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Opposition to lobby for emergency finance meeting
OTTAWA — The tumultuous and unpredictable markets prompted opposition MPs on Monday to call for an emergency House of Commons committee meeting. Members of the committee will meet in Ottawa Monday...
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Tories feeding robocalls fight
Just as in the NHL, the House of Commons has its enforcers. Invariably they are young, but not too young; bright, combative, ambitious, and sure-footed. These are people trusted by the prime minister...
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Stephen Harper painted nude by Kingston artist Margaret Sutherland
From the Canadian Press today, we learn that a Kingston, Ontario artist has taken the bold move of painting our Prime Minister in the buff. “Emperor Haute Couture” is the painting shown above, and it’s...
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June the month for Euro 2012 and wine law reform
June is shaping up to be a great month for Football fans and wine lovers across the nation. With one week to go before the opening matches for the Euro 2012 comes news of a new Canadian wine law. By...
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Senator wants new Canada Revenue Agency head to rein in overseas tax cheats
OTTAWA — One of the first books a visitor notices in Sen. Percy Downe‘s downtown Ottawa office is one about foreign tax havens. His desk has piles of papers on overseas tax evasion, including a fact...
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Liberals submit thousands of budget-bill amendments
OTTAWA — Another budget bill showdown and marathon voting session is looming in Parliament, as the federal Liberals said Monday they have submitted more than 3,000 amendments to the government’s second...
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Governor Mark Carney did not violate conflict rules by vacationing with...
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada said Monday that its governor, Mark Carney, did not violate conflict of interest guidelines by vacationing this summer at the Nova Scotia home of a Liberal MP, but at least...
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Mark Carney’s vacation shows the fine line public servants walk on conflicts...
OTTAWA — Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney’s stay with a Liberal MP and the party’s interest in recruiting him have exposed the challenges and expectations facing public office holders — but also the...
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Garneau blasts Trudeau for lack of ‘coherent vision’ in Liberal leadership race
OTTAWA – The gloves came off in the federal Liberal leadership race Wednesday as Marc Garneau attacked front-runner Justin Trudeau for what he said was the latter’s failure to tell Canadians what he...
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Marc Garneau tries to shed his nice-guy image
Today, Postmedia News offers the first of four articles on the top contenders for the federal Liberal leadership race. OTTAWA — Recently, Marc Garneau did something many found uncharacteristic: the...
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Government won’t reveal Oscar advertising costs
OTTAWA — For those Canadians who watched the show, Sunday night’s Oscars were an evening of glitz, glam and federal government advertising. The Conservative government purchased three advertising spots...
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John Baird defends London, New York vacation stays at diplomatic residences
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is defending two recent New Year’s Eve vacation stays with several guests at the homes of Canadian diplomats in London and New York, saying that he paid his...
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Opposition mysteriously silent on loose Tory talk about debt
When the leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies met behind closed doors in St. Petersburg this week, our prime minister had a message for them. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a Canadian official...
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Stephen Harper: The politics of reform (1993 – 2006)
OTTAWA — Stephen Harper arrived on Parliament Hill on Nov. 6, 1993, struggling with an uncomfortable fact: He was now a career politician. Twelve days had passed since the seismic election in which the...
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Latest Trudeau adviser, retired general Andrew Leslie, won’t rule out running...
OTTAWA – The Liberal party’s new senior adviser on foreign and defence issues is a “warrior” with a strong combat history who hasn’t ruled out running for a House of Commons seat in 2015. On Wednesday,...
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People to watch as Parliament resumes
OTTAWA – As parliamentarians return to Ottawa for the throne speech next week, Postmedia News focuses on some key players – politicians and bureaucrats – who will be under the spotlight (or trying to...
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Opposition brands Canada Revenue Agency spending on audits of charities a...
OTTAWA – By the end of the fiscal year, the Canada Revenue Agency estimates it will have spent nearly $3 million for monitoring and audits from a new fund created to investigate the political...
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Justin Trudeau and Liberals focus on long game
OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau continues to generate a disproportionate amount of excitement and media attention more than six months after winning the federal Liberal leadership. But can it be sustained, and...
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NDP slams omnibus government motion to resurrect dead bills
OTTAWA — The NDP is railing against a government motion to reinstate bills that died on the order paper when Parliament was prorogued after it was rolled into a larger plan that includes revamping the...
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Watchdog to investigate federal government’s $7-billion budget surprise
OTTAWA — The surprising revelation last week that Ottawa is almost $7 billion ahead of schedule for eliminating the deficit is attracting the scrutiny of the budget watchdog. The No. 2 man in the...
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