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Quebec remembers 1st referendum
Quebec politicians of all stripes are sharing their memories of the province's first referendum � held 30 years ago on Thursday � in which the majority of voters rejected the sovereigntist movement's dream of independence.
Rand Paul Taking Heat for Civil Rights Act Comments
Now that he’s the Kentucky Republican Senate nominee, Rand Paul, son of former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul (R-Texas), is facing increased scrutiny for statements he has made regarding the 1964 Civil Rights Act, The Wall Street Journal's Was
Liberal MP remains in caucus after charge
Montreal MP Pablo Rodriguez will remain a member of the Liberal Party caucus while he fights a charge of refusing to take a breathalyzer test following a car accident in April.
MPs strike deal on Afghan detainees
The Harper government and opposition parties have struck a deal that averts a parliamentary showdown and possible election while allowing a select group of MPs to view uncensored Afghan detainee records.
No deal on Afghan docs as deadline looms
After two hours of closed-door meetings, MPs trying to negotiate the release of documents related to the treatment of prisoners transferred to Afghan custody by the Canadian military emerged Thursday morning looking sombre and without a deal.
US Tax bills in 2009 at lowest level since 1950
Amid complaints about high taxes and calls for a smaller government, Americans paid their lowest level of taxes last year since Harry Truman's presidency, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data found.
High debt on G20 agenda: Harper
Countries engaged in aggressive stimulus measures because of the recession should continue to honour those commitments, but should also understand that high levels of debt and deficit cannot continue indefinitely, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Saturd
Croatia boosts Canada's bid for security council seat
Canada's bid for a United Nations Security Council seat got a boost from Croatia as Prime Minister Stephen Harper passed through the country's capital Friday, en route to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country is also competing for the covete
Tory senator drops F-bomb on abortion debate
The Liberals are seeking an apology from Ottawa after a Conservative senator told international development advocates Monday to "shut the f— up" on the issue of making abortion part of Canada's foreign maternal-health strategy.
Tories may revive minimum pot sentencesThe Conservative government will re-introduce its drug bill this week in the Senate, as part of its continued re-tabling of tough-on-crime legislation that died when the last Parliament was prorogued.
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson dropped broad hints
Liberals urge extension of GG's term
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is calling for an extension to Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean's five-year term as the Queen's representative in Canada
Pollster apologizes to Western CanadaEKOS pollster Frank Graves hastily apologized Friday for suggesting the federal Liberals “invoke a culture war” for political gain and for disdainful comments he made about Western Canada.
Ignatieff falsifies new book blurbsLiberal Leader Michael Ignatieff was accused Friday of twisting media reviews to promote paperback sales of his latest book, True Patriot Love.

A political staffer has resigned after writing an aggressive news release denouncing Canadian police chiefs as a "cult" and suggesting that Liberal backbenchers who oppose the gun registry should beat up their leader, Michael Ignatieff, for forcing them t
Tories again vow to kill 'faint hope' parole clause
OTTAWA — The Harper government has reintroduced legislation to scrap the so-called faint hope clause that allows murderers to obtain early parole. The bill would ensure that anyone serving a life sentence for first degree murderer would not be eligible fo
Liberals will vote against Tory gun law: IgnatieffLiberal Leader Michael Ignatieff says he wants to reform the controversial gun registry, and has asked his caucus to vote against a bill that would scrap it.
To win the support of reluctant Liberal MPs, Ignatieff said the registry should be amended to
Bernier rips 'spoiled children' of QuebecQuebec MP Maxime Bernier laid into his home province Friday night, lamenting its long flirtation with independence while simultaneously establishing a fat and unsustainable bureaucracy.
Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/Bernier+rips+spoiled+chi
Obama orders same-sex hospital visitsPresident Obama on Thursday signed a memorandum requiring hospitals to allow gays and lesbians to have non-family visitors and to grant their partners medical power of attorney.
Sex, drugs and politics dominate Parliament
OTTAWA — Cocaine, sexy hookers and shadowy companies in offshore tax havens dominated Parliament Thursday as questions continued to swirl around the events that led to the resignation of Conservative cabinet minister Helena Guergis.
Iran could have uranium for one bomb in yearIran could produce enough highly enriched uranium with the number of centrifuges it has installed to build one nuclear bomb in as little as a year, the head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency said on Wednesday.
Guergis says allegations based on 'innuendo'
MP Helena Guergis says she intends to defend herself "to the fullest extent" against unspecified allegations that forced her to resign from Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet "to ensure that the record is set straight."
Opinion: Turkey, leader of the Muslim world? Political scientist George Friedman thinks so. When the next global war breaks out, he reckons, Turkey will join Japan to drive the U.S. out of the Middle East and the Pacific
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