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Oda repays taxpayers for five years worth of expenses June 1 2012 | Toronto Sun
Project Kanishka for research into counter-terrorism launched June 1 2012 | Can-India
Harper’s hunting panel includes groups backed by foreign money June 1 2012 | Postmedia
Another Canadian on U.S. death row fights to stay alive June 1 2012 | Postmedia
Mexico wants to increase temporary workers in Canada May 31 2012 | CBC
Embattled aid minister refuses to explain tinkering with expense claims May 31 2012 | Winnipeg Free Press
Canada’s Doctors Urge Health Impact Assessment for all Federal Policies May 31 2012 | CNW via Digital Journal
Mercury contaminating bird eggs in oilsands region: Environment Canada May 31 2o12 | Postmedia
Cuts put access-to-information gains at risk, watchdog warns May 31 2012 | Globe & Mail
Problems remain in info access: Watchdog May 31 2012 | LFP
Minister Ambrose Announces Launch of Industry Consultations for the Email Transformation Initiative May 31 2012 | Daily Commercial News
CAW Economist Debunks “Myth” of Labour Shortage, Says True Unemployment Rate is Over 12 Per cent May 31 2012 | CNW
Canada and the United States announce air cargo security improvements May 31 2012 | CNW
Spill sends 22,000 barrels of oil mix into Alberta muskeg May 30 2012 | Globe & Mail
NDP says it’s ‘criminal’ feds want to shut down F-35 House probe; NDP MP Christopherson calls Grit MP Byrne a ‘dishonourable crybaby’ for leaking story to The Hill Times May 31 2012 | The Hill Times
Troubled waters: Canada and the South China Sea May 31 2012 | Globe & Mail
United Nations expresses concern over freedom of assembly in Quebec May 30 2012 | Rabble
Voter calls, process top election watchdog’s priorities May 29 2012 | CTV
Canada’s climate change likely greater than global average: IBC research May 30 2012 | Canadian Underwriter
Tory politics exclusive, not inclusive May 30 2012 | Winnipeg Free Press
MacKay, Natynczyk set to skip arms trade show. Donaldson, Paradis, Ambrose, Jenkins set to give CANSEC speeches; Fantino expected to attend May 30 2012 | Embassy
Canada’s Way Forward in Improving and Leveraging Procurement May 30 2012 | Daily Commercial News
Military calls on industry to help it beef up cyber-warfare capabilities May 30 2012 | Ottawa Business Journal
New report backs up Mulcair’s claim Canada’s economy suffers from Dutch Disease May 31 2012 | Global News
Ottawa won’t reveal budget cut details May 30 2012 | Chronicle Herald
Conservatives Don’t Mind Eating Their Young May 29 2012 | Parallel Parliament
Government of Canada Announces Three New Research Networks Focusing on Elderly Care, Biofuels and Marine Environment May 30 2012 | Daily Commecial News
Enbridge launches multimillion-dollar ad campaign to combat B.C. pipeline opposition May 30 2012 | Vancouver Sun
Raitt calls for voluntary return hours after ordering CP Rail back to work May 30 2012 | Winnipeg Free Press
Fisheries Act changes questioned by former ministers: Bi-partisan letter expresses concerns about omnibus budget bill May 29 2012 | CBC
Unions are powerless to Harper government’s anti-labour stance May 28 2012 | Yahoo News
West Block’s $863-million renovation on time and within budget, says Public Works May 28 2012 | The Hill Times
Containment underway on ‘significant’ oil leak in northwestern Alberta near B.C. border May 25 2012 | Vancouver Sun
C-38: Repealing the Fair Wages Act May 25 2012 | Macleans
Federal budget’s deep cuts getting deeper May 29 2012 | Chronicle Herald
Disabled Vets pleased with Government of Canada decision to not appeal SISIP ruling May 29 2012 | CNW
Feds announce new expert panel to guide Ottawa on global trade strategy May 29 2012 | Postmedia
Canadian poverty has ‘child’s face:’ UNICEF report finds Canada lags others May 30 2012 | Winnipeg Free Press
