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Can you blame him? Closets are comfy! Harper dodging more question periods than ever, data show | Ottawa Citizen ottawacitizen.com Stephen Harper skipped out on answering opposition questions in the House of Commons more often in 2015 than in any other year he has been prime minister...

Feds push Keystone to U.S., without Alberta OTTAWA - A new political reality surfaced Wednesday in which Ottawa is aggressively marketing an Alberta pipeline project that the new provincial government says it won't promote and doesn't even want. Finance Minister Joe Oliver's speech Wednesday...

Stephen Harper keeps his comments brief on Omar Khadr Prime Minister Stephen Harper is sounding unrepentant about his Conservative government's failed efforts to keep Omar Khadr behind bars. Harper said Khadr pleaded guilty to serious crimes, including murder. Harper said his thoughts and...

Poor baby. After an hour and a half wait, woman sends Ontario hospital $122.50 bill for wasted time National Post | Canadian News, Financial News and Opinion Time is money, and Leslie Ellins wants a refund for hers…literally. The financial planner recently wrote a letter to a central Ontario...

Canada’s economy stalls as oil drilling services hit recession lows | Financial Post business.financialpost.com OTTAWA — The Canadian economy stalled in February as a pickup in the retail sector was offset by a decline in manufacturing and a steep drop in support activity for the mining and...

Justin Trudeau plan taxes top 1% to cut taxes, boost benefits for middle class Liberal leader would scrap Conservatives' income-splitting credit to boost monthly child benefit Justin Trudeau has unveiled the Liberal alternative to the Harper government's economic plan: hike taxes for the...

Trudeau vows to bolster support for police, fire fighters as he showcases Blair - Macleans.ca OTTAWA – Justin Trudeau is backing up his latest star recruit — newly retired Toronto police chief Bill Blair — with promises that a Liberal government would beef up support for first responders. The...

When he's not a right wing moran, he's a left wing moran. Shocking. Nigel Farage wants the BBC to stop making programmes like Doctor Who, Strictly Come Dancing, and Top Gear The BBC should be “cut back to the bone” and stop producing popular entertainment programming, Nigel Farage has...

Essential services law deemed unconstitutional by Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Canada has struck down as unconstitutional a Saskatchewan law that prevents public-sector employees from striking. By a 5-2 majority, the high court granted an appeal by the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour...

Absolutely horrendous performance by this government. Federal budget 2015: Conservatives dig into contingency to hit surplus The Conservatives have their balanced budget – barely. Finance Minister Joe Oliver has managed to keep the Conservatives' 2011 election promise to return Canada to a...

The Political Incorrectness of Political Correctness It's now cool to be politically incorrect. There are few better or easier ways these days to demonstrate a rebellious streak–to establish one's iconoclastic street cred, if you will–than bashing political correctness. Pundits, columnists...

Supreme Court strikes down mandatory-minimum sentencing for firearms offences A key component of the Conservative government’s tough-on-crime agenda was struck down as unconstitutional Tuesday by the Supreme Court of Canada. The government’s mandatory-minimum sentencing regime for serious...

Kathleen Wynne says doing nothing would be costlier than cap-and-trade Critics are calling cap-and-trade a tax grab, but Premier Kathleen Wynne says to do nothing to fight global warming would cost the economy far more. A news conference Monday, Wynne said that Ontarians are already paying for...

Nice. If Whodat 2.0 wins the leadership race, it will be the nail in the coffin for the PCs. Two-horse race for Ontario PC leadership as Monte McNaughton drops out to back Patrick Brown Two-horse race for Ontario PC leadership as Monte McNaughton drops out to back Patrick Brown And then...

NDP? Alberta? That would some hilarious tears. New poll shows tight three-way election race in Alberta A new poll shows Alberta voters are in a “grumbly mood” at the start of the provincial election campaign, leaving the Tories in third spot in a tight three-way race. Pollster Mark Henry...

Oh, I thought he was referring to the adjustments from the scaaaaaaary scientists. Their coming for your family. (BE SCARED)

Who takes economic advice from the 'Bank of Canada' anymore? Economic hit spreads beyond oil patch: Bank of Canada The impact of the oil-price collapse is hitting home in Canada’s oil patch and beyond as companies rethink plans to hire and invest. Businesses are gloomier about adding workers...

Too little too late. Forced to diversify, Alberta tech sector expands out of oil The downturn in the oil and gas business has hit Mike Nagus and Charger Industries hard. Like many people in Alberta, Nagus, who runs the company's technical operations, would have been much happier if the...

Yes, because all scientists are liars.

Things are getting really dire if this is true. Harper Government dumps GM stock The Harper government says it has unloaded its remaining multibillion-dollar stake in General Motors. The federal Finance Department says the government sold nearly 73.4 million shares Monday in an unregistered...