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Harper push for pipelines likely to backfire Is the Conservative government deliberately trying to manufacture dissent against proposed pipelines to bring Alberta oil to the B.C. coast? It's hard to imagine another explanation for the heavy-handed way Prime Minister Stephen Harper and...

PEN Canada concerned by silencing of publicly funded scientists PEN Canada voiced concerns that the federal government's restrictions on media access to publicly funded scientists have become a serious infringement on the right to freedom of expression in Canada. Several journalists and...

Canadian economy: Don’t expect full employment for another four years Canada’s labour market isn’t expected to return to full employment for another four years, the Conference Board of Canada says. After that, labour markets will be tight, curtailing long-term economic growth, the board said...

Veil bans rob Muslims of jobs and education, Amnesty International says LONDON — Bans on full-face veils in France and Belgium and a failure by other European countries to stop employers from enforcing informal dress codes means Muslim women are being denied jobs and education, Amnesty...

Federal government partly to blame for higher retail costs: Retail Council OTTAWA — The federal government should take a chunk of the blame for the stubbornly high cost of consumer goods in Canada when compared with prices south of the border, the retail sector said Tuesday. Testifying at...

Missing women ‘just hookers’ to cops, 911 operator tells Pickton inquiry VANCOUVER — A former 911 operator alleges uniformed superiors repeatedly brushed off calls reporting the disappearance of sex trade workers from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in the late 1990s, while a civilian...

The mother of all interactive graphs is here. A comparison of the surpluses and deficits along with all revenue and expenditures. It's interesting to see how a conservative affects the budget vs. a liberal. CBC News - Interactive: Canada's deficits and surpluses, 1963-2010

Five-star hotel not good enough, Bev Oda opts for posh hotel favoured by royalty OTTAWA—It seems only the best will do for International Development Minister Bev Oda, who refused to stay at one five-star hotel in London, England, last year and rebooked at a swanky establishment for more than...

France's Sarkozy reaches out to far-right voters Paris (CNN) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy courted far-right voters Monday in advance of a May 6 runoff against Socialist Francois Hollande, who won the most support in the first round of France's presidential elections. Sarkozy said he...

NDP's 'Vegas' MP plans to run again Spend a day with rookie NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau and witness the degree to which someone's life can change in 12 months. It was a year ago this week that Brosseau was making regular phone calls home from Las Vegas, where she was celebrating her...

God bless the Charter!!! Oh wait, this is Quebec. Quebec court backs gun registry, sets stage for federal legal battle MONTREAL — The province’s gun-control advocates were buoyed Friday by a strongly worded Quebec Superior Court judgment that recognized the recently abolished long-gun...

Harper quietly holds face-to-face talks with Chinese propaganda chief One of China’s most powerful figures slipped into Ottawa unannounced. Unless you were watching Chinese TV. Li Changchun is ranked No. 5 in the Chinese hierarchy, one of the nine members of the Standing Committee of the...

NDP clarifies Mulcair stance on marijuana NDP leader doesn't believe jail sentence is appropriate for having small amount of the drug, party says The New Democratic Party is trying to clear the air on leader Tom Mulcair's position on pot after the Young Liberals, hoping to score with younger...

Door still too closed on open government OTTAWA — Some members of a high-level panel struck by the Conservatives to offer advice on increasing transparency in government say a recently-released open-door plan doesn't go far enough. And at least one advocacy group continues to urge the...

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms at 30 Thirty years ago, on April 17, 1982, Queen Elizabeth, sitting under a wet and gloomy sky in front of Canada’s Parliament Buildings, proclaimed in force the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms — a key element of the new Constitution Act...

Harper government to overhaul environmental oversight The Harper government is about to dramatically shrink the federal oversight of proposed natural resource developments, handing over environmental reviews for many projects to the provinces and cutting back the number of smaller...

Liberals call crucial budget vote for April 24; no deal with NDP yet TORONTO - The fate of Ontario's minority Liberal government will be put to the test next week. The legislature will hold a high-stakes vote on the budget April 24. It will be a nail biter, as the minority Liberals could be...

Ottawa axes rehabilitation program for prison ‘lifers’ Convicted murderers are among the ranks of federal workers losing their jobs through budget cuts. The Globe and Mail has learned that one of the many federal programs that will be cut in its entirety is LifeLine, a program aimed at...

Classy guy to go into so much detail. Shows quite the contrast to some other politicians who are always in the hot seat. -- NDP MP Pat Martin offers thorough, absolute apology to robocall company RackNine over fraud allegations OTTAWA — Outspoken New Democrat MP Pat Martin gave on Monday an...

Softening tone, Harper concedes drug war ‘is not working’ Something is just not working with the way the hemisphere has tackled powerful and violent drug traffickers, Prime Minister Stephen Harper acknowledged Sunday as he wrapped up a meeting with the leaders of the Americas. It was the...