Liberal tiff over supply management?
Federal Liberal leadership hopefuls argued about more than housekeeping at last Saturday’s debate in Winnipeg. Canada’s agriculture supply management policy for dairy, eggs and poultry – and where...
View ArticleMartha Hall Findlay raised $30,000 in late 2012 in final push to pay off ’06...
It seems Martha Hall Findlay isn’t in second place when it comes to leadership contest fundraising. Last week, seven of the nine current contestants released their totals for fundraising in the final...
View ArticleSenators LeBreton, Cowan push for pressure over housing allowances
On Monday afternoon, shortly after the Tories faced a series of questions over Senate reform and Senate spending, Leader of the Government in the Senate Marjorie LeBreton and Leader of the Opposition...
View ArticleMartin Cauchon goes negative, Bertschi loses campaign director
Liberal leadership hopeful Martin Cauchon is telling supporters it’s a bad idea to get into bed with the NDP – a party he warns is filled with sovereigntists and socialists – even though his rival...
View ArticleWatchdog group concerned over Liberal leadership loans
A democracy watchdog is nipping at the heels of Elections Canada over Liberal leadership race campaign loans it says doesn’t pass the smell test. But Elections Canada, which signed off on the loans,...
View ArticleDon’t expect many supporters to vote: Grit national membership secretary
There’s an interesting nugget in Liberal National Membership Secretary Matt Certosimo’s decision to extend registration by a week. Certosimo warns the Liberals they should expect to be disappointed at...
View ArticleDonors helped bury 12 destitute modern day vets, says Last Post Fund in...
The Last Post Fund has been keeping low key but persistent pressure on the Conservative government and Veterans Affairs Minister Stephen Blaney to ramp up and expand funding for the agency. On...
View ArticleWho steps in if the PM can’t perform his duties?
Here’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s list of who can step if he’s unable to to perform the functions of his office, updated July 15 by an Order in Council and published here LIST OF MINISTERS TO ACT...
View ArticlePirate Party leader resigns to focus on battling depression
Pirate Party of Canada’s leader, Travis McCrea, announced Friday he was leaving politics – at least for now – to focus on his battle with depression. The fringe political party is mostly known for its...
View ArticleBlast from the past: Harper on Senate reform 2006
I came across this speech today – an address by then rookie Prime Minister Stephen Harper before a Senate committee discussing his plans to reform the upper chamber. Some seven years later, the federal...
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