Political veteran Bob Rae announced Wednesday he is giving up his seat as a Liberal MP in the House of Commons to focus on his work as a lawyer and mediator on First Nations issues.
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Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair says the acrimonious spring session in the House of Commons has exposed a “tired, used” Conservative government, after weeks of controversy over Senate spending.
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Montreal will have its next interim mayor -- the third mayor in less than a year -- early next week. The city clerk's office has announced a vote will be held during a special meeting of council next Tuesday.
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Quebec's upstart pro-independence party has lost its founding leader. Jean-Martin Aussant -- who created, led, and was the public face of Option nationale -- has announced he's leaving politics, placing his party before an uncertain future.
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Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer has handed a House committee the tricky question of whether two Tory MPs should be suspended over doubtful campaign spending.
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Sen. John McCain urged the world on Tuesday to learn from past mistakes as it passively observes Syria's bloody civil war while Canada's defence minister, Peter MacKay, stood by the Canadian government's decision against arming the Syrian rebels.
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Two speakers hired by the Senate to help motivate senators and staff in the midst of a raging scandal over the abuse of taxpayers' money have had their event cancelled pending further discussion.
One week after defeating Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's attempt to open MPs' expenses to public scrutiny, the NDP has come up with a proposal of its own.
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The Canadian government is planning to introduce new rules to make drilling and production companies more accountable in the event of offshore spills.
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Call it the Rathgeber clause: Liberals in the Senate say a Conservative bill that would force unions to disclose their expenses should match another Tory bill on disclosure of public sector salaries.
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