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
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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Economy,
Environment,
Natural Resources,
Oil,
Trade,
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The Defense Department is still nothing but fat and bureaucracy
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Department of National Defense |
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Government Mismanagement |
Military |
Spending
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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...
Emails: Diplomats, Military Officials told to downplay F-35 fiasco
Conservative |
Department of National Defense |
Foreign Affairs |
Government Mismanagement |
Military |
Spending
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Emails show Canadian diplomats and military officials were instructed to downplay the scathing report from the Auditor General which outli...
PMO orchestrated protest during Trudeau's speech this month
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau's accountability speech June 5 was crashed by protesters and aired on national TV. In addition to the ...
Calgary Floods: An act of God or proof of climate change?
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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Alberta,
Conservative,
Environment,
Oil
John Baird scrutinized for "freeloading" on taxpayers' property
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is under scrutiny after CTV news learned he and six buddies had a vacation at the official residence o...
The Duffy Affair: Investigation broadens, implicates 12 Tory MPs
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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Accountability,
Conservative,
Integrity,
Scandal,
The Duffy Affair
Grace Foundation never authorized letter to Trudeau
The Grace Foundation has released a statement amid a week that has left them "deeply distressed." The Foundation said it didn...
NDP: Harper wastes political opportunity and money with Trudeau
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,
NDP,
Political Interference,
Public Opinion,
Scandal,
Trudeau
Conservative Senator was paid for his charity work too...
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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Conservative,
Scandal,
Senate,
Spending,
Trudeau
PMO orchestrated Grace Foundation contradiction and smears
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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Accountability,
Canada Revenue Agency,
Conservative,
Featured,
Trudeau
Grace Foundation charity refund another failed Conservative stunt
The Conservatives launched an attack on Liberal leader Justin Trudeau Friday, claiming he made profit on his charity services. The attack ...
UK Labour MP: Harper's Speech was "not prime ministerial"
Prime Minister Stephen Harper went to Europe to hammer out an EU-Canada free trade agreement and to escape the growing scandals that have ...
MPs increase their travel budgets and salaries
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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Conservative,
Economy,
Government Mismanagement,
NDP,
Public Opinion,
Senate,
Spending
NDP only party against transparency measures
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Integrity |
Liberal |
Mulcair |
NDP |
Public Opinion |
Trudeau
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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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Accountability,
Conservative,
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Liberal,
Mulcair,
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Robocall Scandal: Dean Del Mastro breaks the silence
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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Conservative,
Robocall Scandal,
Scandal
Ex-Chief Electoral Officer: There was no oversight on secret PMO fund
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 ...
The Duffy Affair: Bruce Carson "surprised" Harper was unaware
Ex-aide to Prime Minister Stephen Harper Bruce Carson spoke out yesterday in a surprising phone call to CBC's Power and Politics where...
NDP reject accountability, play pathetic political games
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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Accountability,
Conservative,
Featured,
Integrity,
Liberal,
NDP,
Trudeau
The Duffy Affair: Tkachuk resigns committee citing cancer
Conservative senator David Tkachuk is stepping down as head of the Internal Economy Committee as of Thursday citing "preventative tre...
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Accountability,
Conservative,
Integrity,
Senate,
The Duffy Affair
Conservative MP Eve Adams used election money for herself
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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Accountability,
Conservative,
Election,
Integrity,
Scandal
Report: Conservatives implemented Big Brother in 2011
Accountability |
Conservative |
Democracy |
Department of National Defense |
Freedom |
Public Safety |
Terrorism |
United States
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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 ...
NDP to defend Conservative MPs again, this time pending court ruling
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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Accountability,
Conservative,
Election,
Harper,
Ignatieff,
Liberal,
NDP,
Robocall Scandal
The Duffy Affair: Conservatives deny secret PMO fund
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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Accountability,
Conservative,
Integrity,
Scandal,
The Duffy Affair
Harper's jet repainted for $50,000 by taxpayer dime
Conservative |
Department of National Defense |
Government Mismanagement |
Harper |
Military |
Spending
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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...
The Duffy Affair: The PMO guarded a secret fund for 7 years - Why?
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...
MP Rathgeber resigns Conservative caucus due to its lack of accountability
Former Conservative backbencher MP Brent Rathgeber resigned the Conservative caucus tonight, citing the government's lack of accountab...
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Accountability,
Caucus,
Conservative,
Integrity,
Scandal
Two Conservative MPs could be suspended over election filings
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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Accountability,
Conservative,
Election,
Robocall Scandal,
Scandal
The Duffy Affair: RCMP won't make decision public
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Conservative |
Integrity |
Political Interference |
Public Safety |
RCMP |
Scandal |
The Duffy Affair
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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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Conservative,
Integrity,
Political Interference,
Public Safety,
RCMP,
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The Duffy Affair
The Duffy Affair: LeBreton to ask AG to look into senate spending
Government Senate Leader Marjory LeBreton will ask the auditor general to conduct a "comprehensive" audit over senate expenses. ...
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Accountability,
Conservative,
Scandal,
Senate,
Spending,
The Duffy Affair
Liberal leader Trudeau on accountability, senate reform, constitution
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau told the Federation of Canadian Municipalities yesterday in Vancouver, the only way to restore public trust ...
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Accountability,
Democratic Reform,
Liberal,
Quebec,
Senate
Conservatives introduce GST to Insurance Industry
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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Canada Revenue Agency,
Conservative,
Economy,
Featured,
Ontario,
Taxes
Liberal MP wants party leaders to take public responsibility for ads
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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Attack Ads,
Conservative,
Democratic Reform,
Harper,
Liberal,
Trudeau
Stephen Harper on Integrity: The Robocall Scandal
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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Accountability,
Conservative,
Election,
Featured,
Harper,
Integrity,
Robocall Scandal
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