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Election 2025: Stakes are high for all three major party leadersIn a moment of global uncertainty, Canadians appear to be looking for reassurance in an unexpectedly competitive federal election. Change is coming to Ottawa, one way or another.PoliticsMar 24, 2025
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MP Peggy Nash joins crowded race to succeed Jack Layton as NDP bossOTTAWA - The first woman to enter the crowded race to succeed former NDP leader Jack Layton cast herself Friday as a centrist option with strong economic credentials at a time of recessionary fears.Oct 28, 2011
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MP Robert Chisholm, former Nova Scotia party leader, joins NDP leaders raceMP Robert Chisholm announced he'll be the eighth candidate running to lead the Federal New Democratic Party (NDP).Oct 30, 2011
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The words: Full transcript of Episode 4Full transcript of Episode 4.PoliticsNov 27, 2011
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The words: Full transcript from Episode 32<p> The words: Full transcript from Episode 32 6442505385 Tom Clark: Welcome to The West Block on this Sunday, June 24th, the final show of this political season. Well on today’s show, Canada’s budget watchdog threatens to take the government to court. Kevin Page says, the government is illegally withholding info</p>PoliticsJun 24, 2012
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Fishermen fear federal government threatening industry’s independenceHALIFAX - A Nova Scotia-based fishing association says it fears the federal government is planning changes that will destroy the very foundation of its industry — independence.Jun 27, 2012
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Feds brush off budget watchdog’s legal opinion on government secrecyOTTAWA - The federal government says it has already provided Parliament's budget watchdog with all the necessary information on the impact of budget cuts, despite a new legal opinion saying government is breaking the law by refusing to cough up more details.MoneyJun 18, 2012
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Energy lobby ‘pulling con job’ on shale gas fracking, Tom Mulcair saysROTHESAY, N.B. - Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is accusing a national energy lobby group of "pulling a con job" when promoting shale gas fracking.Jun 11, 2012
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Baird says Canada-U.K. embassy sharing agreement will be ‘administrative’OTTAWA - The plan by Canada and Britain to consolidate consular services in some embassies sparked criticism Monday that the Harper government is turning back the clock on the country's relationship with its former colonial master.PoliticsSep 24, 2012
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Motion to examine definition of human being defeated; ten ministers vote yesOTTAWA - The prime minister was among the majority of MPs that helped defeat a Conservative MP's pro-life motion Wednesday, but ten of Stephen Harper's ministers voted to keep the debate alive.CanadaSep 25, 2012
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Backbench Tory MP’s motion on definition of human defeated, Ambrose criticizedThe prime minister was among the majority of MPs that helped defeat a Conservative MP's pro-life motion Wednesday, but ten of Stephen Harper's ministers voted to keep the debate alive.PoliticsSep 25, 2012
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Silence speaks volumes as New York-bound Harper snubs UN — againOTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in New York today to accept a private award for global statesmanship, but he won't be using the occasion to address the nearby United Nations general assembly.CanadaSep 26, 2012
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Parliament’s Plate – Friday, Sept. 28A daily look at what our MPs are up to in the House, on the Hill and beyond.PoliticsSep 27, 2012
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Bank of Canada tries to douse rumours touting Mark Carney for Liberal leaderOTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is trying to douse rampant speculation that Mark Carney is a potential candidate for the leadership of the Liberal party.PoliticsSep 27, 2012
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Enbridge to apply Michigan leak lessons to Northern Gateway, soon-to-be CEO saysCALGARY - Lessons learned from an Enbridge pipeline spill in Michigan two years ago will be applied to the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline and other future projects, the soon-to-be CEO of the pipeline company said Wednesday.MoneyJul 11, 2012
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Mulcair and Dix denounce Northern Gateway pipelineThere are more questions today after the release of a report into a 2010 oil spill in Michigan.Jul 11, 2012
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NDP’s Mulcair sticks to his guns on energy during Stampede visit to oil countryCALGARY - Federal NDP boss Tom Mulcair stuck to his guns Thursday during his first visit to the Stampede as leader about a proposed pipeline project proposed by a Calgary company.Jul 12, 2012
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Total of federal and provincial emissions regs only takes us half way: reportOTTAWA - The federal government says it sees no need to change its greenhouse gas strategy despite a new, hard-hitting report — commissioned by Ottawa — that shows Canada falling far short of its climate change objectives.MoneyJun 13, 2012
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Total of federal and provincial emissions regs only takes us half way: reportOTTAWA - The federal government says it sees no need to change its greenhouse gas strategy despite a new, hard-hitting report — commissioned by Ottawa — that shows Canada falling far short of its climate change objectives.CanadaJun 13, 2012
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Total of federal and provincial emissions regs only takes us half way: reportOTTAWA - The federal government says it sees no need to change its greenhouse gas strategy despite a new, hard-hitting report — commissioned by Ottawa — that shows Canada falling far short of its climate change objectives.Jun 13, 2012