Chris Hall: So who is to blame for the temporary foreign worker mess?

An email arrived this week from a self-described Conservative of 22 years. He wanted to talk about the increasingly maligned Temporary Foreign Worker Program that's been the hot, no make that the heated topic of debate in the Commons this week....

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Telecoms refuse to release information on private data given to feds

Canada's privacy commissioner says telecom companies are refusing to tell her office how many times they have handed over personal customer information to the federal government without a warrant. Chantal Bernier, the interim privacy commissioner, said...

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The 2 landmines that could shatter Quebec's Liberal calm: Michelle Gagnon

Quebec is a finicky province, to say the least. The texture of daily life here has changed so dramatically since the Liberal's April 7 election win that it feels like a completely different place. The high-octane atmosphere of the campaign has dissipated,...

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Parliament is back on Wednesdays with Kady!

Chat preview MPs are back in Ottawa to discuss the fair elections act and the Temporary Foreign Worker program CBC News Posted: Apr 30, 2014 8:18 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 30, 2014 8:18 AM ET Parliament is back! And after weeks of...

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Jim Prentice understands oil opposition, says B.C. chief

Former federal environment minister Jim Prentice hasn't yet formally announced his intention to seek Alberta's premiership, but he's already attracted a backhanded endorsement from a tough oil and gas opponent next door. Stewart Phillip, the grand chief...

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What's fuelling the opposition to Northern Gateway and Keystone pipelines?

High-stakes oil pipeline projects have taken a public lashing lately, whether in a plebiscite in British Columbia, more protests in Washington, D.C., or from a former U.S. president and several Nobel laureates coming out strongly against billion-dollar...

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Wi-Fi hotspots coming to Canadian parks

Parks Canada requesting tenders from contractors to install internet access points at 150 locations The Canadian Press Posted: Apr 29, 2014 7:36 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 29, 2014 9:42 AM ET The quiet solitude and refuge from the connected...

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Jim Prentice forming team for Alberta Tory leadership race

Jim Prentice is forming a team for a bid to become Alberta's next premier, a move one observer says is an "earthquake" for the province's politics. A source working with Prentice confirmed the former federal cabinet minister has been talking to caucus...

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Election bill a cautionary tale against governing by talking point

There is much worth mulling over in former PMO communications director Andrew MacDougall's musings on political communications in the age of the internet. You'll find few journalists able — or willing — to counter his caveats on the dangers of the always-on...

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Jason Kenney on hot seat as controversy rages over temporary foreign workers

In the midst of a fresh eruption of abuse allegations surrounding the government's troubled temporary foreign worker program, Jason Kenney's reputation as a capable task-master is taking a beating. The employment minister was on the defensive Monday...

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Elections bill illustrates Harper's vindictiveness, pragmatism: Tom Flanagan

The federal government's controversial proposed overhaul of election laws illustrates the ruthless, vindictive and hyper-partisan side of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's character, a former chief of staff says. But Tom Flanagan says the fact the Conservative...

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Foreign worker program suspension leaves Alberta restaurant short-staffed

The suspension of the federal foreign workers program is leaving some Calgary restaurants struggling with a labour shortage. In Alberta, the hungry oil and gas industry has consumed much of the local labour pools and the shortage of workers is...

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National Defence mulls 30-minute emergency response time

Critics say it would be too expensive The Canadian Press Posted: Apr 27, 2014 2:28 PM AT Last Updated: Apr 27, 2014 3:07 PM AT National Defence is once again taking a look at establishing an around-the-clock 30-minute response time...

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How the internet hurts political reporting and breeds spin

The CBC's Neil Macdonald last week posted a piece bemoaning the lack of clarity in today's communications, whether it be political or academic. It got me thinking about my own views on political reporting and communication. In my old life as director...

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Online consultations ask feds to dump Economic Action Plan ads

Canadians who offered advice online in the runup to the 2014 federal budget had a consistent message for the Conservative government: dump those Economic Action Plan ads. A so-called e-consultation organized by Finance Canada in the months before the...

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Ukraine crisis: talks begin over detained observers

The de facto mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk said on Sunday mediators from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe who are seeking the release of a group of detained observers have arrived in the city. Members of the...

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Longtime Canadian election monitors left out of Ukraine mission

The non-profit civil society group responsible for running previous Canadian election monitoring missions in Ukraine found out earlier this week that they won't be involved in the government's plan to send 500 observers to cover the upcoming presidential...

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3 roadblocks to the robocalls probe — and their possible fixes

Investigators ran into a series of problems in trying to probe what came to be known as robocalls, allegations of misleading or nuisance calls across Canada in the 2011 federal election. In a report released Thursday, Yves Côté, the commissioner of...

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Advice for politicians caught in the media firestorm

For bad news buffs, particularly those of a political bent, recent headlines themselves have been bad news. That's because some political news of late relating to the federal government has been, well, good news: My reason for highlighting these is...

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CRA fails to create new strategy for cheats after 3-year effort

After a three-year effort, the Canada Revenue Agency has failed to produce a new national strategy to combat the underground economy — despite repeated requests to do so from cash-starved provinces. The provinces, especially Ontario and British Columbia,...

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Poilievre opens door to amendments in fair elections act

Minister of State for Democratic Reform Pierre Poilievre says he's open to an amendment to the fair elections act that would allow people without ID showing their address to sign an oath proving their residence. Poilievre says he's also open to...

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Foreign worker program abuse won't be tolerated, Jason Kenney warns

The government's decision to impose a moratorium on the fast-food industry's access to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program will send employers "a very clear message" that abuse will not be tolerated, says Employment Minister Jason Kenney. Kenney's comments...

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