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Trudeau govt 2016 budget difficult to scutinize, says Parliamentary Budget Officer


The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) issues a "Key Issues" report Wednesday, which says that the Government "has made changes to the presentation of its fiscal plan that have made it more difficult for parliamentarians to scrutinize public finances."

Harper govt "beating the drum" on terrorism

PARLIAMENT HILL—A government decision to launch the House of Commons Finance committee into a hasty study of potential terrorist financing in Canada suggests the Conservatives are attempting to “beat the drum on terrorism” in every forum possible as a federal election nears, says one of Canada’s top civil liberties lawyers.

Proposed aquaculture regs could set back ocean protection by decades

COOKE AQUACULTURE CEO GLENN COOKE WAS CHARGED IN 2011 WITH ILLEGALLY DUMPING HUNDREDS OF LITRES OF THE PESTICIDE CYPERMETHRIN INTO COASTAL NEW BRUNSWICK WATERS