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Tories, Grits leave door open for NDP Hudak leads in the polls, though it's surprising how narrow the gap is--only about 6%, according to an Ipsos Reid poll--considering McGuinty's popularity is lower than that of his his party. The PCs will offer tax cuts, follow the Liberals' policy on...

Exclusive: Toronto police swear off G20 kettling tactic Toronto police will never again use the controversial crowd control technique known as kettling, which was employed for the first and last time in the city’s history during last year’s G20 summit. The decision was revealed to the Star...

Secret documents flag Tory spin on conditions in Afghan jails OTTAWA—Federal officials are worried that the Conservatives' rosy public pronouncements on Afghan detainees were starkly at odds with the grim reality in Kandahar jails that failed to meet basic international standards, documents...

Accept reforms or go, Canada tells Syria's Assad Canada’s top diplomat says Syria’s President Bashar Assad has a choice to make – allow real political reform or go. Foreign Minister John Baird said in a statement issued late Monday that Syrians have endured terrible crimes at the hands of...

Key Resolutions up for debate Adopt A New Constitutional Preamble If this resolution is adopted, the word “socialist” will be stricken from the party’s 50-year-old constitutional preamable.. Ensure Intergenerational Equity “What we’re finding in the medical community, and in the U.S. in...

NDP may drop 'socialism' from party's constitution Federal New Democrats will contemplate shedding the party's socialist principles in favour of mainstream and less revolutionary ideals at their party convention in Vancouver this weekend. The three-day convention, which begins Friday, will...

Ont. court to rule on anti-prostitution laws Arguments in a landmark case that could decriminalize Canada's prostitution laws begin Monday in Ontario's Appeal Court in Toronto. Ontario Justice Susan Himel last year struck down three key anti-prostitution laws — keeping a common bawdy house...

Canada postal service workers - going on strike Canadian airline workers - going on strike Saskatchewan teachers - going on strike Saskatchewan health providers - going on strike BC Teachers - going on strike Calgary city workers - going on strike strike, strike, strike, strike.. wtf...

MacKay cheers as bid to alter Tory leadership-selection rules falters Divisive proposals to give bigger riding associations in the ruling Conservative Party more clout in picking its leader have suffered an initial defeat at the Tory convention in Ottawa. But the fractious question – which...

Toronto police officer accused of assaulting pastry-maker at G20 summit A Toronto police constable has been charged with assault causing bodily harm in connection with the beating of a Toronto man at the chaotic G20 summit a year ago. The criminal charge against Constable Glenn Weddell of...

Romney in hot water for belief that climate change is real; at odds with GOP "I believe the world's getting warmer.... I believe that humans contribute to that," Romney said in response to a query on whether he'd disavow the science behind climate change. "It's important for us to reduce our...

Tories reject suggestion they misled Parliament on G20 spending The Conservative government says it “fully accepts” the Auditor General’s findings that greater transparency was needed surrounding the $50 million G8 Legacy fund, but rejects the suggestion that it deliberately misled...

Ontario NDP vows to enact weekly cap on gas prices Ontario New Democratic Leader Andrea Horwath is vowing to protect drivers at the pumps by setting a weekly price cap on the skyrocketing cost of gasoline. The NDP would target gas prices, which have jumped as much as 10 cents a litre...

Hackers post fake news release about PM on Tory site A statement that was posted on the Conservative Party of Canada's website Tuesday morning saying Prime Minister Stephen Harper was rushed to hospital after choking at breakfast, may have been the work of...

This one is starting to spread like wildfire.. Senate page fired for anti-Harper protest A 21-year-old page lost her job Friday after walking onto the Senate floor during the speech from the throne to protest against Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Brigette DePape, a recent...

Feel good story of the year.. NDP, Tories find common ground in quest to tame a thuggish House Before they square off for the first time as Prime Minister and Opposition Leader, Stephen Harper and Jack Layton sat down for a private chat about playing nice. In the past, the NDP Leader...

War on drugs has failed, say former leaders NEW YORK — The global war on drugs has failed and decriminalizing narcotics such as marijuana could finally help weaken organized gangs, former world leaders said Thursday in a controversial report. Arguing for a new approach to national and...

In apparent reversal, Baird backs Obama's 1967-border proposal Canada wants Israel to use its 1967 borders as the starting point for negotiations with Palestinians seeking independence, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Wednesday, just days after Prime Minister Stephen Harper is...

Budgetary watchdog says federal deficits $35 B higher than Flaherty says OTTAWA — Parliament's budget watchdog says that federal deficits over the next five years could be about $35 billion higher than the estimates from Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's last budget introduced in March. In a...

Afghanistan is no longer a risk: Harper 'This country does not represent a geostrategic risk to the world. It is no longer a source of global terrorism' Harper toured an area known as Tarnak Farms, once a hotbed of Taliban activity, but now filled with fields of wheat and barley. It was also...