F-35 committee probe stalled, shutting down soon? Opposition MPs fight Conservative motion to stop hearing witnesses at public accounts committee May 29 2012 | CBC
Census shows spike in seniors, increasing East-West labour gap May 29 2012 | Globe & Mail
West Block’s $863-million renovation on time and within budget, says Public Works May 28 2012 | The Hill Times
Tories table back-to-work legislation for CP rail May 28 2012 | MJTimes
Teamsters will protest on Parliament Hill May 28 2012 | Teamsters Canada Rail
Opposition aims to disrupt passage of omnibus Tory budget bill May 28 2012 | Globe & Mail
Tory ministers crash budget hearing, leaving little time for questions May 17 2012 | Globe & Mail
Federal government orders end to CP Rail strike Updated May 28 2012 | CTV
Liberals team up with Green chief in bid to stall Tory budget bill May 28 2012 | Globe & Mail
Canada’s Telecom Companies Have a Big Secret May 22 2012 | Huffington Post
Harper is right: Foreign radicals are after the oil sands May 26 2012 | Globe & Mail
Bill C-38 protest has 13,000 websites going dark across Canada this June May 26 2012 | Yahoo News
A quarter of defeated Tory candidates landed public jobs after election: analysis May 27 2012 | Ottawa Citizen
MacKay: EI changes don’t target seasonal workers May 25 2012 | Chronicle Herald
G20 senior commander facing misconduct charges for ordering U of T mass arrest May 26 2012 | Toronto Star
Budget cut overkill? Canada axes entire marine pollution program May 25 2012 | MSNBC
Federal agency quarantines third salmon farm in B.C. in two weeks May 25 2012 | Yahoo News
War hero to PM: Know your extremists May 26 2012 | Time Colonist
Burnaby MP releases Kinder Morgan pipeline route map May 26 2012 | Province
Opinion: Canada’s mass firing of ocean scientists brings ‘silent summer’ Environmental Health News
G20 police illegally arrested journalists, used gay slur May 25 2012 | CBC
Budget bill gives Harper cabinet free hand on environmental assessments May 9 2012 | Globe & Mail
Ottawa moves to limit foreign investment reviews: Federal government to start limiting its reviews of foreign investment over next four years May 25 2012 | CBC
Embattled managers at Veterans Affairs received almost $700k in bonuses last year May 25 2012 | Ottawa Citizen
Head of Nunavut Impact Review Board not re-appointed: Lucassie Arragutainaq served as chair for four years May 25 2012 | CBC
Feds to cut air pollution monitoring team May 25 2012 | Postmedia
BC Law Could Keep Farm Outbreaks Hidden May 24 2012 | CTV
Walkom: EI changes driven by contempt and ideology May 25 2012 | Toronto Star
Recycling conspiracy theory on Elections Canada raid of Conservative Party HQ May 25 2012 | Ottawa Citizen
Employment Insurance review boards to be scrapped: 74-member tribunal to replace 1,000 part-time board members May 25 2012 | CBC
RCMP to close labs in Halifax, Winnipeg, Regina: Forensic laboratories in Edmonton, Vancouver and Ottawa will be expanded May 25 2012 | CBC
Leona Aglukkaq admits poverty, hunger problems in the North, but maintains criticism of UN May 23 2012 | Toronto Star
Conservatives move again to have robocalls suits tossed: Party urges court to dismiss lawsuits by ‘professional agitators’ May 25 2012 | CBC
Bureaucrats who keep jobs still get fat severance cheques May 24 2012 | LFP
Baird defends support of Israel, offers few details on religious freedom office May 24 2012 | Global
Toronto legal clinic seeks to save federal long-gun registry May 24 2012 | Toronto Star
F-35 debate: Canadian firms will lose out if government ditches jets: Lockheed Martin May 24 2012 | Postmedia
Tories denounce Council of Canadians in bid to squash voter suppression lawsuits May 24 2012 | Ottawa Citizen
How Harper’s hardline on labour disputes hurts business in Canada May 24 2012 | Financial Post
