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    <title><![CDATA[Saskatchewan premier says it's time to abolish the Senate ]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, once a staunch supporter of a reformed federal Senate, has given up the fight. Wall says he now believes it would be easier to scrap Parliament's chamber of sober second thought than try to change it.]]></description>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1295863!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Premier Brad Wall talks to media on, Tuesday, October 16, 2012. (Liam Richards / THE CANADIAN )]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[NDP MP loses post in shadow cabinet over unpaid taxes]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ndp-mp-loses-post-in-shadow-cabinet-over-unpaid-taxes-1.1295450</link>
    <description><![CDATA[An NDP MP has been suspended from the party’s shadow cabinet after it was revealed that he owes more than $58,000 in back taxes.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:39:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1295459!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[NDP deputy leader Thomas Mulcair speaks to reporters as newly-elected NDP  MP Tyrone Benskin looks on in this 2011 file photo. (Graham Hughes / THE CANADIAN PRESS)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ontario Liberals, Tories in dead heat, new poll shows]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Ontario’s Liberals and Progressive Conservatives are in a statistical dead heat among decided voters, suggests a new poll, which shows Liberal support up despite the ongoing gas plant controversy.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Andrea Janus]]></author>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1295809!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[From left to right, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath and Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak are shown in this combination photo. (Nathan Denette / Frank Gunn / THE CANADIAN PRESS)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Justin Trudeau defends Liberal senator's handling of expense controversy]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Justin Trudeau says he is satisfied with a Liberal senator's handling of an investigation into his expense claims because the senator has stepped away from the party's caucus.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:36:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1295586!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau talks with reporters as he visits a shopping mall in Halifax on May 24, 2013. (Andrew Vaughan / THE CANADIAN PRESS)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[IRS replaces official who revealed tea party targeting]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/irs-replaces-official-who-revealed-tea-party-targeting-1.1295220</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Internal Revenue Service official who led the unit that targeted tea party groups and publicly disclosed the activity has been replaced, making her the third top IRS official moved aside since the episode was revealed two weeks ago.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Alan Fram and Stephen Ohlemacher]]></author>
              <creditLine><![CDATA[ The Associated Press]]></creditLine>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 11:49:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1292195!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit that decides whether to grant tax-exempt status to groups, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Duffy says he won't leave Senate, calls for 'open inquiry' into expense scandal]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Sen. Mike Duffy said Thursday he’ll be “happy to co-operate” with anyone investigating the expense scandal that forced him to leave the Conservative caucus, but he won’t quit the Senate.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1294057!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Senator Mike Duffy arrives at the Senate on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, May 23, 2013. (Patrick Doyle / THE CANADIAN PRESS)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Obama's drone speech could improve ties with Pakistan, analysts say]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's decision to impose more restrictive rules governing U.S. drone strikes and his prediction that they will be used less could pave the way for better relations with the new government of key ally Pakistan, officials and analysts said Friday.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Sebastian Abbot]]></author>
              <creditLine><![CDATA[ The Associated Press]]></creditLine>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:51:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1295496!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[President Barack Obama walks from Marine One across the South Lawn to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2013, as he returned from Annapolis, Md. where he gave the commencement address at the United States Naval Academy. (AP / Carolyn Kaster)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Qatar abandons effort to move UN air agency from Montreal]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/qatar-abandons-effort-to-move-un-air-agency-from-montreal-1.1295150</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The spirits of Canadian politicians were soaring Friday with news that the country's only UN agency, the International Civil Aviation Organization, will not be flying the coop.]]></description>
              <creditLine><![CDATA[ The Canadian Press]]></creditLine>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 11:13:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1252094!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[The logo of the United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization is shown in its Montreal office in this 2004 file photo. (Paul Chiasson / THE CANADIAN PRESS)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Iran presidential candidate vows resistance against the West if elected]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/iran-presidential-candidate-vows-resistance-against-the-west-if-elected-1.1295444</link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Iran's top nuclear negotiator, a candidate in next month's presidential elections, vowed Friday he will pursue a policy of resistance against the West if elected.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Ali Akbar Dareini]]></author>
              <creditLine><![CDATA[ The Associated Press]]></creditLine>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1295452!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili, center, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, waves to his supporters from his car as he leaves a campaign rally, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 24, 2013. Jalili, who is running in next month's presidential elections says he will promote a policy of resistance against the West if elected. (AP / Vahid Salemi)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Federal Court upholds 2011 election results in 'robocall' ridings]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/federal-court-upholds-2011-election-results-in-robocall-ridings-1.1294588</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The Federal Court has rejected a bid to overturn the results in six federal ridings from the 2011 election -- but both sides are claiming victory in the so-called robocalls affair.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:04:07 -0400</pubDate>
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