Ontario premier vows to bring in measures to tackle harassment

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne hopes that discussions surrounding the ongoing harassment allegations on Parliament Hill will ultimately lead to change. Wynne told CBC Radio's The House that "the only good that can come out of this [is] that we actually...

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Could Michaëlle Jean become secretary-general of La Francophonie?

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the premiers of Quebec and New Brunswick will attend this weekend's summit of la Francophonie which could see ex governor general Michaëlle Jean become secretary-general of the organization. Jean is one of five candidates...

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RCMP officers break rules on note-taking: internal audit

Mounties are breaking the rules governing the notebooks they use to scribble information at crime scenes or during undercover investigations, according to auditors. A sample review of 217 RCMP notebooks from across the country found some with missing...

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Harper calls on la Francophonie to put an end to forced marriages

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has urged countries in la Francophonie to do all they can to put an end to child marriages as well as forced unions. Harper told the opening ceremony of the summit of French-speaking nations in Senegal on Saturday that...

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Iran embassy report suggests little threat months before closure

A newly released report into security at Canada's former embassy in Iran suggests the threat to its officials wasn't as dire as the government suggested at the time. The report, completed less than nine months before the Conservative government shut...

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NDP MP Sylvain Chicoine accused of sexism in lawsuit

NDP deputy veterans affairs critic Sylvain Chicoine demonstrated a sexist and misogynist attitude toward former staffer Fabiola Ferro, failed to deal with harassment by another staffer, and fired her without cause, Ferro alleges in a lawsuit...

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F-35 purchase by Canada suggested in Pentagon briefing

A leaked Pentagon briefing says Canada has signalled to Washington that it wants to buy at least four F-35 stealth fighters, but a spokesman for Public Works Minister Diane Finley insisted Friday that no decision has been made. The slide presentation,...

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Liberal harassment allegations: NDP MPs angry with Trudeau's handling

What began with a non-partisan attempt to deal with serious allegations of personal misconduct against two Liberal MPs has descended into a nasty political dispute between the Liberals and the NDP. CBC News has learned that the two NDP MPs who came...

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Peter MacKay says he's seen no harassment in Parliament or his party

Justice Minister Peter MacKay says he's pleased to see a "mature discussion" on harassment, but that he's never seen anything like that in the Conservative Party or in Parliament. Asked how the Conservative Party handles complaints similar to the one...

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Canada, China sign currency hub deal to boost trade

Canada and China have signed a reciprocal currency deal that's expected to dramatically boost exports. The hub will foster far easier trade between the Canadian dollar and the Chinese yuan, also known as the renminbi. It makes Canada the first country...

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Parliament 'back in another decade' when it comes to harassment

Parliament is in many ways living in another decade when it comes to how things work and how women are treated, NDP deputy leader Megan Leslie says. Leslie spoke to CBC News about the culture around Parliament Hill, one day after Liberal Leader...

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MP harassment allegations fall through cracks of Hill's murky rules

Amid the shocked speculation swirling around Wednesday's incendiary revelation by Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau that veteran MPs Scott Andrews and Massimo Pacetti had been suspended from caucus based on harassment complaints lodged by...

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Government spent $121K on Canada-EU summit reception

The federal government spent $121,454 on a Toronto reception for leaders of the European Union in September — a reception which, in turn, led Prime Minister Stephen Harper to offer his guests a $338,000 ride home on a government Airbus. The...

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper stumps for Canadian exporters on China trip

Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the pitch for Canadian exporters on Friday while also extolling Canada as an excellent place to do business during his third visit to China. Harper attended a China-Canada business conference where he said that a half-million...

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Canada adds 43,000 jobs in October, jobless rate down to 6.5%

The Canadian economy added 43,000 jobs in October, pushing the jobless rate down to its lowest level since November 2008. Statistics Canada said Friday that Canada has now produced 182,000 jobs in the past year. But two-thirds of those jobs have...

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Former Parliament Hill staffer alleges 2 MPs sexually harassed him

Ian Capstick, a political commentator on CBC News Network's Power & Politics, alleges he was sexually harassed by two former members of Parliament, both men, when he worked as a political staffer several years ago. "Inappropriate touching...

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Dean Del Mastro, guilty of breaking election laws, resigns

Dean Del Mastro, the MP for Ontario's Peterborough riding, has quit less than a week after being found guilty of spending too much on his 2008 campaign and trying to cover it up. Del Mastro spoke to MPs in the House of Commons just after question period...

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Harassment allegations against 2 Liberal MPs rest with secretive committee

The issue of harassment on Parliament Hill landed in the spotlight when Liberal leader Justin Trudeau suspended MPs Scott Andrews and Massimo Pacetti from his caucus pending an investigation into allegations of "personal misconduct." ​ The allegations...

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Brad Wall hosts western premiers for transportation summit

The three western premiers are meeting with the transportation industry Thursday to discuss the best way to move the region's products.  Premiers Brad Wall, Jim Prentice and Christy Clark will be discussing the long-term transportation needs for...

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Harper made spy watchdog appointments over NDP objections

The Conservative government appointed two members to Canada's spy watchdog despite objections raised by NDP Leader Tom Mulcair during formal consultations on the nominees, documents reveal. Correspondence with Prime Minister Stephen Harper shows Mulcair...

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Federal NDP to get Ring of Fire advice from former provincial leader

In a bid to try and push ahead the ill-fated development of the Ring of Fire mining project in northern Ontario, the federal NDP is bringing a well-known Ontario face on board to help.  CBC News has learned federal New Democrat Leader Tom Mulcair...

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Ottawa temporarily restores most refugee health-care coverage

The federal government will temporarily restore health-care coverage to refugee claimants beginning Wednesday pending the outcome of an appeal at the Federal Court, but some still won't have coverage for drugs. "We are doing this because the...

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Marijuana grow facility heads to court over rejected application

Health Canada's troubled medical-marijuana program is again under fire, with the launch of the first court challenge by a company denied a government licence to grow the product commercially. Lawyers for New Age Medical Solutions Inc., which has a grow...

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Commons poised to suspend MP Dean Del Mastro in Wednesday vote

Embattled former Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro is about to lose the right to take his seat in the House of Commons for the foreseeable future. On Wednesday afternoon, Del Mastro's soon-to-be-former House colleagues are expected...

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Stephen Harper heads to China to 'reanimate' trade relations

Prime Minister Stephen Harper leaves on a five-day trip China Wednesday to "reanimate" Canada's trade relations, experts say. The trip comes after a tumultuous few months between the two countries. First came the accusation of a...

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Refugee health care: This is deadline day for Ottawa's new policy

The federal government has until the end of day today to introduce more inclusive health-care coverage for refugees, after a Federal Court gave the Conservatives four months to draft new policy after overturning changes they made in 2012. Immigration...

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