EI Reform: Unemployed Canadians face crackdown under federal changes May 24 2012 | Toronto Star
Amnesty International Cites Canada’s Refusal To Arrest George W. Bush In Human Rights Report May 23 2012 | Huffington Post
Dunderdale fears EI changes could harm rural workers May 24 2012 | CBC
Keystone pipeline opponents file lawsuit in Nebraska May 23 2012 | CTV
Law stripping voting rights from Canadian ex-pats unconstitutional, legal challenge argues May 22 2012 | National Post
Barred from voting, long-term expat Canadians fight five-year rule May 23 2012 | Global News
Calls misleading: Conservatives want to block the challenge of their election May 23 2012 | Radio-Canada
Canadian privacy law and U.S. companies doing business with Canadians May 15 2012 | Nixon Peabody
Quebec Student Group Fights Bill 78 May 21 2012 | Huffington Post
EI recipients expected to accept work within an hour’s drive May 22 2012 | Globe & Mail
Conservatives ask court to dismiss election case: Party submits application to dismiss request for judicial review in wake of robocalls allegations May 22 2012 | CBC
Conservatives change law on protecting fish habitat May 9 2012 | Burnaby Now
EI recipients expected to accept work within an hour’s drive May 22 2012 | Globe & Mail
Government not tracking removal of cancer-causing asbestos from federal buildings May 21 2012 | Postmedia
Drones Over Canada: Air Force To Conduct More Test flights As Legal Expert Warns Of Implications May 4 2012 | Huffington Post
Ottawa sinks pollution checks: Cuts at Institute for Ocean Sciences; some work will go to private sector May 20 2012 | Times Colonist
Forget tuition fees: If anything calls for a riot, it’s Harper’s stealth governance May 19 2012 | Globe & Mail
Tories may appeal judge’s decision to order new byelection in Etobicoke Centre May 18 2012 | Postmedia
Budget legislation riddled with unwelcome surprises May 17 2012 | Toronto Star
EI changes still under wraps but details coming ‘soon’ May 18 2012 | CBC
Harper government pilloried in Commons over pension report ‘coverup‘ May 18 2012 | Postmedia
Canada’s four most expensive contaminated sites: Contaminated soil, radioactive waste puts groundwater in jeopardy May 8 2012 | CBC
Harper government funded study arguing Canada suffers from ‘Dutch Disease’ May 18 2012 | Winnpeg Free Press
Supreme Court justice retires, giving Harper chance to appoint majority May 18 2012 | Globe & Mail
An Open Letter to the World on the Governmental Destruction of the Environment in Canada May 18 2012 | Deciphering Science
Canada must do more to end torture, says Amnesty International May 17 2012 | Amnesty International
Parliament Hill reno spending rises to nearly $600 million this year May 18 2012 | Postmedia
Fisheries cuts could claim 29 N.B. jobs May 18 2012 | CBC
Watchdog warns robocalls scandal raises privacy concerns May 18 2012 | CBC
Walkom: What the report on policing Toronto’s G20 summit doesn’t discuss May 17 2012 | Toronto Star
Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair must own up to G20 mistakes or step down May 17 2012 | Toronto Star
G20 ‘kettling’ commander among 45 officers to be charged: Supervisor who ordered crowd to be boxed in acted unlawfully, report says May 18 2012 | CBC
Dunderdale ‘extremely frustrated’ dealing with MacKay May 17 2012 | CBC
Government considering new health care premium for elderly immigrants May 18 2012 | Yahoo News
Feds sink key science program: Experts appalled at impending loss of crucial project May 18 2012 | Winnipeg Free Press
Parliament Hill reno spending rises to nearly $600 million this year May 18 2012 | Postmedia
Military ombudsman ‘welcomes’ probe into travel expenses, dysfunction May 18 2012 | Edmonton Journal
‘Time and punishment’ now Canada’s way May 18 2012 | Globe & Mail
