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Navy brass demands veterans seek permission to wear uniforms at ceremonies and public functions
Canada’s navy brass is lowering the hammer on veterans who are wearing their uniforms to ceremonial and other public functions, demanding that they receive permission in writing before doing so.
Advance shines light on journalistic ethics, profs say
A Barrie Advance story that told how the prime minister’s office got involved in a partisan political campaign shines a light on the tensions journalists have faced in Ottawa for years, journalism professors say.
When I answered a call Monday from the prime minister’s office, my first thought was Stephen Harper was planning to come to Barrie.
Read MoreGreen MP Elizabeth May released hundreds of pages of scanned receipts Wednesday in the latest — and most transparent — reveal of political expenses in Canada.
Read MoreCitizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney regards Peel Region “as the key swing area” in the next federal election and says the Conservative party faces more competition from its rivals in these ridings than it did a few years ago.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court of Canada will announce today whether it will hear an appeal in a conflict of interest case involving troubled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.
Read MoreConservatives will return after the summer break with a new cabinet and a resolve to move past the scandalous and acrimonious spring, but their political rivals vow to keep reminding Canadians what went wrong.
Read MoreAs the dust settled on a raucous sitting of the House of Commons, Governor-General David Johnston came to Parliament Hill and turned 19 bills into law.
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Speaking fees: A guide to the dos and don’ts
Andrew Coyne — All of your questions about the Justin Trudeau speaking fees imbroglio, answered in one place: Is it wrong, in general, to take money for speaking? Of course not. It’s a lawful service that does no harm and that people…
A charity that should be out of business
Brett Wilson — I have been watching, with increasing irritation, the flurry of criticism over Justin Trudeau’s decision to accept a $20,000 speaking engagement for a charitable organization while he was a sitting MP.
Justin Trudeau for PM? ‘Ptooie’
Colby Cosh — Justin Trudeau for prime minister? Really? He’s got no executive experience, no experience of any kind that is remotely adjacent to being leader of a G8 country. There are parts of Canada in which his last name is…
Bob Rae can move on in peace
Lawrence Martin — In his years in Ottawa, which ended with his retirement announcement Wednesday, Bob Rae was a combination of erudition, eloquence, experience and sophistication. Anyone trying to find those qualities in such…
PM should make Rae an ambassador
Lorrie Goldstein — If Bob Rae had entered political life as a Liberal instead of a New Democrat, he would have been a slam dunk to become prime minister. That’s because he would have hit his political prime back when the Liberals…
Bob Rae rescued the Liberals
Toronto Star — Bob Rae accomplished a lot for Ontarians and Canadians over a controversial political career that spanned 35 years and two parties. But when he finally called it a day on Wednesday it was as the man who could justifiably…
Politics attracting the wrong people
Anthony Furey — If people entered politics for the right reasons, several bad news stories unfolding this week wouldn’t have come to be. Justin Trudeau’s speaking fees, the Montreal mayoral meltdown and the whole Dalton McGuinty…
McGuinty and Rae: Tale of two former Ontario premiers
Christina Blizzard — Two former Ontario premiers have resigned their parliamentary seats within the space of a week. What a difference in circumstances, though. Last week, Dalton McGuinty stepped down from his Ottawa…
Summer break, bummer session
Sun Media — With Parliament breaking for the summer after one of the ugliest sessions ever, do not be surprised if Prime Minister Stephen Harper prorogues it altogether to distance the electorate’s memory from its uncouthness and inelegance.
Who the heck is minding the public purse in Quebec
Eric Duhaime — Every time a political scandal hits La Belle Province, many English-Canadian political commentators wonder whether it is in Quebecers’ genes to be more prone to corruption.
Chronicle Herald — As the often nasty, scandal-plagued spring session of Parliament wrapped up Wednesday in Ottawa, Stephen Harper’s majority Conservative government marked the midway point of its mandate before an expected election in the fall of 2015.
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James Gandolfini dead at 51: The Sopranos star dies in Italy following suspected heart attack
James Gandolfini has died aged 51 after a suspected heart attack. The Sopranos star was on vacation in Rome with his son Michael, wife Deborah and nine-month-old daughter Liliana Ruth ahead of the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily.
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