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U.S. senators target supply management, pharma IP in TPP meeting

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U.S. senators target supply management, pharma IP in TPP meeting

By BJ Siekierski | Apr 24, 2013 3:04 pm |

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As the U.S. pushes ahead with their ambitious goal of concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership in 2013, American senators are continuing to target Canada’s prohibitive dairy tariffs, and push for pharmaceutical ...

Conservatives planning Trudeau attacks on taxpayer’s dime

By Canadian Press | Apr 24, 2013 4:05 pm |

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The Conservatives are orchestrating a mass-mail campaign against Justin Trudeau — at taxpayers’ expense. The campaign urges Tory MPs to use their mailing privileges to blanket their ridings with flyers ...

Nicholson looks to speed through new cyberbullying law

By Terry Pedwell | Apr 24, 2013 4:11 pm |

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Breaking the law online is no different from breaking the law anywhere else, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday as his government pushed to fast-track efforts to create an anti-cyberbullying ...

Oliver sees no reason to change Canadian environmental protections

By Canadian Press | Apr 24, 2013 4:42 pm |

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Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver says he sees no need to change anything about Canada’s environmental protections in order to persuade Americans to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. That’s despite ...

A lesson in listening: Which NDP leader did Oliver slam?

By James Munson | Apr 24, 2013 5:01 pm |

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This is why they invented follow-up questions. In a conference call with reporters from Washington, D.C. today, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver dropped a bomblet of a comment by stating ...

Scrums: Free at last (in theory)

By Colin Horgan | Apr 24, 2013 5:50 pm | Comments

On Wednesday morning, a few hours before the House of Commons convened, backbench Conservative MP Mark Warawa spoke of a recent revelation and his prediction to go along with it. ...

Anti-terrorism bill passes House

By The Canadian Press | Apr 24, 2013 7:07 pm |

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An anti-terrorism bill that’s been in the works for more than five years has passed in the House of Commons. Among other things, the bill restores the power of police ...

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The case of young Nova Scotian who took her own life after the months of alleged online harassment came to Parliament Hill Tuesday as Rehteah Parson's parents joined Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter in appealing to the federal government for action.

Diplomats picket Fort Pearson

By Michelle Zilio | Apr 24, 2013 1:21 pm |

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Approximately 400 foreign service officers rallied outside the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade headquarters in Ottawa Wednesday morning as a part of the union’s latest effort to pressure ...

Ontario pledges to save ELA, Winnipeg home looks likely

By James Munson | Apr 24, 2013 9:54 am |

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Ontario has come to the rescue of the beleaguered Experimental Lakes Area, boosting plans to transfer the site’s management to a Winnipeg-based think-tank. Premier Kathleen Wynne’s office released a statement ...

The coming conspiracy tide?

By Colin Horgan | Apr 24, 2013 1:56 pm | Comments

Over at the Ottawa Citizen, Andrew Mitrovica breaks it down: If you were watching the news from Ottawa Monday, “you might have been able to catch the Harper government as ...