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Romeo Dallaire asks government to drop War of 1812 gun game for children
For those who may have missed it, this year marks the 100th 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. There are celebration planned throughout the year, and some have already taken place. One of those...
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Rodger Cuzner spins another yarn: The Boxing Ballad of Justin Trudeau
Rodger Cuzner is a poet — and he knows it. On Monday, it was his turn to write about the parliamentarian turned pugilist who sits behind Cuzner in the House of Commons, a one Justin Trudeau and his...
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Not answer opposition questions? Dock her pay, Sen. Grant Mitchell says
Politicians of all stripes are criticized — and critical of each other — for not answering questions, but rarely will you hear a politician say they won’t answer someone’s questions anymore. On...
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Auditors to be hauled back to Senate to explain study of Duffy’s expenses
OTTAWA – Outside auditors who reviewed Sen. Mike Duffy’s expenses are expected to appear on Parliament Hill next Thursday, hauled before a Senate committee that has some pointed questions about the...
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What the RCMP said about three key senators involved in the Duffy affair
OTTAWA – New RCMP court documents bluntly challenge the public statements of three senior Conservative senators about the audit report into Sen. Mike Duffy’s expenses. At play are suggestions that...
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The Senate spending affair: A who’s who of some key players
IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE: Prime Minister Stephen Harper Position: Prime minister, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Role: Maintained his former chief of staff Nigel Wright acted alone...
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The Duffy Affair: How senator’s bait-and-switch tactics ensnared PMO officials
In the beginning, it was all about retrieving a few thousand dollars in improperly claimed expenses from a single errant senator. That’s what Nigel Wright* told the RCMP, and the emails police have...
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An RCMP timeline of the Mike Duffy payment affair
Here are some key dates in the Sen. Mike Duffy expenses scandal – as alleged in RCMP documents filed in court. Dec. 4, 2012: The Ottawa Citizen reports that Sen. Mike Duffy has claimed $33,413 in...
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Conservatives begin posting expense reports online
OTTAWA — A month after federal Liberal MPs and senators began posting detailed expense claims online, federal Conservatives have followed suit with many parliamentarians publishing detailed expenses on...
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RCMP failure to request instant messaging in Duffy affair may leave ‘holes in...
OTTAWA – The RCMP have not requested and do not appear to have received records of instant messaging between employees in the Prime Minister’s Office and senators as part of their investigation into...
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Senate Speaker urges colleagues to carry on despite difficult year in red...
OTTAWA — Some Conservative senators have discussed skipping Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s weekly meeting with his parliamentarians as senators look to exert their independence from the Prime...
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A Who’s Who of the Wright-Duffy fallout and where they are now
OTTAWA — When the Conservative party recently announced its new executive director would be Stephen Harper loyalist Dimitri Soudas, few paid attention to who was leaving the job: a man named Dan...
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Senate may add more than $500K to government leader’s budget
OTTAWA — The Senate proposes adding more than half a million dollars to the office budget of government Senate leader Claude Carignan, almost tripling what he was originally supposed to receive from...
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What they’re saying about the Senate after Liberal senators booted from party...
OTTAWA – Reaction was swift to Justin Trudeau’s announcement Wednesday that he is booting 32 senators out of the Liberal parliamentary caucus. Here’s a sample: “As of this morning, only elected members...
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Hint of cracks in Liberal party’s united front as senators push back
OTTAWA — They’re Liberal senators — and there’s nothing Justin Trudeau can do about it. The group of senators jettisoned from his caucus this week pushed back against the Liberal leader Thursday,...
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About that Senate gambit: What if Harper had done it?
Here’s a thought experiment, purely hypothetical: What if Stephen Harper had done it? Imagine that last June, or last September, or last week, the prime minister had convened a rare news conference and...
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RCMP lays charges against Mac Harb, Patrick Brazeau
OTTAWA — The RCMP has formally charged suspended Sen. Patrick Brazeau and retired senator Mac Harb with one count each of breach of trust and fraud over their spending of taxpayers’ dollars. The RCMP...
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A continuing timeline of Canada’s Senate woes
Nov. 22, 2012: Senate internal economy committee tasks three senators with reviewing Sen. Patrick Brazeau’s housing allowance. Dec. 4: The Ottawa Citizen reports that Sen. Mike Duffy has claimed...
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Senate opposition move on transparency overshadowed by new allegations...
OTTAWA – The senators who now sit as independent Liberals opened the doors of their caucus meeting to reporters Wednesday and said they’ll invite the public to suggest which questions they ask inside...
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Mac Harb fraud case to rely on ‘crucial’ reports about fuzzy Senate rules
OTTAWA — The findings of the Senate’s own auditors that its expense rules are unclear could be “crucial” for the defence of former senator Mac Harb, his lawyer said Tuesday. Harb is charged with one...
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