Harper accused of silencing anti-abortion protesters

Organizers of this year's March for Life events were on Parliament Hill Wednesday accusing Prime Minister Stephen Harper of shutting down any form of discussion or debate on abortion. Attendees of the annual rally, to be held Thursday, are coming to...

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Government should 'grow up' on climate change, scientist says

A group of 12 prominent Canadian climate scientists called out the federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver on his support for the expansion of oil infrastructure in a letter released today. The scientists wrote that building pipelines and developing...

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Sex-selective abortion adds new focus to annual Hill protest

Thousands of protesters are expected on Parliament Hill today for an annual anti-abortion rally, weeks after Conservative backbenchers said they weren't allowed to talk about abortion in the House of Commons. The protest organizers say the theme will...

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Ex-Laval mayor Vaillancourt arrested by anti-corruption unit

Gilles Vaillancourt, the embattled former mayor of Laval, Que., has been arrested in a wide sweep by provincial anti-corruption investigators. Vaillancourt was arrested at his Laval apartment this morning. He was taken to provincial police headquarters...

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Expenses audit faults both senators and rules

An independent audit on the housing claims for three senators, due in the Senate today, will conclude they shouldn't have made the claims but that the rules are also unclear, CBC News has learned. Senators Mike Duffy, Mac Harb and Patrick Brazeau have...

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Senator Mac Harb disputes report he must repay $100K

Liberal Senator Mac Harb says a media report that he must repay $100,000 for inappropriate housing expenses is "totally false" and contains "false information." Harb's expense claims have been under review by an independent auditor appointed by the...

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Harper says foreign worker program is being fixed

The government has been acting on problems with the temporary foreign worker program for more than a year, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday in response to opposition accusations the government was hiding information and denying that it wasn't...

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RCMP travel limits breach parliamentary privilege, senator says

MPs and senators are expressing concern over the RCMP's decision to keep an officer from testifying before a Senate committee, saying the move is a breach of parliamentary privilege and a violation of the Criminal Code. CBC News reported Cpl. Roland...

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Baird cool to military solution as MPs debate role in Syria

MPs held an emergency debate in the House of Commons on Canada's role in Syria amid renewed concerns about chemical weapons and Israel's involvement in the civil war that has created a growing refugee crisis as people flee the conflict. Foreign Affairs...

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Canada's foreign-born population soars to 6.8 million

The debut of Canada's controversial census replacement survey shows there are more foreign-born people in the country than ever before, at a proportion not seen in almost a century. They're young, they're suburban, and they're mainly from Asia, although...

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Enbridge breaks safety rules at pipeline pump stations across Canada

The biggest oil and gas pipeline company in Canada is breaking National Energy Board safety rules at 117 of its 125 pump stations across the country, but Enbridge says it's not to blame. Enbridge was ordered by the Canadian energy regulator to disclose...

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Conservatives' interest in Canadian history raises eyebrows

The House of Commons heritage committee has launched a study of how history is preserved in federal, provincial and municipal programs, and how easily Canadians can access historical information. However, it backed down from a plan to examine how history...

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RCMP muzzling testimony at Senate committee, says officer

A B.C. RCMP officer on stress leave says the force is preventing him from travelling to a Senate committee hearing in Ottawa to testify about harassment in the force. Cpl. Roland Beaulieu was supposed to be in Ottawa on Monday, but late last week an...

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Temporary foreign workers hired in areas with EI claimants

The minister responsible for the temporary foreign worker program was told last year that employers were hiring temporary foreign workers in the same jobs and same locations as Canadians who were collecting employment insurance, CBC News has learned....

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McGuinty admits moving gas plants was his decision

Former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday it was his decision to close gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga, which he testified were too close to schools and homes. Speaking before the legislature's justice committee, McGuinty said he only...

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StatsCan braces for release of survey data Wednesday

Has Statistics Canada — renowned around the world for its ability to take snapshots of Canadian life — lost some of its zoom? The answer will come Wednesday, when the agency's National Household Survey reveals how much critical information was lost...

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Federal government looks for next great invention

The federal government wants to tap the skills of obscure basement inventors and turn their tinkering into innovative consumer products. A new survey for Industry Canada has found that almost 13 per cent of Canadians are so-called "private innovators,"...

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MacKay looks to give presidential choppers a 2nd life

Some helicopters from U.S. President Barack Obama's cast-off fleet may yet find their way into the service of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The Canadian Press has learned Defence Minister Peter MacKay recently ordered National Defence to take another...

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House essay: Recipes for corruption abound

Evan Solomon, host of CBC Radio's The House, reflects on corruption and its threat to democracy in his weekly radio essay as heard on May 4, 2013. Welcome to Chez Charbonneau, the commission where they serve up the finest buffet of wrongdoing, influence...

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Greg Weston: How a terror suspect slipped through immigration's cracks

Almost 20 years after Raed Jaser was ordered kicked out of Canada as a bogus refugee with a fake passport and a criminal past, he was still alive and well and living in Toronto last month when police charged him with plotting an alleged al-Qaeda-backed...

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Shipbuilding contract holds $250M mystery

This story has been updated. A CBC News investigation has uncovered a $250-million mystery at the heart of Canada's ambitious shipbuilding program. Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose and Defence Minister Peter MacKay announced March 7 in Halifax that...

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