Category: Conservative Party
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Tory lead over Liberals all but evaporated, poll suggests
OTTAWA — Stephen Harper’s Conservatives hold only a slim lead over the Liberals, according to a new national poll that suggests the government’s decisive response to the earthquake in Haiti has not translated into big political dividends for the Tories. The poll, conducted exclusively for Canwest News Service and Global National, said the Conservatives would…
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Surging cost of health care poised to pay a role in Harper’s spring budget (Globe and Mail)
Health care ignited a debate for Barack Obama that risks derailing his ambitious policy agenda – if not his presidency. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in contrast, has successfully hit the snooze button on the health file throughout his four years in power. This is about to change. On March 4, the Harper government is set…
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Senators at odds over early release of Liberal RCMP report
OTTAWA — Liberals and Conservative senators are locked in a dispute about the pending release of a report that is deeply critical of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and calls for at least 5,000 new officers to help boost the national force. The Liberal majority on the Senate national security committee, which is dissolved while…
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Siddiqui: Stephen Harper’s homegrown human rights problem (Toronto Star)
Stephen Harper is in trouble for being ham-fisted with Parliament and several public institutions. He has also caused a ruckus by penalizing those who dare criticize Israel. Fused together, those two traits can be combustible enough. Adding a third element, catering to his party’s conservative ideologues, the Prime Minister has created a major crisis at…
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Across Canada, protests urge reopening Parliament (Toronto Star)
OTTAWA—About 3,000 people turned up at the doorstep of Parliament Hill today to protest against its shutdown by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The crowd, about double what organizers had expected, waved signs and chanted during about two hours of speeches and music. More at the Toronto Star