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Enter search term:     Newest Oldest Closest Match                                                   Total Articles:  Date: 6/19/2013 Title:  Bob Rae quits as MP in 'very emotional' decision Bob Rae, who has represented the Toronto Centre riding for the Liberals since 2008, is stepping down as a Member of Parliament to devote more time to his work as a negotiator for First Nations in Northern Ontario. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 6/19/2013 Title:  Canada joining Brazilian-led peacekeeping mission in Haiti A small platoon of Canadian troops are about to join a peacekeeping operation in Haiti under the command of Brazilian forces, in a long-delayed mission that has been kept inexplicably low on the political radar. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 6/19/2013 Title:  MPs take stock as they wrap up Commons' spring sitting The NDP and Liberals held their final caucus meetings today before the summer break and Conservative House leader Peter Van Loan is holding a news conference to highlight what got accomplished in the last few months. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 6/19/2013 Title:  Tory MP fined $155 for driving through Hill security stop Less than a week after Tories attacked NDP Leader Tom Mulcair for failing to stop for the RCMP on Parliament Hill, Conservative MP Eve Adams was caught and fined by security for reportedly talking on her cellphone as she drove through a checkpoint. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 6/19/2013 Title:  Wearing a mask at a riot is now a crime The bill that bans the wearing of masks or disguises during a riot or unlawful assembly became one of Canada's newest laws today. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 6/19/2013 Title:  Half of First Nations children live in poverty Half of status First Nations children in Canada live in poverty, a troubling figure that jumps to nearly two-thirds in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, says a newly released report. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 6/19/2013 Title:  Wednesdays with @Kady replay: House off for now, Rae gone for good A flurry of sudden deal-making has sprung MPs from a grumpy House of Commons a few days early. Replay Kady O'Malley's final "people's caucus" to sum things up as the summer break begins. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 6/19/2013 Title:  Poloz urges 'stability and patience' in 1st public speech In his first public remarks since being named governor of the Bank of Canada, Stephen Poloz said the central bank will keep its focus trained squarely on keeping inflation in check. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 6/18/2013 Title:  Senate scandal taking toll on Harper image, poll suggests An exclusive poll by Nanos Research for CBC News Network's Power & Politics suggests Prime Minister Stephen Harper may be paying a political price for his handling of the controversy over a $90,000 cheque written by his former chief of staff to pay Senator Mike Duffy's wrongly claimed expenses. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 6/18/2013 Title:  Most groups don't want return of Trudeau speaking fees Most of the 17 charitable and other organizations that have paid speaking fees to Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau during his time as an MP say they aren't interested in having their fees returned, despite Trudeau's offer on the weekend to reimburse any organization unhappy with his services. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 6/19/2013 Title:  All-party deal on bills, MP oversight lets House out early One week after defeating Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's attempt to open MPs' expenses to public scrutiny, the NDP has won approval for a proposal of its own just before MPs voted unanimously to rise for the summer break. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 6/18/2013 Title:  Tory MP bows to Elections Canada in fight over expenses Conservative MP Shelly Glover has bowed to Elections Canada in a battle over her 2011 campaign expenses, days after filing a court challenge against the agency. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 6/19/2013 Title:  ECBC boss says no wrongdoing in alleged patronage hirings The head of Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation says he has done nothing wrong after complaints were raised that he was hiring along Conservative partisan lines. View Article By line: No By line Available.