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
Roy Green: Could there be a pre-Christmas election for Erin O’Toole and the Conservatives?
O'Toole has a decision make: to be bold, or not, Roy Green says,
Commentary
Sep 11, 2020
Labour relations dynamic jolted by second back-to-work threat in a week
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Law to force Canada Post back to work to be tabled this afternoon
<p>OTTAWA - Back-to-work legislation to end the Canada Post lockout will be tabled in parliament this afternoon.</p> <p>Federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt informed the House of Commons that she'll introduce the bill at 3 p.m.</p>
Jun 20, 2011
Britain shocked by allegations that tabloid hacked into murdered schoolgirl’s cellphone
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Britain shocked by allegations that tabloid hacked into murdered schoolgirl's cellphone
LONDON - Britain's voracious tabloids may have hit a new low: The News of the World was facing claims Tuesday that it hacked into a missing 13-year-old's phone messages, possibly hampering a police inquiry into her abduc</p>
Money
Jul 5, 2011
Jack Layton says he has new cancer, takes temporary leave as leader of the NDP
OTTAWA - Only three months after riding Jack Layton's personal popularity to a historic electoral breakthrough, New Democrats are confronting the tragic possibility that they'll have to soldier on without their charismatic leader.
Canada
Jul 25, 2011
Can the NDP survive Layton’s fight with cancer?
Can the NDP survive Jack Layton's battle with cancer?
Jul 27, 2011
Charity: Mother of slain British girl was targeted by News of the World detective
LONDON - Britain's simmering phone hacking scandal erupted again Thursday as a charity founded by the mother of a murdered child said she was targeted by a detective who worked for the News of the World.
Money
Jul 28, 2011
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
AP Interview: Reporter who broke Britain’s phone hacking scandal says more revelations to come
LONDON - He broke the story that destroyed a 168-year-old newspaper, humiliated one of the world's most powerful media moguls and cast a spotlight on a phone hacking scandal that has embroiled politicians, police and journalists.
World
Jul 13, 2011
Mushrooming phone hacking scandal touches raw nerves in Britain as more victims surface
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Rupert Murdoch says executive Rebekah Brooks will continue to lead News International
LONDON - Media baron Rupert Murdoch says embattled executive Rebekah Brooks will continue to lead his company in Britain despite calls for her resignation amid a burgeoning tabloid phone hacking scandal. Murdoch supporte</p>
World
Jul 6, 2011
Murdoch kills tainted tabloid News of the World amid criminal investigation in phone hacking
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James Murdoch: News of the World shutting down after losing advertisers for phone hacking ties
LONDON - News International James Murdoch says he's satisfied that embattled executive Rebekah Brooks had no knowledge of phone hacking while she was editor of the scandal-ridden News of the World. His comments </p>
World
Jul 7, 2011
Murdoch kills tainted tabloid News of the World amid criminal investigation in phone hacking
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Murdoch kills tainted tabloid News of the World amid criminal investigation in phone hacking
LONDON - The Murdoch media empire unexpectedly killed off the muckraking News of the World tabloid Thursday after a public backlash over the illegal guerrilla tactics it used to expose the rich, the famous and the r</p>
Jul 7, 2011
Mulcair stirring up controversy at National Assembly
Former provincial environment minister Thomas Mulcair is stirring things up at the National Assembly. Muclair told L’Actualite magazine that a bill to protect Quebecer’s wetlands was quashed because the premier didn’t want to offend Laval Mayor Gilles Vaillancourt.
Apr 20, 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
NDP blitzkrieg rips through Quebec, leaves rivals staggering
After nearly a generation of unbroken dominance in Quebec, the Bloc Quebecois was almost erased from the province's political map on Monday night.
May 3, 2011
NDP’s shadow cabinet to ‘set new tone’ to parliament: Layton
Of the 43 people in the shadow cabinet, 18 are from Quebec.
May 26, 2011
NDP: Newly elected MPS admit surprise
Laurin Liu woke up Tuesday morning shell shocked. The McGill University student from Calgary had just been elected MP for the NDP in Riviere-des-Mille-Iles, Que. 'It was a very modest campaign in my riding...," she said Tuesday.
May 3, 2011