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Assessing the odds of an election over the budget is the main topic of conversation on Parliament

Is he a right-wing Hugo Chavez or a Central European Berlusconi? This former anti-communist activist has become an authoritarian, nationalist Prime Minister. And he's making the neighbours

The joint announcement of Premier Ed Stelmach and former Finance Minister Ted Morton helps remove suspicions of a coup d'état

The Bloc and PQ used to stand for peace, social justice and concern for the vulnerable. Now they support fighter jets, asbestos mines and

With election rhetoric heating up, EKOS and Abacus surveys put Tories between 7.5 and 8 percentage points ahead of

‘It was a one day web posting, there was no media buy ever planned,’ senior party official

Industry heralds the move as a cost and time saver, but critics fear an extraction-friendly

At the end of NDP’s winter “strategy session,” Jack Layton summoned the faithful to the Reading Room in the Centre Block to give them what amounted to a

Numbers offer a potential lift for Flaherty at a critical time for the

‘Environment Canada already has the legal tools it needs to execute our plan,’ minister

Tearing strips off both Harper and Ignatieff, NDP chief says significant help for families is his price for supporting

PM’s determined, co-operative approach to Canadian scourge merits mention when assessing his five years in

Defence Minister cracks a joke about his B.C.-California border slip

Layton is equivocal but Mulcair isn’t when it comes to corporate tax cuts - and caucus leans toward the deputy

In an age when municipalities have planning staffs, it’s an affront to suggest they need to have their actions overseen by a

U.S. president could be confronted with historic

Another day, another round of pre-writ attack ads. In this installment, the Conservatives have taken something Michael Ignatieff said out of context. But really out of context

Chance remains that government will not be able to remove brother-in-law of ousted Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben

Chance remains that government will not be able to remove brother-in-law of ousted Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben

Belhassen Trabelsi, exiled brother-in-law of ousted dictator, can appeal decision to revoke

Belhassen Trabelsi, exiled brother-in-law of ousted dictator, can appeal decision to revoke

Grit MP Scott Brison says UAE Foreign Minister, ‘insulted’ by recent Harper comments, would welcome invitation to come to Canada to resolve feud between

As hospitals charge $250 for MRIs, clinics four times more, abandoning quest for private contractors called victory for common

Fast track to public care often runs through the private

But Josée Verner says Harper government needs clear accounting of private-sector involvement before it can

Talking current affairs with not the usual

Court documents from employee-turned-consultant's lawsuit shed new light on agency's tax audits of former

Canada Revenue Agency’s focus turns to retired officials; former accountant sues, says he’s being unfairly ‘linked to illegal

One pollster thinks election threats are as effective as ‘year-end car sales.’ Another suggests malaise is ‘really studied indifference, not