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PMO interferes with standard RCMP procedure in High River

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The Alberta floods weren't without its controversy - from a PMO that tends to get itself deeper into problems every time it acts on so...
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Obama: Keystone pipeline approval depends on its emissions

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US President Barack Obama drew a clear line in the sand today on where he stands on the controversial keystone pipeline project. Natural R...
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The Defense Department is still nothing but fat and bureaucracy

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Despite a report two years ago outlining wasteful bureaucracy in the Department of Defense, and despite a cut to the department as part of...
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Emails: Diplomats, Military Officials told to downplay F-35 fiasco

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Emails show Canadian diplomats and military officials were instructed to downplay the scathing report from the Auditor General which outli...
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PMO orchestrated protest during Trudeau's speech this month

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Liberal leader Justin Trudeau's accountability speech June 5 was crashed by protesters and aired on national TV. In addition to the &q...
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Calgary Floods: An act of God or proof of climate change?

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Climatologists have been warning the world for years about the ramifications of climate change. It is no secret global temperatures are on...
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John Baird scrutinized for "freeloading" on taxpayers' property

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Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is under scrutiny after CTV news learned he and six buddies had a vacation at the official residence o...
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The Duffy Affair: Investigation broadens, implicates 12 Tory MPs

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The Duffy investigation has broadened to grab the electoral records of 12 Conservative MPs and the spending claims of independent senator ...
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Grace Foundation never authorized letter to Trudeau

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The Grace Foundation has released a statement amid a week that has left them "deeply distressed." The Foundation said it didn...
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NDP: Harper wastes political opportunity and money with Trudeau

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The NDP aren't thrilled with the way the Conservatives are handling the Grace Foundation's "political gift" to them . Al...
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Conservative Senator was paid for his charity work too...

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The Conservatives are one to talk about ethics when Senators from their party committed the same acts as they claim were wrong for Liberal...
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PMO orchestrated Grace Foundation contradiction and smears

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It is telling when a charity, which has clear links to the Conservative Party and PMO , demands a refund a year after enjoying an event wi...
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Grace Foundation charity refund another failed Conservative stunt

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The Conservatives launched an attack on Liberal leader Justin Trudeau Friday, claiming he made profit on his charity services. The attack ...
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UK Labour MP: Harper's Speech was "not prime ministerial"

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper went to Europe to hammer out an EU-Canada free trade agreement and to escape the growing scandals that have ...
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MPs increase their travel budgets and salaries

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On March 25, the Commons Board of Internal Economy decided to give MPs a pay increase and larger travel allowance. MPs will be getting a 1...
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NDP only party against transparency measures

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The party that wanted to position itself as Canada's "ethical alternative" to the Liberals and Conservatives has shocked Can...
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Robocall Scandal: Dean Del Mastro breaks the silence

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Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro broke the silence yesterday after allegations of overspending and confusing robocalls arose a year ago. T...
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Ex-Chief Electoral Officer: There was no oversight on secret PMO fund

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The former head of Elections Canada says the agency had no authority to probe the PMO's secret fund and cannot probe the $90,172 cheque ...
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The Duffy Affair: Bruce Carson "surprised" Harper was unaware

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Ex-aide to Prime Minister Stephen Harper Bruce Carson spoke out yesterday in a surprising phone call to CBC's Power and Politics where...
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NDP reject accountability, play pathetic political games

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The pro-cooperation candidate of the NDP showed the party's ugly head today as he orchestrated the defeat of Liberal leader Justin Tru...
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The Duffy Affair: Tkachuk resigns committee citing cancer

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Conservative senator David Tkachuk is stepping down as head of the Internal Economy Committee as of Thursday citing "preventative tre...
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Conservative MP Eve Adams used election money for herself

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There is nothing more important to a rising star in the Conservative Party than to look good. It turns out, there's no sweeter deal th...
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Report: Conservatives implemented Big Brother in 2011

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In light of the ongoing scandal in the United States which revealed the Obama Administration was spying on millions of Americans, a new ...
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NDP to defend Conservative MPs again, this time pending court ruling

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Conservative MPs Shelly Glover and James Bezan are in legal trouble over financial filings from the last election campaign - Glover has th...
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The Duffy Affair: Conservatives deny secret PMO fund

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CBC released a bombshell story yesterday revealing the PMO hid a secret fund for seven years and was used for untracked partisan spending....
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Harper's jet repainted for $50,000 by taxpayer dime

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper wasted $50,000 on the look of his personal government plane with the design revealed on February 24 being a...
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The Duffy Affair: The PMO guarded a secret fund for 7 years - Why?

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CBC News has learned the PMO has a secret fund, allegedly paid for by the Conservative Party, to be used for funds the PMO deems isn't...
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MP Rathgeber resigns Conservative caucus due to its lack of accountability

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Former Conservative backbencher MP Brent Rathgeber resigned the Conservative caucus tonight, citing the government's lack of accountab...
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Two Conservative MPs could be suspended over election filings

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Elections Canada has sent letters to the Speaker putting two Conservative MPs in legal limbo after failing to file campaign documents in t...
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The Duffy Affair: RCMP won't make decision public

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The RCMP announced it is looking into whether it will launch a criminal investigation into the Duffy affair but added it will not make suc...
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The Duffy Affair: LeBreton to ask AG to look into senate spending

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Government Senate Leader Marjory LeBreton will ask the auditor general to conduct a "comprehensive" audit over senate expenses. ...
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Liberal leader Trudeau on accountability, senate reform, constitution

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Liberal leader Justin Trudeau told the Federation of Canadian Municipalities yesterday in Vancouver, the only way to restore public trust ...
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Conservatives introduce GST to Insurance Industry

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Canada's insurance industry is being forced to pay a $1 billion GST bill by the end of the month, one many companies never had to pay ...
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Liberal MP wants party leaders to take public responsibility for ads

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Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux wants future political ads to end with an approval message from their leaders, a move that would make some of H...
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Stephen Harper on Integrity: The Robocall Scandal

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What started as an isolated set of robocalls misdirecting voters in Guelph expanded to effect over 50 ridings as irregularities happened d...
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