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Major oil, gas and provincial pipelines excluded from list requiring...
OTTAWA – Some major oil and gas projects and provincially regulated pipelines are among the types of development that won’t require an automatic federal environmental review before getting a green...
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Federal cabinet spending up in 2012-13, as departments tighten belts
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his cabinet spent millions of dollars more in 2012-13 on their offices than in the previous year, even as government departments were tightening their belts....
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Feds may prosecute railway over Lac-Megantic disaster, cabinet briefing says
OTTAWA — Transport Canada has told its minister, Lisa Raitt, it’s gathering evidence that could lead to federal prosecution against the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway company, the carrier...
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Politics Chat: Science v. Government
Are Canadian government scientists being muzzled? According to a recent survey, nearly 90 per cent of public servants believe the answer is yes. But many senior government officials, both past and...
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Federal government expects to be back in the black — with room to spare — in...
OTTAWA — The Conservative government’s refreshed fiscal plan for balancing the books in 2015 — and posting a healthy surplus — will see it use billions of dollars from asset sales, department savings...
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Elizabeth May joins Afghanistan delegation at climate change talks in Poland
OTTAWA — Green leader Elizabeth May has joined Afghanistan’s delegation at an international climate change summit in Poland after the Harper government didn’t respond to her request to join the...
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Federal government gives belated rejection to Elizabeth May on climate summit...
OTTAWA – The office of Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq turned down Green party leader Elizabeth May’s request to join the Canadian delegation at an international climate change summit in Poland –...
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New Democrats propose science watchdog to address muzzling allegations
OTTAWA — Federal New Democrats are using allegations of the muzzling of government scientists to spearhead a new proposal to create a science watchdog to monitor whether the government is gathering and...
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Former U.S. ambassador David Jacobson takes aim at climate change skeptics
OTTAWA — Former U.S. ambassador David Jacobson is optimistic about progress in global efforts to tackle climate change. Recently in Ottawa to attend a panel discussion on climate and energy policies,...
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Canada Revenue Agency has no evidence to show its organized crime plan is...
OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency says it has increased staff in a new unit to investigate charities – from 19 to 31 full-time equivalent workers for the current year. But as it adds staff to increase...
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CBC downplays loss of hockey broadcast revenues
OTTAWA — Senior management at the CBC doesn’t plan to ask for new federal funding and anticipates “minimal” impact on programming following a deal announced this week that leaves the public broadcaster...
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Senate plans to probe CBC operations
OTTAWA — The Senate is planning a comprehensive review of the CBC’s role in Canadian society examining how it has used billions of dollars in government subsidies received over the years. A Senate...
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Cities getting ‘nervous’ about details of Stephen Harper’s infrastructure plan
OTTAWA — Canada’s cities are warning Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his cabinet that they could lose out on infrastructure projects for the upcoming summer construction season because of confusion...
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Environmentalist praises Shell Canada over calls for climate change regulations
OTTAWA – An Alberta-based environmental policy research group is praising a major oil company for demonstrating “common sense” about the ongoing climate change policy debate in Canada. Shell Canada’s...
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Harper government spent $331,389 on climate change rules that don’t yet exist
OTTAWA — Environment Canada has spent at least $331,389 to develop long-awaited oil and gas regulations that are still under development, said Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq in a newly-released...
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Environment Canada denied 22 per cent of interview requests with scientists...
OTTAWA-At least two federal departments are aiming to “improve” how they communicate in the wake of a report alleging that the federal government is muzzling its scientists. But in a message sent to...
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Audit warned Transport Canada about dangerous goods safety risk in 2006 in...
OTTAWA — Transport Canada was warned in an internal audit seven years ago that Quebec, the Prairies and the North — the sites of some recent high-profile railway accidents — had the highest rates of...
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Federal officials delayed release of Lac-Megantic records, watchdog finds
OTTAWA – Transport Canada officials were asked to delay the release of the department’s records related to the Lac-Megantic tragedy and “focus on other priorities,” an investigation by Canada’s...
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Harper government gave big oil and pipeline companies $400M to go green
OTTAWA – Canadian taxpayers have given more than $400 million to some large oil, gas and pipeline companies in recent years to support green projects that are also boosting the industry’s environmental...
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Stephen Harper’s government edited message about taking climate change seriously
OTTAWA — Federal Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq set aside a proposal from her department earlier this year to publicly state that the Harper government recognized scientific evidence that humans...
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