Ottawa Citizen : Back carbon tax, leading economists tell politicians

Seeded on Tue Oct 7, 2008 1:35 PM EDT (Canada.com)

More than 230 academic economists have signed an open letter to the leaders of Canada's federal political parties, urging them to acknowledge that putting a price on carbon is "the best approach" to combatting climate change.

canada, politics, economics, environment, climate-change, conservative-party, liberal-party, green-party, ndp, bloc-quebecois

Toronto Star : Man charged with battery after passing gas

Seeded on Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:15 AM EDT (Toronto Star)

A West Virginia man who police said passed gas and fanned it toward a patrolman has been charged with battery on a police officer. ... "The gas was very odorous and created contact of an insulting or provoking nature with Patrolman Parsons," the complaint alleged.

justice, odd-news, crime, west-virginia

CBC : Canadian Agriculture Minister faces calls for resignation after joking about listeriosis outbreak

Seeded on Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:31 AM EDT (CBC)

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz must resign following jokes he made about the listeriosis outbreak, the opposition said Wednesday night, including a quip that he hoped one PEI listeriosis-related death was that of an opposition MP.

canada, politics, conservative-party, listeriosis, gerry-ritz

CBC : PM Stephen Harper dangerous even with another minority government: Nfld Premier Danny Williams

Seeded on Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:28 PM EDT (CBC)

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams said Wednesday that even another minority Conservative government would be ruinous for Canadians.

canada, politics, conservative-party, danny-williams, stephen-harper, newfoundland-labrador

Montreal Gazette : 11 Tories no-shows at campaign-funding probe

Seeded on Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:54 PM EDT (Canada.com)

Eleven Conservative officials, including several senior campaign strategists, failed to make their scheduled appearances on Wednesday before the parliamentary committee probing the party's financing of the last federal election.

canada, politics, conservative-party, accountability, stephen-harper, in-and-out

CBC : Breastfeeding mums fill Vancouver H&M store

Seeded on Fri Aug 8, 2008 8:50 AM EDT (CBC)

Dozens of nursing mothers crowded into a downtown Vancouver H&M clothing store over the lunch hour on Thursday to protest the way the chain treated a breastfeeding mother last weekend.

canada, children, british-columbia, world-news, vancouver, breastfeeding, womens-rights

Toronto Star : Tories get ethics committee summonses

Seeded on Thu Aug 7, 2008 11:28 AM EDT (Toronto Star)

A Commons committee is serving an extraordinary 31 summonses to unwilling witnesses it wants to testify at a probe into the Conservative "in-and-out" advertising scheme.

canada, politics, conservative-party, accountability, in-and-out

CBC : Telemarketers rebuked by CRTC over do-not-call objections

Seeded on Thu Aug 7, 2008 11:24 AM EDT (CBC)

The CRTC has endorsed third-party websites such as iOptOut.ca to block unwanted phone calls, despite the objections of telemarketers.

technology, canada, telemarketing, michael-geist, crtc, ioptout

Toronto Star - Michael Geist : How to override do-not-call exemptions

Seeded on Mon Aug 4, 2008 9:27 PM EDT (Toronto Star)

The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission's announcement last week that the national do-not-call registry (DNC) will be operational by Sept. 30 generated a collective sigh of relief from Canadians tired of unwanted telemarketing calls.

business, canada, telemarketing, michael-geist, crtc, do-not-call-list, ioptout

The Canadian Press : PM apologizes for 1914 Komagata Maru incident; Sikhs say that's not enough

Seeded on Mon Aug 4, 2008 9:24 PM EDT (Google)

An apology from Prime Minister Stephen Harper Sunday for the 1914 Komagata Maru incident in which hundreds of Indians seeking a better life in Canada were turned away has failed to win over Sikh community members.

canada, india, politics, stephen-harper, sikhism, komagata-maru

Montreal Gazette : Tories' scurrilous attacks on election boss are ludicrous

Seeded on Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:10 AM EDT (Canada.com)

The Conservative Party of Canada, starting with its leader the prime minister, should find the decency to knock off their scurrilous assault on the integrity of Elections Canada and its commissioner, Marc Mayrand.

politics, conservative-party, accountability, stephen-harper, elections-canada, in-and-out, marc-mayrand

Edmonton Sun : Out of Order: Returning medals to protest Morgentaler is madness

Seeded on Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:47 AM EDT (Edmonton Sun)

Edward Greenspan responds to the protests against Dr. Henry Morgentaler being awarded the Order of Canada.

