New Brunswick's Grace Foundation spent $3.2-million on management and administration in 2012 compared to $2.3-million on its charitable programs, according to Revenue Canada report.

Despite an embarrassing and politically-damaging incident between NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair and RCMP officers responsible for Parliament Hill security on Thursday morning, the party refused to go along with the Conservatives and Liberals to adjourn early for the summer recess and end House proceedings that had become as confrontational as any in the current session of Parliament.

Liberals were indicating on Wednesday they were ready to end one of the most intense series of Commons sittings since the Conservatives took power in 2006, and also pointed out that, because of the government midnight-sitting strategy and its time allocation tactics, there did not appear to be a lot left to do.

The past law clerk to the House of Commons says MPs can vote to suspend two Conservative MPs for failing to comply with a request from Chief Electoral Office Marc Mayrand to correct their campaign returns from the 2011 general election, regardless of whether House Speaker Andrew Scheer tables letters from Mr. Mayrand alerting him to the fact that the MPs are in breach of the Canada Elections Act.

Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer is keeping his options open on a confrontation between Elections Canada and two Manitoba Conservative MPs over thousands of dollars in 2011 election campaign expenses that would put both of them over their campaign spending limit, and which could result in suspension of the MPs from House voting and proceedings at least until after court challenges they have filed are heard.

OpenText’s Tom Jenkins says government must now work as ‘convening power’ and bring research and commercial sectors together.