And while Finance Minister Joe Oliver didn’t respond to a call from the Liberals to prove his projections for a small surplus are intact, Harper insisted his government’s balanced budget pledge isn’t merely an election-year fairy tale.
REGINA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Friday a moratorium on Senate appointments — formalizing his practice over the past two and a half years of refusing to fill vacancies in the scandal-plagued upper house.
WATERLOO, Ont. — NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says even though his party has no representation in the Senate, he would not make any appointments while negotiating with provinces to abolish the chamber.
The Chicago hip-hop artist will be joined by Serena Ryder of Millbrook, Ont., and Miami pop-rapper Pitbull for the ceremony, to be held at Toronto's Rogers Centre.
OTTAWA — When the Calgary Stampede ends and the last pancakes are flipped, the white cowboy hats put away in their boxes, Stephen Harper usually heads to the official prime minister's summer residence at Harrington Lake.
HALIFAX — The federal goverment has announced $54 million in funding to support the implementation of the new Canadian Victims Bill of Rights.