FEDERAL COURT RULING ON “INDIANS” PRESSURES HARPER GOVERNMENT
The national chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples calls this an emotional and a very hopeful day for all off-reserve natives. Chief Betty Ann Lavallee says a Federal Court decision that Metis...
View ArticleINTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS MINISTER PETER PENASHUE RESIGNS
Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Peter Penashue says he wants to clear the air over allegations of election funding irregularities. The Conservative M-P for Labrador is resigning his seat and leaving...
View ArticleFEDERAL BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is banking that his eighth federal budget will propel the economy forward in a burst sometime next year. This budget shuffles priorities, re-allocates resources and cracks...
View ArticleSENATE VOTES AGAINST POLICE INVESTIGATION OF MIKE DUFFY’S INAPPROPRIATE...
On Parliament Hill, Conservative Senators have rejected an attempt by Liberals for a police investigation of Mike Duffy’s improperly-claimed housing expenses. Instead, the Senate voted to send the...
View ArticleCANADIAN SOLDIERS PREPARE TO BEGIN PEACEKEEPING OPERATION IN HAITI
As 900 Canadian soldiers make their way to Afghanistan for our last training mission there, a formal announcement is expected today from Defence Minister Peter McKay that some Canadian troops will be...
View ArticleVERIZON WAITS IN THE WIRELESS WINGS
U-S telecom giant Verizon may hold back for a while in trying to enter the Canadian market – by buying Wind Mobile and Mobilicity. Reports say the huge company is going to wait until after a Canadian...
View ArticleFOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER BAIRD TO ADDRESS U.N. – WILL HE MENTION DETENTION OF...
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is scheduled to address the opening session of the United Nations this morning. No word on whether he will make mention of the two Canadians who are jailed in...
View ArticleOPPOSITION BRIDLES AT SHORT TIME-LINE FOR ELECTION AMENDMENTS TO PASS
The heat was on again today as MP’s returned to the Commons after a two week break. Question period saw heated exchanges over changes to the Harper government’s controversial elections overhaul. Tom...
View ArticleCARP AND CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION COME TOGETHER ON CARE FOR AGING ZOOMERS
As the premiers meet in Charlottetown, CARP – A New Vision of Aging - in concert with the Canadian Medical Association – is co-hosting a roundtable designed to put a national seniors’ care strategy at...
View ArticleMP DEAN DEL MASTRO TO RECEIVE VERDICT ON CHARGES OF ELECTION OVERSPENDING AND...
A judge will rule today whether Peterborough MP Dean Del Mastro is guilty of spending too much in the 2008 federal election and falsifying a document to cover it up. Del Mastro has denied all the...
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OTTAWA, VETS GO TO WAR – IN THE COURTS
The Harper government`s spent nearly $700,000 fighting a lawsuit by wounded Afghan veterans. The ex-soldiers are challenging the 2006 overhaul of benefits, claiming the new veterans charter is...
View ArticleFEDS WILL SPEND BILLIONS MORE THIS COMING YEAR ON BENEFITS FOR THE AGING
With a growing number of Canadian Zoomers qualifying for Old Age Security – the Conservative government expects to spend billions more this coming year – on benefits for the aging. Plans for the fiscal...
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