canada, abortion, politics, womens-rights, order-of-canada, henry-morgentaler

Globe & Mail : Revenue deal fails to appease Nova Scotia MP

Seeded on Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:08 AM EDT (The Globe and Mail)

The hundreds of millions of dollars promised this week to Nova Scotia failed to ease the tense standoff between Independent MP Bill Casey and Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

canada, politics, conservative-party, stephen-harper, nova-scotia, bill-casey

The Canadian Press : Chief electoral officer to kick off hearings into Tory in-and-out controversy

Seeded on Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:54 PM EDT (Google)

Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand plans to tell MPs on Tuesday why he rejected $1.3 million in campaign advertising expenses from Conservative candidates in 2006, and then asked the federal election commissioner for an investigation.

canada, politics, conservative-party, accountability, marc-mayrand

Canadian Press : Grits predict Tories will try to block probe of election spending

Seeded on Mon Jul 7, 2008 12:59 PM EDT (Google)

Opposition MPs fear the [Stephen] Harper government is preparing to cut off parliamentary business for the summer rather than endure an inquiry into allegations of election spending fraud by the Conservative party.

canada, election, politics, conservative-party, accountability, stephen-harper, in-and-out

Ottawa Citizen : Tory minister calls retiring UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, 'a disgrace'

Seeded on Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:35 AM EDT (Canada.com)

Vic Toews, a Manitoba Conservative MP and the president of the Treasury Board, yelled "she's a disgrace" during question period as a Liberal MP, Martha Hall Findlay, was calling on the government to acknowledge Ms.

canada, un, human-rights, politics, conservative-party, united-nations, vic-toews, louise-arbour, martha-hall-findlay

CBC : Government ready to drop copyright bomb

Seeded on Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:18 PM EDT (CBC)

The government is ready to introduce controversial new copyright legislation that experts believe will introduce harsh new restrictions on downloading, copying songs to CDs and music players, unlocking cellphones and time-shifting of television shows.

media, technology, canada, copyright, conservative-party, censorship, jim-prentice

Toronto Star : Dalton McGuinty, not John Tory, heir of Bill Davis

Seeded on Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:48 AM EDT (Toronto Star)

A former premier famously stated of his longevity and electoral success that "bland works." While Bill Davis may officially be John Tory's mentor, it seems it is Dalton McGuinty who has taken this advice to heart.

canada, politics, liberal-party, ontario, ndp, progressive-conservative-party, john-tory, dalton-mcguinty, howard-hampton

CBC : Commons committee to begin probe of Bernier affair

Seeded on Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:44 AM EDT (CBC)

A House of Commons committee opens hearings Tuesday into whether there was a breach of national security in the Maxime Bernier affair, but MPs won't be hearing from the prime minister or the disgraced former foreign minister.

canada, politics, conservative-party, accountability, stephen-harper, maxime-bernier, julie-couillard

Calgary Herald : U.S. conspired to deport Canadian Maher Arar: report

Seeded on Fri Jun 6, 2008 9:15 AM EDT (Canada.com)

United States immigration officials who detained Canadian engineer Maher Arar in 2002 concluded his deportation to Syria would "more likely than not result in his torture," but removed him anyway -- despite receiving "ambiguous" assurances of his safety, according to a new U.S.

us, canada, syria, torture, us-news, war-on-terror, maher-arar

Toronto Star : GM workers set up blockade

Seeded on Wed Jun 4, 2008 10:49 AM EDT (Toronto Star)

Angry General Motors employees gathered outside the company's Canadian head office early Wednesday morning, saying they wouldn't leave until the company agrees to keep its truck assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont. open.

business, canada, economy, union, general-motors, ontario, buzz-hargrove, caw, oshawa

CBC : Doctor who led SARS fight in Toronto dies

Seeded on Tue Jun 3, 2008 9:16 AM EDT (CBC)

Dr. Sheela Basrur, who became a trusted source of information through the SARS crisis in Toronto in 2003 as the medical officer of health for the City of Toronto, has died, according to a spokesperson for the family. She was 51.

health, toronto, ontario, obituary, sars, sheela-basrur

CBC : Historic Ontario-Quebec meeting to sign carbon cap-and-trade deal

Seeded on Mon Jun 2, 2008 1:07 PM EDT (CBC)

The premiers of Ontario and Quebec say the relationship between the two provinces is the cornerstone of Confederation, and to prove it they're holding the first ever joint cabinet meeting between the two provinces on Monday to announce a carbon cap-and-trade agreement.

canada, environment, liberal-party, emissions, quebec, world-news, ontario, kyoto, dalton-mcguinty, ghg