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Government vows to fix widespread ‘irregularities’ in election day voting procedures, but opposition parties say Tories stalling
Elections Canada report found a ‘systemic problem’ of ‘non-compliance’ in the last federal general election.


NEWS

Prime Minister expected to conduct ‘major’ Cabinet shuffle this summer

By LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 13, 2013
Prime Minister expected to conduct ‘major’ Cabinet shuffle this summer
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be making more strategic decisions on where he wants to take the party and what he wants to showcase.

Tories ‘doing away with research’ in more cuts at Agriculture and Agri-Food, say unions

By JESSICA BRUNO | May 13, 2013
Tories ‘doing away with research’ in more cuts at Agriculture and Agri-Food, say unions
Nearly 1,000 public servants at six departments told last week their jobs could soon be gone.

Labrador byelection voter turnout highest of any federal byelection held in Canada since 1995

By TIM NAUMETZ | May 14, 2013
Labrador byelection voter turnout highest of any federal byelection held in Canada since 1995
Liberals say win indicates a change coming in Atlantic region, but tough to project Labrador byelection result nationally.

Tories turning House Finance Committee hearings on budget bill into a ‘sham,’ says NDP

By TIM NAUMETZ | May 9, 2013
Tories turning House Finance Committee hearings on budget bill into a ‘sham,’ says NDP
The government has given the House Finance Committee until midnight on Tuesday, May 28, to pass the legislation and to report it back to the House of Commons for third and final debate and passage.

Tory backbencher says feds want to control costs, not interfere with CBC’s journalistic independence, but opposition parties don't buy it

By TIM NAUMETZ | May 9, 2013
Tory backbencher says feds want to control costs, not interfere with CBC’s journalistic independence, but opposition parties don't buy it
The federal Cabinet wants to take control over collective bargaining at the CBC to rein in the cost of wages and pension plans for unionized employees, not out of a desire to interfere politically with the Crown corporation’s independence as Canada’s national public broadcaster, says government backbencher Ryan Leef.

‘Harper Government’ brand on 522 government news releases since December, Liberals say feds politicizing bureaucracy

By TIM NAUMETZ | May 8, 2013
‘Harper Government’ brand on 522 government news releases since December, Liberals say feds politicizing bureaucracy
Federal public servants in the media branches of more than two dozen government agencies and departments have used the term ‘Harper Government’ to announce federal funding, tax breaks, and a range of government handouts and projects in more than 500 news releases since last December.

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FEATURE

Baird picked as best Cabinet minister in 2013, according to The Hill Times’ 21st Annual Politically Savvy Survey

By MATT MOIR | May 13, 2013
Baird picked as best Cabinet minister in 2013, according to The Hill Times’ 21st Annual Politically Savvy Survey
‘It’s the best barometer we have of interpersonal relations among political insiders in Ottawa,’ says Forum Research President Lorne Bozinoff.

Canada beefs up security intelligence, but accountability sorely lacking, say authors of award-winning book, Secret Service

By BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH | April 29, 2013
Canada beefs up security intelligence, but accountability sorely lacking, say authors of award-winning book, Secret Service
Reg Whitaker talks about his book, Secret Service: Political Policing in Canada From the Fenians To Fortress America.

Maclean’s columnist, British MP Baxter was Canada’s authoritative eyes and ears in Britain for 30 years

By JESSICA BRUNO | April 22, 2013
Maclean’s columnist, British MP Baxter was Canada’s authoritative eyes and ears in Britain for 30 years

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Policy Briefings
Canada's Aging Society

Canada's Aging Society

May 13, 2013
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LIST/CHART/SURVEYS
  • The 81 Closest Ridings Where MPs Won by 10 Per Cent or Less
  • Chiefs of Staff, Communications Directors, Press Secretaries to Cabinet Ministers
  • Cabinet’s Directors of Communications and Chiefs of Staff List 2011
THIS WEEK'S HILL TIMES
Finance Department plans to spend $10-million on ‘Economic Action Plan’ budget ads this year
By TIM NAUMETZ | May 16, 2013
Duffy scandal: Senate ethics officer says all Senators required to update disclosure files if any major changes occur
By TIM NAUMETZ | May 16, 2013
Conservative MPs Del Mastro, Norlock may have to compete for party’s nomination in next election
By LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 13, 2013
Critics warn First Nations Matrimonial Property Rights bill ‘deeply flawed’
By BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH | May 13, 2013
Feds’ unaccounted $3.1-billion anti-terrorism spending shows House has lost ability to ‘follow the money,’ say MPs
By BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH | May 13, 2013
Feds’ unaccounted $3.1-billion anti-terrorism spending shows House has lost ability to ‘follow the money,’ say MPs
POLITICS
Education, immigration, communities: roadmap for Canada’s official languages 2013-2018
Education, immigration, communities: roadmap for Canadaâs official languages 2013-2018
By DAN LAMOUREUX | May 13, 2013

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OPINION
Arctic Council must look at security dimension
Arctic Council must look at security dimension
By PIERRE LEBLANC | May 13, 2013

Canada needs a mining strategy that supports sustainable development
By NDP MP CLAUDE GRAVELLE | May 13, 2013

If not before her death, let’s listen to Rehtaeh Parsons now
By SAMAN AHSAN | May 13, 2013

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Feds should have invited Canada’s first astronaut in space to Canadarm exhibit
May 13, 2013

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EDITORIAL
Feds should make it easier to understand how it spends $252.5-billion
May 13, 2013

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Legislation & Lobbying
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Hill Life & People
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Video
Margaret Thatcher's funeral April 17, 2013: Bishop of London, Richard Chartres' sermon in full
April 18,2013
Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney introduces then British prime minister Margaret Thatcher to speak to the House of Commons in 1988.
April 09,2013
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HILL LIFE & PEOPLE SLIDESHOWS
Party Central: Prince's Charities Canada party-goers flock to House Speaker's Salon, comptrollers take over Chateau for Oscars of financial management. May 13, 2013

The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Prince's Charities Canada's Matthew Rowe and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Mr. Rowe, Commodore Mark Watson, Lisa Chillingworth, and Amanda Sherrington.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Conservative MP Dave Van Kesteren.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Canadian Secretary to the Queen Kevin MacLeod.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Mr. Rowe and Conservative MP Wladyslaw Lizon.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Tory MP Rob Clarke.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Anthony Carricato.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Tory MP Dave MacKenzie.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Award for Excellence in Comprollership in the Public Sector. CPA Canada's Elly Meister, Heather Whyte and Lianne Thompson.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Award winner, Fisheries and Oceans' CFO Roch Huppe.
Laura Ziebell and Aboriginal Affairs' Jamie Hollett, graduate of Charter Management Accountants' PFA program.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Cassandra Dorrington, board co-chair of CPA Canada.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Award winner Jim Saunderson of Western Economic Diversification.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Lifetime achievement winner Richard Neville.

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