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Canada won't confirm Kyoto withdrawal Environment Minister Peter Kent wouldn't confirm or deny Monday that Canada plans to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, as talks on the accord's future got underway in Durban, South Africa. "I won't comment on a speculative report," Kent said in...

Canadian wages plummet Canadian workers are failing to keep pace with the rising cost of living as average real wages continue to shrink dramatically, according to new data from Statistics Canada. Real after-inflation wages have been dropping since the summer, and in September the average...

Why is Norway Estimating $40 Billion for 52 F-35s While Canada Says 65 F-35s Cost Around $14 Billion? The latest questions in the House of Commons on DND’s F35 purchase are focusing on the differences of costs between Norway’s purchase and Canada’s acquisition of the Joint Strike Fighter...

Employment Insurance system unjust and inefficient, report finds Employment insurance is at the heart of Canada’s social safety net. You pay into the system when you work, and you collect if you’re laid off. But EI might be one the most unjust and economically inefficient government...

Budget built on secret funds and failed promises The greatest government budget in the history of mankind — Toronto’s mayor says so – is a deceitful document built on exaggerations and failed promises. It proposes to increase...

Canada eyes stimulus as Europe crisis spreads TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian government is open to the idea of including additional economic stimulus in its next budget if the European debt crisis threatens to derail the country's relatively successful recovery. "We stand ready to...

Ford throws transit promise under the bus Remember Rob Ford’s platform “No service cuts”? Well, Neither does he. For years, the city has aggressively campaigned for Torontonians to be greener; firmly steering them towards the TTC instead of cars, suggesting they live in condos instead of...

Canada lobbying European Parliament to weaken climate-change policies OTTAWA — A visiting member of Europe’s Parliament says he is puzzled by Canadian government policies and fears the world may be forced to leave Canada behind as it moves forward in addressing climate change. “It’s a very...

Get sharing: feds open access to government data Treasury Board President Tony Clement announced new 'open government' efforts on Twitter The federal government is easing restrictions on the use of the taxpayer-funded data it makes available to the public. Since the March launch of the open...

Canadians, Ottawa out of sync on immigration Immigration Minister Jason Kenney recently announced plans to revamp Canadian immigration policy to better integrate immigrants and meet Canada’s demographic and economic needs. Kenney also noted that family-class immigration needs to...

F-35 program could be on chopping block Canada's plans to replenish its aging air force with a new generation of high-tech fighter jets could be affected by U.S. budget cuts. U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta warned Congress this week that the U.S. military is looking at some ugly...

State Dept eyes rerouting Keystone XL pipeline WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department is considering rerouting TransCanada Corp.'s proposed $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline to avoid ecologically sensitive areas of Nebraska, a U.S. official said on Tuesday. The State Department...

Rob Ford Video: Tasha James Pays Tribute Toronto mayor Rob Ford has been under siege as of late. If it's not allegations of shooting a woman the bird while talking and driving on his cell phone or a nasty row with a certain television comedian in his driveway, it's the unending parade of...

World headed for irreversible climate change in five years, IEA warns The world is likely to build so many new fossil-fuelled power stations, energy-guzzling factories and inefficient buildings in the next five years that it will become impossible to hold global warming to safe levels, and...

Science trumps climate change deniers Richard Muller was supposed to be the white knight for the deniers of global warming, smiting the fire-breathing activists who insist that climate change is real. In the end, though, science prevailed. Muller, a well respected physicist at the...

Flaherty to cut EI hike as deficit targets slip Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will announce measures to boost employment in his economic update Tuesday, while conceding that worsening economic news means Canada will miss deficit-cutting targets set just a few months ago. Flaherty will...

Ottawa Mayor ‘sick’ over Ottawa bus driver’s obscenity-laced tirade Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson says he felt sick when he watched a YouTube video showing an Ottawa bus driver screaming obscenities and threatening an autistic passenger...

Newly restored statue attacked by vandals A search is now underway for four suspects after a war memorial statue outside Malvern Collegiate was vandalized over the weekend, just hours after a ceremony Friday to celebrate its restoration...

Arbitrator imposes deal that Air Canada’s flight attendants rejected The union representing Air Canada’s 6,800 flight attendants expressed “profound disappointment” that the arbitrator has imposed the tentative deal that was rejected earlier. “Flight attendants deserve better than this...

Liberals weigh court challenge over unilingual Auditor-General Just days after his caucus dramatically boycotted a vote in the Commons, Bob Rae is suggesting the Liberals will take Stephen Harper to court for appointing a unilingual Auditor-General. “All I can say is our consultations...