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It’s Public Service Week: hold the pink slips?
Across Ottawa, federal public servants have been feeling the chill of the government’s austerity drive, with new announcements of cuts each week. But they must have been cheered today with this press...
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Panel sends Harper “reality check” on global warming
OTTAWA-Members of a federal advisory panel who recently learned their organization was on the chopping block are sending Prime Minister Stephen Harper a “reality check” on the economic dangers of his...
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Lack of expense details makes it difficult to tell if senators are abiding by...
A lack of documentation about travel, gift and hospitality expenses are among some of the problems the Auditor General Michael Ferguson found in a review of how the Senate tracks and reviews how...
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C-38 voting marathon
Members of Parliament have been standing up and sitting down since the wee hours of Thursday morning as they work through 150 votes on hundreds of amendments to C-38, the federal budget bill. Here’s a...
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Kevin Page tells PCO no legal reason to withhold budget details from PBO
Canada’s parliamentary budget officer has taken another step in his battle with the federal government over details of the $5.2 billion in budget cuts that he says his office needs to properly evaluate...
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Conservative budget bill sent to Senate
OTTAWA — The House of Commons sent the Harper government’s budget legislation to the Senate Monday night, bringing the 425-page bill one step closer to rewriting dozens of Canadian laws for...
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Elizabeth May’s C-38 challenge: Can you get a perfect score?
What does it look like when one MP invites Conservatives on Parliament Hill to come write a quiz about their own legislation, and only one person shows up? Elizabeth May found out Tuesday morning after...
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NDP, Liberals urge government to make PBO officer of Parliament — now
A House of Commons committee reviewing how federal politicians examine spending estimates is recommending the government conduct a review of one aspect of the review system: the Parliamentary Budget...
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Harper government recognizes cutting scientists who monitor pollution
OTTAWA-After spending weeks disputing the job descriptions of federal scientists on a team of pollution research and monitoring specialists on the chopping block, Environment Canada is now recognizing...
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Enough with the little fish: Senator wants focus on big trade deals
OTTAWA — On the eve of Canada’s free trade deal with Jordan being given Royal Assent, a Liberal senator is calling on the Conservative government to stop chasing agreements with small countries and put...
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Veterans upset at federal plan to close nine regional offices meant to serve...
OTTAWA – The federal Conservatives’ commitment to veterans is being questioned by some of them amid allegations the government is trying to balance the books in advance of the next election on the...
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Harper government spends $23,000 to ‘cull’ materials from seven libraries
OTTAWA — Federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea has told Parliament that her department discarded up to 84,000 items from seven libraries across the country, spending nearly $23,000 in what it...
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From new shoes to lockups: What you need to know about Tuesday’s budget
What’s a federal budget? Presented annually to Parliament, the budget shows where the federal government plans to spend money and where it plans to cut. Measures have ranged from the elimination of...
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Veterans urge Stephen Harper government to avoid ‘Cadillac’ version of war...
OTTAWA — Veterans’ advocates are urging restraint as the federal Conservative government prepares to spend what could be hundreds of millions of dollars to commemorate the First and Second World Wars...
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Federal budget: Highlights from the 2014 budget
OTTAWA – Here’s your at-a-glance summary of the federal government’s relatively quiet budget. Among other measures, the government will: -allocate $305 million over the next two years to expand...
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Federal budget: Tax hikes on cigarettes leave smokers digging deeper
OTTAWA — The federal government is substantially hiking taxes on cigarettes, chewing tobacco and cigars — a move that is sure to leave Canadian smokers doing a slow burn and raises the spectre of...
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Federal budget: What you need to know
OTTAWA — There are 419 pages in Tuesday’s federal budget, but here are five things for you to know about the government’s fiscal plans for the next 12 months and beyond. We’ve also added five things...
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Federal budget: Forget principles, for the Conservatives it’s all politics,...
OTTAWA — Here’s the story the finance minister would like you to take away from this year’s budget. Because of the vital imperative of balancing the books by next year, he was obliged to tread lightly,...
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Internal documents show Veterans Affairs staff concerned about impact of...
OTTAWA — While veterans and the public were being assured two years ago that budget cuts would not affect services at Veterans Affairs Canada, internal documents show departmental officials weren’t...
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Veterans Affairs Canada concedes it may fall short in serving clients
OTTAWA — A new report from Veterans Affairs Canada says there is a real risk that recent changes to the department, which have included laying off hundreds of employees amid a strong move toward more...
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