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2,900 from around globe sign petition against Tory science cuts
More than 2,900 people from around the world have signed an online petition aimed at saving a unique open-air freshwater laboratory from federal government budget cuts. Read more…
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'Contradictory' ethics rulings on Clement, Paradis and Guergis: Democracy Watch
Three recent rulings by Federal Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson are contradictory and further erode confidence in her ability to do her job, according to Duff Conacher of the Democracy Watch, a non-profit that monitors government transparency and ethics issues. A statement by Conacher circulated to media today states: Read more…
Harper's lawyers attack former cabinet minister's defamation suit
A lawyer for the prime minister is delivering a withering attack on a defamation case brought by a former cabinet minister. Read more…
Atleo's challengers for National Chief include four women
The heads of 633 First Nations will vote for the position of national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) tomorrow, July 18. In a race with eight candidates vying for the top position, an unprecedented half of those are women. Read more…
Massive voter info privacy breach in Ontario
Elections Ontario says personal information about as many as 2.4 million voters in the province may have been compromised. Read more…
Wonky rules keep MPs blind to government spending: report
A new report says arcane rules are keeping MPs in the dark about the billions in government spending they should be scrutinizing. Read more…
Canada's 'brand' threatened by oil sands: 'secret' briefing notes
Unbridled oil sands expansion risks tarnishing Canada's global reputation, read briefing notes prepared for federal natural resources minister Joe Oliver. Read more…
Supreme Court rules against copyright fees on music, videos, printed matter
The Supreme Court of Canada has reined in the application of copyright fees levied on music, movies, video games and printed materials that people download and copy in different ways. Read more…
NDP will push back against Tory attack ads, says Mulcair
The leader of the federal New Democratic Party, Thomas Mulcair, defended a party advertisement released yesterday that attacks Prime Minister Stephen Harper's economic record. Read more…
Oil sands debate not 'either-or': Liberal leader Rae
Federal Liberal leader Bob Rae thinks it's possible to reconcile oil sands development with environmental concerns.
Rae's 'third way' proposition could be indication of future energy policy for the Liberals, speculated one commentator, "as they attempt to claw their way back to relevance." Read more…
Members of Sliammon First Nation approve treaty by vote of 318-235
VANCOUVER - Members of a B.C. First Nation have approved a treaty with the federal and provincial governments. Read more…
Scientists march to Parliament Hill to protest 'death of evidence'
Hundreds of scientists stepped away from their petri dishes on Tuesday to denounce what they say are the Harper government's sweeping cuts to research. Flanked by supporters, the white-coated scientists marched through downtown Ottawa to Parliament Hill for a mock funeral marking "the death of evidence." Read more…
University of Ottawa group plans July 10 rally mourning 'death of evidence'
A group of professors and graduate students from the Department of Biology at the University of Ottawa is calling on Canadians to participate in a rally in Ottawa mourning the "death of evidence." Read more…
Feds OK competition between big and small phone companies in rural areas
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet has upheld a CRTC ruling that allows big telephone companies to compete against smaller ones in rural areas. Read more…
NPA's Anton pens love letter to the oil sands
Had Suzanne Anton won Vancouver's last mayoral election, city hall would be a lot friendlier towards the oil sands industry and plans to greatly increase the amount of bitumen crude passing through Vancouver harbour. Read more…
Metro Vancouver mayors vent infrastructure pain at regional roundtable
Metro Vancouver mayors are calling for the federal government to commit to a new 10-year plan to help fund city infrastructure upgrades, after attending a Vancouver roundtable today that included federal Minister of the State of Transport Steven Fletcher. Read more…
Slight reversal in federal refugee health cuts 'too little too late,' say doctors
Doctors and health care workers across the country say a slight reversal in cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) -- only for refugees the government itself sponsored -- is "too little and too late." But CIC spokesperson Alexis Pavlich says the government's intention is "to ensure that those who come to Canada as asylum seekers from abroad do not receive better health care coverage than Canadians," and the reversal is merely a "clarification." Read more…
Embattled Bev Oda stepping down as MP
OTTAWA -- Bev Oda, the embattled minister of international co-operation, is stepping down as an MP at the end of this month. Read more…
Justin not only Trudeau connection in Liberal leadership race
Liberals yearning for the glory days of Trudeaumania as they head into a leadership contest could face a choice between Pierre Trudeau's eldest son and the mother of his only daughter. Read more…
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney besieged by critics during BC visit
By the time Jason Kenney began his speech yesterday morning in Surrey, the Citizenship and Immigration minister had been confronted at least four times during his short B.C. visit – lambasted by critics he retorted were "extremists" and "anarchists." Read more…
