Feds to monitor social media round-the-clock

Big Brother is watching you — on just about every social-media platform you can imagine. Tweets, public Facebook posts and YouTube videos could soon be subject to round-the-clock scrutiny by the federal government, a procurement document posted this...

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Mike Duffy deal: RCMP should probe Tory party’s role, Liberals say

The Liberals have written to the RCMP asking them to investigate the Conservative party's role in an alleged payment scheme involving Sen. Mike Duffy's contested living expenses. Liberal Sean Casey sent a letter Thursday to RCMP commissioner Robert...

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Canada-U.S. 'Beyond the Border' project beset by delays

A project meant to make it easier for trade and travel across the Canada-U.S. border is behind schedule, and can't even spend the millions of dollars allocated to it, according to a status report released today. The Beyond the Border program was so...

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Christopher Montgomery: Senate white knight on Conservative blacklist?

Of all the questions left over from last week's release of a treasure trove of documents from the RCMP's investigation into the Senate scandal, one of the most nagging is this: Why is it that the one person who raised a red flag is no longer working...

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Senator Patrick Brazeau: Bring on the RCMP charges

Bring it on. That's Senator Patrick Brazeau's message to the RCMP regarding any investigation into his expenses. Brazeau was one of three senators suspended without pay on Nov. 5, for allegedly filing inappropriate expenses. No one has been charged...

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Union claims government officials misled MPs on worker safety stats

A dispute is heating up between unions representing federal workers and the government over numbers the Conservatives are using to rationalize changes to health and safety laws. The Public Service Alliance of Canada has accused senior...

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Senate expense committee questioning Deloitte auditors

The Senate committee that dealt with Mike Duffy's ineligible expense claims — claims that are now the subject of an RCMP investigation — is meeting this morning to question three Deloitte auditors about potential interference in their audit....

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Jim Flaherty 'not aware' of Mint chair's tax-haven dealings

A spokesperson for Jim Flaherty says the finance minister was unaware that his good friend and law school classmate Jim Love, who was picked by the government to chair the Canadian Mint and who Flaherty himself appointed to two advisory panels,...

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New Snowden docs show Canada OK'd U.S. spying at G20

Top secret documents retrieved by U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden show that Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government allowed the largest American spy agency to conduct widespread surveillance in Canada during the 2010 G8 and G20 summits. The documents...

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How RCMP managed fallout from Alberta flood gun seizures

Documents obtained by CBC News show just how much pressure the Mounties were under to justify to their political masters the decision to seize firearms from evacuated homes at the height of the Alberta floods last spring.   The emails paint a picture...

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Digital diplomacy spreads through Washington

The Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C., opened its doors last week to the city's digital diplomats for an event where they could brag about their use of social media and pick up some tips. A dozen embassies and international organizations, including...

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Tories, Liberals hold 2 seats each in federal byelections

The Liberals and Conservatives each won two of the four federal byelections Monday night, a result that maintains the electoral status quo but may be seen as a partial victory for Justin Trudeau's party — which nearly pulled...

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Auditor general to table fall report on Tuesday

The federal government's $39.6 billion national shipbuilding procurement strategy will be in the public spotlight on Tuesday when Auditor General Michael Ferguson tables his annual fall report. The Canadian navy will retire its aging supply ships...

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Cleanup attempt on Wright-Duffy deal raises more questions

The prime minister's director of communications hit the talk-show circuit this weekend to explain Stephen Harper's handling of the Wright-Duffy affair, but may have raised more questions about how much Harper knew and what he did with that knowledge....

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Byelection results: How the Liberals won the showdown

Cue the excuses and the spin. The Conservatives nearly lost their safe Manitoba seat of Brandon-Souris Monday night and the NDP failed to take either one of the Liberal strongholds in Toronto (Toronto-Centre) and Montreal (Bourassa) while losing substantial...

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4 storylines to watch in today's byelections

Voters in three provinces are casting ballots in four federal byelections. Monday's byelections have taken on greater significance thanks to hotly contested races between the opposition NDP and Liberals in Ontario and Quebec and the controversy over...

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How the RCMP mapped the Wright-Duffy money trail

A deal between suspended Senator Mike Duffy, left, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former chief of staff, Nigel Wright, right, is being investigated by the RCMP. (Adrian Wyld and Sean Fitzpatrick/Canadian Press) RCMP investigators have already...

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Iran nuclear deal gets 'deeply skeptical' response from Canada

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says he is "deeply skeptical" of the newly brokered nuclear deal with Iran and says Canada's sanctions will remain in "full force" against the country. "We will evaluate the deal reached not just on the merits of...

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Canadian banks to be compelled to share clients' info with U.S.

Starting next July, Canadian banks will be required to ask anyone opening a new account if they are now, or ever have been, an American "person." It comes at the behest of the U.S. government and its efforts to "smoke out" tax dodgers. The Foreign...

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Middle-class votes sought for 1 big reason in today's byelections

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau can't stop talking about the middle class. In ads, speeches and in question period, the two party leaders refer repeatedly to middle-class families. In a recent ad, Trudeau refers to them as his...

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