| NDP tell Harper: "Women and children first" |
London-Fanshawe MP Irene Mathyssen joined up with federal NDP party members, including party leader Jack Layton, Monday (Feb. 8), to urge their federal counterparts to put women and children first when Parliament resumes in March. |
| LondonTopic.ca On: 02/09/2010 |
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| VIDEO: Londoners send message to Harper; 'Get back to work' |
They came in the hundreds. They came from political stripes of all colours. They converged in downtown London Saturday (Jan. 23), and in one clear voice they sent a message to Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper: "Get back to work." |
| Video, photos and story by Ross McDermott, LondonTopic.ca On: 01/24/2010 |
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| London to join Canadian communities in prorogation protest |
While there is little political action taking place in Ottawa due to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to prorogue Parliament until early March, Canadians across the country will be staging a little political action of their own Saturday (Jan. 23) as they come together to publicly protest Harper's shutting down of the House. |
| LondonTopic.ca On: 01/22/2010 |
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| Harper has no intention of calling an election: insiders |
Forget all that speculation about a spring election. Stephen Harper has no intention of calling an election or engineering the defeat of his minority government any time soon, say insiders close to the prime minister. "The chances of hell freezing over in March are better than us doing something to trigger an election," one source said flatly.
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| Yahoo.ca On: 01/06/2010 |
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| Cdn government to install dozens of 'naked' airport scanners |
The government will install dozens of scanners that can peer through the clothes of travellers in airports across Canada. It will also set up an airport watch system to look for suspicious passengers and tab them for further screening.
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| Yahoo.ca On: 01/06/2010 |
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| Mr. Bean for president: hackers attack EU website |
Some visitors to Spain's EU presidency website were Monday directed to a blog that showed Mr Bean instead of the country's prime minister, whose resemblance to the hapless comic character is a long-standing joke.
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| Yahoo.ca On: 01/05/2010 |
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| Tories win right to repay election GST rebates |
Elections Canada says it is reviewing a court ruling that effectively raises the campaign spending limits for at least two of Canada's biggest federal political parties. A judgment by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice sided with the Conservative party – and agreed the party should be able to repay taxpayers more than $590,000 in GST rebates from the 2004 and 2006 federal elections.
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| TheStar.com On: 01/05/2010 |
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| Public urged to `kick, scream' in protest |
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is urging Canadians to "kick and scream" in protest against Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to shut down Parliament for the next two months. In a widely circulated Facebook post on Thursday, May accused Harper of counting on Canadians' cynicism and apathy toward politics and she implored the public to prove him wrong.
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| TheStar.com On: 01/01/2010 |
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| 5,000 child-care subsidies at risk, city report warns |
Each new year seems to bring a new child-care crisis for Toronto and 2010 isn't any different. City officials say Toronto will be forced to slash 5,000 daycare subsidies over the next two years, if Queen's Park doesn't address long-standing underfunding and replace $15.4 million in federal child-care funds set to run out April 1.
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| TheStar.com On: 01/01/2010 |
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| Province set to pinch our pocketbooks |
It's shaping up as the year to pay attention to your pocketbook in Ontario, with income tax cuts kicking in Jan. 1 to offset the controversial HST that starts July 1 and the justice system ready to crack down on bad drivers with dramatically higher fines.
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| TheStar.com On: 01/01/2010 |
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| Prime Minister Harper suspends Parliament until March |
The federal Conservatives have suspended Parliament until after the Winter Olympics, a move that gives Prime Minister Stephen Harper a tighter grip on the country's political agenda. The Tories said Wednesday they need to make a clean break and reboot Parliament now that the economy is no longer in crisis.
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| Yahoo.ca On: 12/30/2009 |
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| Manitoba may freeze politicians' salaries |
It is not the easiest time to be a new premier in Manitoba. The recession's toll and a possible reduction in federal equalization payments have Greg Selinger planning for a little belt-tightening and some red ink for 2010. Selinger, a longtime NDP finance minister who became premier in October after the departure of Gary Doer, has already ordered some departments to look for ways to trim non-essential spending. He has also announced that cabinet ministers will forgo a $1,000 raise on the salary supplement they get, which was set to take effect April 1.
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| CBC.ca On: 12/28/2009 |
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| Ex-OLG boss gets $750,000 payday |
Calling it "the great Christmas giveaway," opposition parties are attacking a $747,925 wrongful dismissal settlement for fired Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. chief executive Kelly McDougald.
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| TheStar.com On: 12/27/2009 |
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| Ernie Eves says LCBO sale won't be easy |
Former Conservative premier Ernie Eves says the cash-strapped Ontario government could have a hard time getting a decent price for the Liquor Control Board, an agency that generates billions in profits that the Liberals haven't ruled out selling.
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| TheStar.com On: 12/22/2009 |
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| Aboriginal protesters vow to keep Olympic torch off reserve |
An Olympic torch celebration on a southern Ontario First Nation reserve is underway despite a threat by protesters to stop the festivities.
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| Yahoo.ca On: 12/22/2009 |
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