Conservative MP Hawn estimates CF-18 costs $12,000 less per flying hour than F-35 fighter jet May 17 2012 | Hill Times
Budget cuts losing Canada friends and allies around the world: academics May 16 2012 | Postmedia
Budget cuts claim famed freshwater research facility May 17 2012 | CBC
Old Age Security affordable without changes, watchdog says May 17 2012 | CBC
Gov’t to close Kitsilano search and rescue station May 17 2012 | CTV
Conservatives silent on contents of unreleased 2007 pension report May 17 2012 | National Post
Harper government refuses to release secret report on pensions May 17 2012 | Postmedia
Tories shut down ‘groundbreaking’ freshwater research station May 17 2012 | Globe & Mail
EI study asked recipients to consider moving: Minister Diane Finley wasn’t aware of study, isn’t considering relocation incentives May 17 2012 | CBC
Dexter raises alarm over EI plan May 16 2012 | CBC
RCMP conducted 5-month probe into leaked F-35 story May 16 2012 | CBC
Tory ministers crash budget hearing, leaving little time for questions May 17 2012 | Globe & Mail
Federal stimulus cash went to firms implicated in Quebec scandals May 17 2012 | Globe & Mail
Harper ministers blast ‘patronizing’ UN envoy for ‘ridiculous’ right-to-food visit May 17 2012 | Calgary Herald
‘Food-insecure’ Canada rebukes UN official: Minister says special rapporteur on the right to food is a patronising academic for saying 800,000 households need help May 17 2012 | Al Jazeera
UN official sparks debate over Canadian food security May 16 2012 | CBC
UN food envoy blasts inequality, poverty in Canada May 16 2012 | Toronto Star
Aglukkaq says activists hurt Inuit ability to feed families: Health minister says UN food official “ill-informed” and “a bit patronizing” May 16 2012 | CBC
Tory minister suggests work in mining, shipbuilding for out-of-work Canadians May 16 2012 | National Post
Enbridge Proceeding With $2.6 Billion of Additional Eastern Access Projects May 16 2012 | Marketwire
Personal information on Ontario hunters, fishers stored in the United States May 16 2012 | Toronto Star
Ottawa turning blind eye to hunger, poverty: Grand Chief May 16 2012 | Winnipeg Free Press
UN food envoy decries ‘shocking’ conditions in Canada May 15 2012 | Postmedia
Harper’s omnibus budget bill has too much baggage May 15 2012 | Ottawa Citizen
How the Toews-sponsored Internet surveillance bill quietly died May 15 2012 | Globe & Mail
Bill C-11: James Moore Accused Of Losing $10,000 Bet Over Lack Of Amendments To Tory Copyright Legislation May 15 2012 | Huffington Post
Environment panel’s end blamed on support for carbon tax: Minister offers contradictory rationale for shutting down advisory panel May 15 2012 | CBC
EI Rule Change: ‘Suitable Employment’ Redefined; Flaherty Says No Such Thing As Bad Job May 14 2012 | Huffington Post
Ottawa to allow slaughterhouses to process already dead animals May 14 2012 | Toronto Star
Physicians occupied MP’s office over cuts to refugee health care May 11 2012 | Toronto Star
Cabinet ministers say no to meeting with UN food envoy May 4 2012 | Postmedia
Majority of oil and gas profits sent out of Canada, study finds: Critics call for a reworking of policy to benefit Canadians May 11 2012 | Vancouver Sun
Federal cuts called a ‘disaster’ for Canadian science May 13 2012 | Vancouver Sun
Canada Unemployment April 2012: ‘Hidden Unemployed’ Phenomenon Means Real Jobless Rate Much Higher May 11 2012 | Huffington Post
MacKay’s math questioned again as cost of Canadian Libya mission balloons to $347M May 11 2012 | National Post
Harper moves to dismiss ‘frivolous’ lawsuit by Guergis May 11 2012 | CBC
NDP accuses Tories of bending rules on $1-million grant for Baird associate May 11 2012 | Glove & Mail
Opposition accuses Tories of stooping to new low to muzzle dissent May 11 2012 | Winnipeg Free Press
