nuclear effort after visiting Hiroshima

    Dion visits Hiroshima with G7 ministers, pledging renewed anti-nuclear effort Canada will focus on controlling the spread of material that could be used by terrorists to create nuclear weapons as its contribution to the world’s “stalled” disarmament efforts, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane...