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Tom Mulcair plans to stick with the New Democrats for the long-term, but his fate is ultimately at the mercy of party supporters and a leadership review in Edmonton in the spring.
With just days to go before the federal election, the Conservatives are continuing their attacks on Justin Trudeau and his resurgent Liberals.
Whinging all the way, Canadians are stumbling through the last week of their preternaturally extended federal election campaign. Still no Canadian will be surprised the process has barely twitched the U.S. political seismograph.
As Canada’s election approaches on Oct. 19, the international scene is clearly playing a greater role in this election than is usual.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s political opponents agree it is unlikely that the PM was in the dark about the controversial Mike Duffy expense payout, given that his right-hand man knew.
The long-running Mike Duffy saga pulled focus from the federal election as Nigel Wright finally told his side of the story.
Remarks made by the chief of defence staff suggesting men are “biologically wired in a certain way” to make them believe it is OK to sexually harass women sparked debate Wednesday about whether the Canadian Armed Forces can deal with sexual harassment in its ranks.
Questions surrounding the wearing of the niqab should be dealt with by the courts and not by politicians, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said Tuesday.
New Democrats are refusing to back Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s decision to send special forces commandos into northern Iraq.
If you don’t vote, you don’t matter, at least according to some. But what if you do vote, and the person you vote for doesn’t matter? Or if you want to vote, but you don’t have the documents that matter? It’s a trifecta of problems that was front and centre Tuesday in Ottawa.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s bid to take the Liberal party out of the Senate is being lauded by some but will have little impact, according to Liberal senators themselves. Trudeau announced Wednesday that he had asked Liberal senators to sit as independents, effectively dissolving the Liberal caucus in the Senate.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper defends staff members involved in Sen. Mike Duffy’s expense-repayment deal.
PM Stephen Harper is accusing Sen. Mike Duffy of playing the victim card because he was ordered to repay inappropriate expenses.
Parliament hadn’t even resumed before the Conservatives and NDP found themselves at loggerheads with intractable differences. While Parliament officially restarted with the Governor General’s speech from the throne on Wednesday, a motion filed by the government the day before had already infuriated the NDP.
Quebec’s separatist government has managed to bring all federal political parties together while taking out one of its own allies in the House of Commons.
The Alberta government is defending its decision to take out a $30,000 half-page ad in the New York Times Sunday newspaper this week.
Canada’s investment treaty with China has spurred a last-minute fury of opposition just as the government approaches the end of a waiting period that prevented it from finalizing the agreement.
