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Psychic offers his predictions for Canadian politics in 2015
We ask psychic medium Blair Robertson for his thoughts on the political future of Canada in 2015.
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2015 Politics preview: Harper and Duffy and Peladeau, oh my!
A federal election, the Mike Duffy trial and Pierre Karl Peladeau's run for the PQ party. What more could we ask for from 2015?
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Time to clean up our act: Anti-litter advocate fights for Ontario-wide garbage strategy
Canada is falling behind other countries when it comes to litter prevention, according to Toronto-based anti-litter advocate Sheila White.
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Afghanistan veteran remains loyal to Conservative Party amid protests for support
When it comes to veterans issues, the Harper government is badly losing the battle of public opinion.
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Harper should follow Obama's lead, extend path to citizenship to illegal immigrants: Immigration lawyer
On Thursday evening, U.S. President Barack Obama made a historic announcement which allows millions of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.
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Bulletproof desk-maker targets new audience: Politicians in Ottawa
You’ve got to admire the entrepreneurial spirit of Stephen Noon.
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Senator Larry Campbell defends accused MPs, thinks accusers should come forward
It’s just not fair.
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Wildrose Party's future in jeopardy as countdown begins to Danielle Smith's departure
"Wildrose Party set for sweeping majority"
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Canada increases funding for fighting forced child marriages abroad
The Harper government has announced an additional $10 million in funding to combat the practice of child marriages in the developing world.
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Tories slammed for latest Economic Action Plan ad
We may have had our first glimpse at a federal election ad for the 2015 election. No, this one isn’t brought to you by the Conservative Party or the NDP — it’s paid for by the taxpayers of Canada. The Harper government has launched it’s latest Economic Action Plan ad promoting their suite of childcare tax credits.
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Liberals losing credibility on open nomination promise
There’s not many political watchers who actually believe that party leaders don’t play favourites when it comes to nomination races.
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Taxes and hockey: New report suggests that Canadiens, Leafs among the most tax disadvantaged teams in NHL
Hockey fans across the country often like to make excuses for their teams.
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New Democrats slam the Tories for their "fire sale of historic residences"
For governments, it always seems to be a case of damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
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Stephen Harper becomes the sixth longest-serving PM
A hat-tip to the folks at Sun News for doing the math on this: Stephen Harper is now the 6th longest-serving prime minister in Canadian history.
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Petition to add pictures of notable women on Canadian bank notes almost reaches target
How about a picture of Kim Campbell on our $10 bill?
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P.E.I. Premier Robert Ghiz announces his resignation
In an announcement on Thursday, the 37-year old two-term Liberal premier said he will step down once his party picks a new leader in the next few months.
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NDP slams B.C. government over policy which limits number of visitors for Christmas dinner at senior care homes
Are the Christy Clark Liberals the grinches who are stealing Christmas?
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Could positive poll numbers for the Harper Conservatives mean an early election?
There’s been a lot of chatter lately about the possibility of the Harper Conservatives calling an early election.
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Outgoing city councillors destined for soft landings thanks to big severance payouts
Canadians often decry the gold plated pensions of their MPs or the severance packages for their representatives from their provincial legislatures.
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B.C. man generates U.S. buzz for letter deriding Americans for voting Republican
In the letter, published on Monday, Richard Brunt — who claims to be from Victoria, B.C. — says that Canadians are confused by the outcome of last week’s U.S. mid-term elections which saw the Republicans re-take control of Congress. "Consider, right now in America, corporate profits are at record highs, the country’s adding 200,000 jobs per month, unemployment is below 6 per cent, U.S. gross national product growth is the best of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries," he wrote. "The dollar is at its strongest levels in years, the stock market is near record highs, gasoline prices are falling, there’s no inflation, interest rates are the lowest in 30 years, U.S. oil imports are declining, U.S. oil production is rapidly increasing, the deficit is rapidly declining, and the wealthy are still making astonishing amounts of money.