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  • Ed Broadbent, former NDP leader, dead at 87
    Born in Oshawa, Ont., Ed Broadbent served as a member of Parliament for a riding in the area for 21 years, leading the federal NDP from 1975 to 1989.
    Canada
    Jan 11
  • Quebecers are ‘not racists,’ Trudeau says amid Amira Elghawaby backlash
    Amira Elghawaby said she is "extremely sorry" for the impacts of her words and how they hurt the people of Quebec, adding that she will listen carefully.
    Canada
    Feb 1, 2023
  • Ottawa’s new anti-Islamophobia advisor is facing backlash. Here’s what to know
    In 2019, Amira Elghawaby criticized Quebec's Bill 21, which bans certain government employees, including teachers and police officers, from wearing religious symbols on the job.
    Canada
    Jan 31, 2023
  • Singh defends NDP’s election campaign despite showing little caucus growth
    The NDP leader says his team will still get work done in Parliament even though they hover within a few seats of their 2019 tally.
    Canada
    Sep 21, 2021
  • British lawmakers probing phone hacking scandal ask James Murdoch to clarify testimony
    LONDON - British lawmakers on Friday demanded James Murdoch clarify why testimony he gave to a parliamentary committee probing the phone hacking scandal conflicted with a statement from two former executives.
    Money
    Jul 29, 2011
  • Harper ‘humbled’ by majority; Layton in Opposition; Ignatieff, Duceppe ousted
    Conservative leader Stephen Harper's long-running quest to attain a majority government was finally achieved Monday in a landmark federal election that also saw Jack Layton's NDP surge dramatically to become the country's official Opposition for the first time in that party's history.
    May 3, 2011
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  • Layton hopes to ride ‘Orange wave’ to historic minority
    When the votes are counted at the end of the evening, Jack Layton could be in position to put a New Democratic stamp on the government of Canada.
    May 2, 2011
  • Stakes for Harper high as auditor general reviews stimulus program
    Canadians will learn the answer Tuesday to a question that could turn federal politics upside down. Has Auditor General Sheila Fraser found shortcomings with Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s much-touted economic-stimulus program?
    Oct 25, 2010
  • Cameron drags opponents into hacking scandal as he defends his own conduct in Parliament
    Prime Minister David Cameron dragged his political foes into Britain's phone-hacking scandal Wednesday, as he sought to distance himself from his former aide at the heart of the allegations and denied that his staff had tried to thwart police investigations.
    Jul 20, 2011
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  • Rupert Murdoch apologizes to UK with ‘We are sorry’ ads
    "We are sorry" the full-page ad began Saturday, as Rupert Murdoch tried to halt a phone-hacking scandal that has claimed two of his top executives with a gesture of atonement and promises to right the wrongs committed by his now-shuttered tabloid, News of the World.
    Jul 16, 2011
  • Lewis Black skewers election season in political show at Just For Laughs
    MONTREAL - Lewis Black isn't surprised Prime Minister Stephen Harper proclaimed Calgary as the best city in Canada during the recent Stampede.
    Jul 24, 2012
  • Conservative ads targeting Mulcair spur NDP to respond with anti-Harper attack
    OTTAWA - "What's Stephen Harper's solution?"
    Politics
    Jul 10, 2012
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  • Beaver gets the boot in Quebec Solidaire’s new election ad
    MONTREAL - Who could resist a cuddly cartoon Canadian beaver, purring as it rubs against your leg with a broad, buck-toothed smile creasing its face underneath a Mountie stetson?
    Aug 6, 2012
  • Growth amidst grief: The NDP reflects a year after Layton’s death
    A year after Jack Layton’s death, his colleagues and friends reflect on what has been the hardest year of their careers.
    Politics
    Aug 20, 2012
  • After Harper meets socialist president, Tories take ‘sumptuous’ Europe to task
    OTTAWA - It's unclear whether Stephen Harper made any European friends during his visit this week. It's a safe bet, however, that his Conservative MPs in Ottawa made none.
    Canada
    Jun 7, 2012
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  • MPs finally end 24-hour voting marathon on Conservative budget bill
    OTTAWA - Members of Parliament completed a marathon voting session Thursday night on the Conservative government's budget bill, voting on hundreds of amendments in an exercise that lasted nearly 24 hours.
    Jun 14, 2012
  • Ex-PM Paul Martin says Mulcair’s Dutch disease comments simplistic, unhelpful
    EDMONTON - Former prime minister Paul Martin added his name Monday to the list of leaders unhappy with recent remarks by federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair about Alberta's oilsands.
    Jun 11, 2012
  • Liberal MP Justin Trudeau handshakes at Stampede, still weighing leadership run
    CALGARY - Liberal MP Justin Trudeau looked very much like a man intent on seeking the leadership of the federal Liberal party as he donned a cowboy hat, boots and jeans and pressed the flesh at a Calgary Stampede pancake breakfast Saturday.
    Canada
    Jul 7, 2012
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  • Liberal MP Justin Trudeau handshakes at Stampede, still weighing leadership run
    CALGARY - Liberal MP Justin Trudeau looked very much like a man intent on seeking the leadership of the federal Liberal party as he donned a cowboy hat, boots and jeans and pressed the flesh at a Calgary Stampede pancake breakfast Saturday.
    Politics
    Jul 7, 2012
  • Liberal MP Justin Trudeau handshakes at Stampede, still weighing leadership run
    CALGARY - Liberal MP Justin Trudeau looked very much like a man intent on seeking the leadership of the federal Liberal party as he donned a cowboy hat, boots and jeans and pressed the flesh at a Calgary Stampede pancake breakfast Saturday.
    Jul 7, 2012
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