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More than 10,000 IP addresses used in attack on NDP vote The company that ran the online voting system used to help choose the winner of the weekend's NDP leadership race is now blaming several hours of delays on a "malicious, massive" attack on its voting system. In a news release...

Looks like the fix is in. F-35s don't meet military's requirements The federal government didn't follow normal procurement procedures to buy the F-35 fighter jets and the plane fails to meet at least one critical feature the government stipulated must be met, documents viewed by CBC News...

Landmark ruling on Canada's prostitution laws due today Ontario's top court is set to rule today on whether Canada's anti-prostitution laws are constitutional. Essentially, the Appeal Court is deciding whether three laws put prostitutes in danger. The laws ban brothels, soliciting, and...

Budget cuts are about growth not austerity, Conservatives say The Harper government is looking to brand its coming budget as an exercise in long-term employment creation rather than an austerity effort that will balance the books. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will deliver a budget...

Mulcair: Canadians tired of Tory antics TORONTO — You can forgive Outremont MP Thomas Mulcair for seeming a bit tired during his victory speech at the NDP leadership convention on the weekend. After a six-month leadership campaign and a marathon voting day that went well into the...

Canada Dollar Declines for a 3rd Week as Economic Growth Stalls Canada’s dollar depreciated for the third straight week, the longest string of losses since August, as a rally in higher-risk assets faded, stoking demand for havens such as the yen, U.S. dollar and Swiss franc. The currency...

Doctors lobby for higher taxes on wealthy Canadians TORONTO — A group of doctors is calling on federal and provincial governments to raise income taxes levied on high-income Canadians. They are launching a campaign to get support for the idea, using the slogan "Tax us. Canada's worth it."...

Christian Paradis broke ethics rules in Rahim Jaffer case Conservative cabinet minister Christian Paradis broke federal rules and gave special treatment to former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer, the ethics watchdog said in a report Thursday. Conflict of Interest Commissioner Mary Dawson said...

Support from Israel Lobby for Mulcair NDP leadership bid raises serious concerns With voting underway to elect the new leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party and just two weeks until the leadership convention, Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) has discovered information indicating that...

F-35 bid process was ‘hijacked’ by DND, former official says We know that the new Auditor-General, Michael Ferguson, is going to turn his attention to the purchase of the troubled F-35 fighter aircraft in his first report early next month. We suspect he is going to be unhappy that the...

Herky-jerky budget talk raises doubts about Tory discipline The weeks that lead up a budget are prime time for governments to telegraph intentions, soften up targets, make people expect bad things and deliver better. The minute a budget is tabled, most of what voters hear are complaints...

'Israel Loves Iran' initiative takes off on Facebook Ronny Edry and his wife Michal Tamir, together with "Pushpin Mehina", a small preparatory school for graphic design students, uploaded posters to Facebook depicting images of themselves with their children alongside the words...

Calming the furor over equalization In the last decade, equalization has attracted significant attention from politicians, commentators and think tanks. Federal and provincial government commissions have shed considerable political light on the program. And elected officials across the...

Conservative ads target Bob Rae's NDP economic record Interim Liberal leader Bob Rae's economic record as NDP premier of Ontario in the 1990s comes back to haunt him in a black-and-white television attack ad the Conservative party will air in key markets starting Tuesday...

Climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the hockey stick graph For the past two decades, Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Michael E. Mann has been front-and-centre in the climate change debate—and has faced vicious attacks because of it. As lead author of the infamous “hockey...

Wind slams wireless auction changes One of the smaller players in Canada's telecom industry has slammed Ottawa's attempts to increase competition in the sector. “The reality is that consumers will face higher prices, fewer choices and a return...

Federal Budget 2012: It’s time to address income inequality OTTAWA—The Harper government should use the March 29 budget to address growing income inequality, says an Ottawa think-tank in a pre-budget analysis being released Thursday...

NDP drug shortage motion gets government's support The House of Commons unanimously supported a motion from the NDP on Wednesday that would require drug companies to report any planned production disruptions to Health Canada. Conservative MPs, including Prime Minister Stephen Harper, sided...

Boy kills himself with family gun A boy of three shot himself dead after finding his father's gun in their car during a stop at a US service station. The father had put the pistol under the seat and got out to fill the tank while the mother went inside the convenience store, leaving their...

Feds ‘neutering’ Fisheries Act OTTAWA — The federal NDP says it has obtained leaked documents showing the Conservatives are poised to strip the Fisheries Act of habitat-protection provisions — a change that would dramatically reduce Ottawa’s power to oversee fresh water. The...