Federal Budget 2012: CARP members supporting NDP, not Tories May 11 2012 | Toronto Star
The Cost of an Oil Spill in Burrard Inlet: $40 Billion…For Starters May 10 2012 | Canadian.org
Vic Toews’ bizarre plan to introduce his own personal inflation rate to prison May 10 2012 | National Post
Tories approve bill proposing 10-year jail term for masked rioters May 10 2012 | National Post
Auditor-General’s office to cut 60 jobs, reduce number of audits May 10 2012 | Globe & Mail
Tories overrule officials to fund project of Baird’s ‘dear friend’ May 10 2012 | Globe & Mail
Overqualified immigrants really are driving taxis in Canada May 10 2012 | Globe & Mail
Environmental charities don’t top list of foreign-funded groups: Foundations fear ‘chill’ from Harper government’s focus on cracking down on charities May 10 2012 | CBC
Oilsands critics put spotlight on foreign ownership May 10 2012 | CBC
New pardon rules thwart student’s rehabilitation: Marijuana conviction at 19 will stay with man until he’s 31 May 10 2012 | CBC
RCMP spied on B.C. natives protesting pipeline plan, documents show May 9 2012 | Toronto Star
Vic Toews says federal prisoners will be charged more for room and board behind bars May 9 2012 | Toronto Star
Canada is world’s biggest oil loser by buying high, selling low May 8 2012 | Financial Post
Election polling station ‘errors’ raise troubling questions May 8 2012 | CBC
Critics question air force’s evaluation, demand more proof F-35 is best choice May 8 2012 | Winnipeg Free Press
The Commons: Are Peter Kent’s answers being laundered? May 8 2012 | Macleans
As Tories rewrite rules, watchdog details cost of lax environmental regulation May 8 2012 | Globe & Mail
War artist destroys works as protest against Tories: Allan Harding MacKay’s works based on images taken in Afghanistan and Somalia May 8 2012 | CBC
$7.7B in contaminated sites a legacy of weak oversight: Environment auditor says without regulations, revised emissions targets are out of reach May 8 2012 | CBC
Canada’s Economy: Pipeline Approval Necessary To Boost Employment, Government Says May 7 2012 | Huffington Post
Appeals board failing veterans in need, ombudsman says May 7 2012 | Ottawa Citizen
Something’s fishy with Bill C-38 May 7 2012 | Ottawa Citizen
Criminal pardons more expensive, now taking longer: Omnibus crime bill to extend pardon ineligibility period once passed, expected this week May 5 2012 | CBC
Charities respond to environment minister May 4 2012 | CBC
F-35: Government failed to provide full cost estimate despite order, watchdog says May 3 2012 | Postmedia
Vaughan Health Care Foundation folds, citing creation of new fundraising foundation May 2 2012 | Toronto Star
CSIS freed from final shreds of oversight April 30 2012 | Toronto Star
Citizen Engagement
Groups ask cities to stay out of Canada-EU trade deal June 1 2012 | Calgary Herald
Activists gear up for multi-pronged protest against Tory budget bill June 1 2012 | Globe & Mail
Quebec Protest Gets International Support From Camila Vallejo, Chilean Revolutionary June 1 2012 | Huffington Post
Casseroles – Vancouver, May 30 2012 By Ian Mackenzie
Quebec tuition talks collapse; province braces for more protests May 31 2012 | Globe & Mail
Omnibus Budget Bill C-38: Activists seek 13 Conservatives to stop fascism May 30 2012 | Agoracosmopolitan
Lawyers take to the streets with students for Montreal’s 35th consecutive night of protest May 28 2012 | National Post
Archivists protest in Ottawa over federal cuts May 28 2012 | CBC
Ontario students in solidarity with Quebec students May 25 2012 | CityTV
Quebec unrest: more arrests in a few hours than throughout the October Crisis May 25 2012 | Winnipeg Free Press
Student groups head to court to overthrow Bill 78 May 25 2012 | CTV
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