Canadian Politics Archive
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Patient complaints against Ontario doctors take too long to resolve and cost too much: government report
Posted on 30.04.2018 | No CommentsThe College of Physicians and Surgeons should appoint a patient advocate to help those who file grievances, and set up a mediation system, the report urges -
Yes, anti-pipeline Vancouver really is North America’s largest exporter of coal
Posted on 12.04.2018 | No CommentsA city dead set against expanding petroleum exports is decidedly less irked about another type of fossil fuel -
Sources say Doug Ford has won Ontario PC leadership, but official announcement still delayed
Posted on 10.03.2018 | No CommentsResults were expected around 3 p.m. -
Elliott camp accuses Doug Ford of ‘erratic’ and desperate behaviour as PC leadership nears end
Posted on 05.03.2018 | No CommentsElliott's campaign team called Ford's charges baseless and disturbing after he accused her of making a backroom deal with ex-leader Patrick Brown -
Federal budget’s simpler plan to tax passive income likely to calm small business outcry
Posted on 27.02.2018 | No CommentsBut the new approach to relieve businesses of complex accounting means less money for Ottawa -
Patrick Brown intends to drop out of Ontario PC leadership race, campaign sources say
Posted on 26.02.2018 | No Comments'The last few days … have been exceptionally unbearable,' said the campaign official. 'Family trumps everything … They don’t feel safe any more' -
Party source says Patrick Brown must undergo Ontario Tories vetting only because he was stripped of his riding nomination
Posted on 20.02.2018 | No CommentsAs an approved candidate for re-election in Simcoe North, Brown would otherwise have been exempt from the assessment, the source said -
N.S. Tory leader to be chosen at October convention in Halifax, five candidates, including two women
Posted on 11.02.2018 | No CommentsThree members of the PC caucus in Nova Scotia's legislature have entered the contest, including veterans Tim Houston and John Lohr, and rookie MLA Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin -
Caroline Mulroney pledges to make up for billions in carbon-tax revenue by cutting government waste
Posted on 09.02.2018 | No CommentsShe highlighted hydro rates as a key affordability issue, and suggested the Ontario PCs would need to 'fix the structural problem' of the system -
Tories accuse Trudeau of political interference in Vice-Admiral Mark Norman case
Posted on 01.02.2018 | No CommentsTrudeau’s office has refused to explain how he came to the conclusion last year that Norman – who has not been charged with a crime – would wind up in court -
Critics fear the government’s national security bill puts Canadians in the crosshairs
Posted on 14.01.2018 | No CommentsBill C-59 has been touted as the Liberal government's improved version of the Harper government's national security legislation, Bill C-51 -
Canada and U.S. touting Vancouver meeting on North Korea, but key ally Japan is reluctant
Posted on 19.12.2017 | No CommentsThe Japan Times reported that Canada had been trying to set it up for December, but Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono wouldn't commit to anything before the end of the year
