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Get your badges here comrades... Olivia Chow launches bid for Parliament, lauding NDP child-care plan Former New Democrat MP Olivia Chow said NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is the only person who can beat Prime Minister Stephen Harper, as she announced she's running once again in a downtown Toronto...

Mulcair’s Senate obsession could be Duceppe’s ticket back to Ottawa | National Newswatch Don Lenihan, Canada2020 Don Lenihan, Canada2020 Gilles Duceppe’s return to national politics began with an impressive surge of support. Subsequent polls suggest this may have been a blip. To make real...

The Albertan lefties are coming. Battles emerging for federal NDP nominations in Alberta A new trend is emerging on the Alberta political landscape as New Democrats are battling it out to win nominations to run in the upcoming federal election. The NDP's historic victory in the provincial...

Conservative MPs block move to hear from Joe Oliver on the economy A Conservative-dominated parliamentary committee voted against a process Monday that would have likely called on Finance Minister Joe Oliver to testify in public about the state of Canada's finances amid a troubled economy...

Climate Change: Apple, Microsoft, Google Among US Companies To Pledge $140B To Cut Carbon Emissions Several U.S. companies, including Apple Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Bank of America Corp., will on Monday announce at least $140 billion in new investments to lower their carbon...

Mulcair leads election poll on economy With Canada mired in an economic slowdown, new survey data suggest voters see Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair and the New Democratic Party as the best choice to improve the country’s prospects. A Globe and Mail/Nanos Research poll asked 1,000 Canadians...

$hit just got real. NDP, Liberals Want Joe Oliver To Appear Before House Finance Committee OTTAWA — The opposition parties want to call Finance Minister Joe Oliver before a parliamentary committee for an emergency meeting to discuss the weakening of the Canadian economy and the government’s...

Canada backsliding on human rights, UN committee says | Ottawa Citizen ottawacitizen.com In its first examination of human rights in Canada in a decade, the United Nations has zeroed in on security legislation while also warning that the country is backsliding in several key areas. The UN’s...

Alberta food bank surge: sign of bad times for all? The number of people turning to food banks is surging across Alberta and inching up in other parts of the country. With so many rumblings of a recession, those on the front lines believe the upswing could be a sign of tough times ahead for...

Canadian dollar drops to lowest level since 2004 The Canadian dollar dropped to levels not seen since 2004 on Wednesday. The loonie closed at 76.70 cents against the U.S. dollar, according to the Bank of Canada, down 0.53 cents. That's lower than the 76.85 cents the loonie closed at on March...

Tolls coming to HOV lanes, Wynne warns The free high-occupancy lanes (HOV) now in use for the Pan Am Games on provincial highways will soon be offered at a cost to motorists who don’t have enough passengers, Premier Kathleen Wynne reminded motorists Wednesday. While it’s too early to say which...

Deficit projected for federal government this year New projections by the parliamentary budget officer suggest the federal government's budget won't be balanced this year, despite the Conservatives' promise to have no deficit in 2015. The budget officer released the report Wednesday morning...

The science is in. And Insite works With his steel-grey hair and spectacles, he looks more like a country doctor than a troublemaker, yet here is Dr. Julio Montaner cracking open what Health Minister Rona Ambrose and indeed the entire federal Conservative government consider the very gates of...

Unless your Ezra or Mark Steyn. Vive Charlemagne! Canada's anti-terror legislation faces legal challenge by free speech advocates | World news | The Guardian Latest US news, world news, sports and opinion from the Guardian | theguardian.com | The Guardian Sweeping anti-terror legislation...

World mayors at Vatican: climate change is real, man-made and must be contained Times Colonist VATICAN CITY - Dozens of environmentally friendly mayors from around the world demanded Tuesday that their national leaders take bold steps at the Paris climate talks this year, saying that may be the...

The Myth of the Ethical Shopper There’s this video that went viral earlier this year. On Berlin’s Alexanderplatz, a vending machine is selling plain white T-shirts for €2 each. Customers approach in ones and twos, insert coins, pick a size. Then, before the shirt comes out, a photo appears—a...

Federal Liberal leader says regulatory process has been 'torqued' by Stephen Harper Justin Trudeau refuses outright support for Energy East pipeline Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau stopped short of offering unqualified support to the Energy East pipeline on Monday, saying he wants to let the...

Tory ridings big winners with enriched child-care benefits OTTAWA — Most of what is billed as the largest, one-time benefit payment in federal history is likely to hit suburban voters living in federal ridings where the Conservatives can be considered the party to beat, an analysis by The...

Thanks Wynne Alberta's debt tops $11.9B with annual debt service cost of 714M: report Just a decade after Ralph Klein proclaimed Alberta debt free, the province has racked up debt at a pace that could affect its triple-A credit rating, Moody’s Investors Service says in its July report. The...

Canada’s medicare system aging badly OTTAWA — Canada’s medicare system is aging badly, a federal panel said Friday. The Advisory Panel on Health Care Innovation has released a new report saying there is “no doubt” a major renovation of the medicare system is overdue. The panel was struck last...