Senator Mac Harb pays back $231,000 in expenses, retires

Mac Harb is stepping down from the Senate, dropping his legal action and repaying the remaining $180,000 the Senate says he owes for inappropriate living and travel expense claims. Harb, who was a Liberal senator until his spending came under scrutiny...

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Roméo Dallaire 'embarrassed' over mix-up with fringe group

Senator Roméo Dallaire has pulled out of a speaking engagement organized by a fringe Catholic group accused of anti-Semitism, but his name is still being promoted alongside those of anti-abortionists, conspiracy theorists and former U.S. presidential...

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Senate scandal creates no paper trail in PM’s own department

The Senate expenses scandal may have generated a lot of headlines this year, but apparently it hadn't prompted a single email, memo or even a sticky-note in Stephen Harper's own department by the height of the controversy in June. The Privy Council...

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NDP determined to abolish Senate, Mulcair says

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair today began a cross-country tour to spread his party's message that the Senate is full of unelected party hacks who have no business writing Canada's laws and should be abolished. Mulcair launched his "roll up the red carpet"...

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Syrian rebels told to expect Western-led strike in days

Syrian opposition leaders have been told to brace for a foreign strike against President Bashar al-Assad's regime within days, according to sources who attended a meeting with the Syrian National Council in Turkey. "The opposition was told in clear...

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Finance minister cautious on Canada's economy

Canada's GDP growth is up, our bonds are rated triple A, the U.S. economy is improving and even the eurozone is in recovery, but Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is still urging caution. "We live in a tenuous world. It's a difficult world. I know the eurozone...

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Greg Weston: Why Harper says he's running again, and why he might not

Stephen Harper had only been Conservative opposition leader a few weeks when he summoned his then shadow cabinet, and offered an unexpected warning to anyone who might someday get the urge to replace him. "Learn French," a former senior official recalls...

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Trudeau's pot 'actions speak for themselves,' Harper says

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says reaction to his admission he smoked pot once after becoming an MP shows the government is "offside from public opinion." Trudeau said in an interview published Thursday that he smoked marijuana about three years ago,...

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Obama calls alleged Syrian chemical attack a 'grave concern'

U.S. President Barack Obama says a possible chemical weapons attack in Syria this week is a "big event of grave concern" that has hastened the timeframe for determining a U.S. response. However, Obama said the notion that the U.S. alone can end Syria's...

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Syrian child refugees top 1 million

The number of registered child refugees fleeing Syria's violence has topped the 1 million mark in another grim milestone of the deepening conflict, two UN agencies said Friday. Roughly half of all the nearly 2 million registered refugees from Syria...

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Prorogation shows Harper afraid of questions, Mulcair says

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to prorogue Parliament until later this fall shows he is afraid to answer the opposition's questions, Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair said Tuesday. "Stephen Harper, for the fourth time, has prorogued the Parliament...

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Striking diplomats confident they have 'slam dunk' case

The union representing Canada's foreign service will try to persuade a labour board today that the federal government has been bargaining in bad faith. If the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers is successful the two sides could be...

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Quebec religious symbols ban proposal roundly condemned

Quebec has launched its next debate on minority accommodation — and this one could make the erstwhile soccer-turban ban look like a leisurely stroll on the pitch. The government is preparing to introduce long-awaited legislation that would restrict...

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Harper goes target shooting with Canadian Rangers in Arctic

Stephen Harper took up arms — albeit antique arms — on the Arctic tundra late Tuesday in a round of target practice meant as a show of solidarity with Canadian Rangers. Both the prime minister and newly appointed Defence Minister Rob Nicholson went...

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‘Regrettable’ layoffs hit Irving shipyard

Irving Shipyard says it will have to lay off more of its workers next month while it carries out a $300-million modernization of the Halifax shipyard. The company unveiled its plans for the upgrade on Wednesday. The expansion is needed to build Arctic...

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Harper's Northern tour is about politics as much as policy

Stephen Harper began his eighth Northern summer tour Sunday with a stump-style speech to Conservative supporters at a reception in Whitehorse. Although, the prime minister's staff insisted it was not a fundraiser. It was roughly the same model in place...

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3 reasons not to freak out over prorogation

In the wake of today's not really all that surprising announcement that the 41st Parliament will be enjoying a longer than scheduled adjournment before reconvening in October for a brand new session-starting Throne speech, let's all take a deep breath...

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Stephen Harper to seek prorogation of Parliament

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has confirmed he will ask the Governor General to prorogue Parliament until October, when his Conservative government will introduce the next speech from the throne. "There will be a new throne speech in the fall, obviously...

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Ottawa 'extremely concerned' about Canadians held in Egypt

Ottawa has not been told why two Canadians have been detained in Egypt, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the government is "extremely concerned" about their safety. Word got back to Canada on Friday that John Greyson, a Toronto-based filmmaker...

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Canadians deserve cheaper mobile rates, James Moore says

Canadian consumers deserve to pay less for their cellphone plans and only increased competition will give them lower bills, Industry Minister James Moore says. Beginning a roadshow that will see him speak across the country, Moore on Monday defended...

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Do all senators meet residency rules? NDP wants to know

A New Democratic Party MP is calling for the government to answer whether all current senators meet residency qualifications to sit in the Senate. At a news conference Friday, Charlie Angus also faced questions about why MPs don't have to submit to...

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Conservative Party should pay for Wallin audit, Mulcair says

The Conservative Party of Canada should cover the costs of the audit of Senator Pamela Wallin's expenses by independent consulting firm Deloitte, Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair said in an interview with host Chris Hall on CBC Radio's The House. "I think...

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PM Harper rips opposition on 1st stop of North tour

Prime Minister Stephen Harper started his tour of Canada's North on Sunday with a full-throated attack on both Opposition parties, test-driving themes expected to carry the embattled Conservatives into the next election. He trumpeted the Conservatives...

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