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A year in, Harper’s lost more ground in majority than two minorities A year after the federal election, Stephen Harper’s Conservatives and Thomas Mulcair’s New Democrats are almost neck-and-neck in national voting intentions. But while the gain for the main opposition party is well within...

Canadian economy shrinks slightly in February Canada's gross domestic product declined by 0.2 per cent in February, which means the country's overall economy contracted. Temporary closures in mining and other industries contributed to the decline, Statistics Canada said Monday. Decreases...

Wind farms may have warming effect: research | Reuters

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Canadian businesses unprepared for global warming, panel says Companies' bottom lines and the country's economic health at risk OTTAWA — Canadian businesses are putting their bottom line and the country's economic health at risk by neglecting to prepare for anticipated impacts of a changing...

Cuts will drag on economy: report The Canadian economy could grow at a slower pace, and have 108,000 fewer jobs as the federal government cuts more than $5 billion in spending and eliminates the deficit by 2015, according to a report from Parliament's spending watchdog. The economic and...

Ottawa wants to appeal ruling on bawdy houses Canada’s three main prostitution-control laws appear destined for scrutiny by the country’s highest court after the federal government announced Wednesday it wanted to appeal a decision that effectively legalized brothels...

Voters give new meaning to ‘peace, order and good government’ In America, a country with a robust declaration of national character, the people like to tease that Canadians’ ambition is merely “peace, order and good government.” Rather than fighting for liberty or justice for all, we simply...

Massive NDP leads in Quebec, Ontario competitive Two federal polls conducted recently in Quebec by Forum Research and CROP indicate that the New Democrats have not only taken the lead, they are ahead by miles. The CROP poll published by La Presse puts the NDP at a massive 51% - a gain of 22...

Ontario 'priority to get shovels in ground' for LRTs TORONTO - Light-rail transit will go before the provincial cabinet “as quickly as possible” now that Metrolinx has approved the plan, Transportation Minister Bob Chiarelli said Wednesday. “Our priority is to get shovels in the ground and...

Keystone XL Likely Dead Critics of U.S. domestic energy policy are trying to maneuver the Keystone XL oil pipeline past the Oval Office, trumpeting the project as the 21st century version of the New Deal. The project has come to represent growing divisions in domestic energy policy during...

Wildrose to reconsider conscience rights, climate-change policies Danielle Smith, the Wildrose Party’s rookie leader, is prepared to dismantle key parts of her election platform after Albertans kept her right-wing party from forming government. The list of policies she is willing to...

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...