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In explosive speech, Mike Duffy says he was strong-armed over spending by...

OTTAWA – Sen. Mike Duffy said Tuesday that Prime Minister Stephen Harper ordered him to repay what he viewed as legitimate living expenses because they were becoming a political problem for the...

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In wake of Senate spending scandal, MPs get new rules for expense reporting

OTTAWA – As the Senate expense scandal bubbles over in the red chamber, members of Parliament are being slapped with new rules to ensure better transparency when it comes to the way they use taxpayer...

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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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Federal government spent $52 M on long-term training for civil servants in...

OTTAWA — The federal government spent more than $52 million last fiscal year on long-term training and education for roughly 800 federal employees, or more than $65,000 per worker, new documents show....

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Conservatives table new spending estimates, allocating $690M to disaster funding

OTTAWA — The Conservative government unveiled details Thursday on billions of dollars of new spending requirements, including almost $690 million in disaster funding primarily for the Alberta floods...

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Federal government could balance the books earlier than thought, experts suggest

OTTAWA – Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s fall economic update Tuesday is expected to show the federal government on track to balance the books by 2015-16, but some believe the federal government’s...

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Here’s how House of Commons committees spend your money

OTTAWA – The somewhat little-known “Liaison Committee of the House of Commons” has tabled what appears to be the first compilation of expenses for Commons’ committees. The liaison committee, chaired by...

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Taxpayers forked out $200,000 for acrobatic show at 2012 Inter-Parliamentary...

OTTAWA — Federal politics is often considered a bit of a circus, and now there’s a $200,000 taxpayer-funded tab to prove it. The federal government paid $199,500 to Quebec-based Cirque du Soleil so the...

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Tax collection agency looking to cut auditors

OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency is planning to cut auditors at the same time it acknowledges difficulty in tracking and collecting billions of dollars in unreported income from domestic and...

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Cutbacks reduce revenue agency’s nine libraries to one

OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency has consolidated nine internal libraries into one research centre, as the closing of federal libraries extends to several government departments and raises more...

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Conservatives slashing jobs and spending in bid to balance budget

OTTAWA — Embassies are being sold, government libraries closed, thousands of public sector jobs eliminated and billions of dollars are going unspent in the name of one broader Harper government goal:...

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Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to deliver federal budget Feb. 11 during Olympics

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will deliver the federal budget on Feb. 11, when many Canadians will be more focused on athletes competing for gold than on how their federal government is...

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Government stonewalling on impact of budget cuts, watchdog says

OTTAWA — Nearly two years after a 2012 federal budget that announced $5.2 billion in cuts and eliminated 19,000 jobs, the Conservative government continues to stonewall the parliamentary budget...

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Your guide to Tuesday’s no-frills federal budget

OTTAWA – When Finance Minister Jim Flaherty presents his no-frills 2014 budget Tuesday afternoon, many Canadians will be tuned in to the Olympic Games in Sochi, not the political games in Parliament....

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Flaherty’s budget to tackle price gap with United States

OTTAWA – Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s budget Tuesday is expected to include new measures to further combat the price gap between identical goods that sell for more in Canada than in the United...

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Elections watchdog says Ted Opitz exceeded campaign limit in 2008

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Ted Opitz exceeded his personal contribution limit to his 2008 nomination race for the riding of Mississauga South by nearly $7,000, Canada’s election commissioner has found....

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Main estimates: Budget cuts pressing down on federal departments

OTTAWA – The Conservative government’s billions of dollars in budget reductions and efforts to eliminate the deficit are firmly taking hold across federal departments and agencies, new spending...

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Costs have doubled for Stephen Harper’s security team since he took office

OTTAWA — The cost of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s RCMP personal security team has more than doubled since he took office, according to records obtained by the Ottawa Citizen. RCMP numbers, obtained...

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Federal program spending to plunge by $9.7 billion in next fiscal year,...

OTTAWA — A new report from Parliament’s budget watchdog shows years of major spending cuts by the Conservative government are being felt across departments, but also cautions about an increasing lack...

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Federal budget bill targets right to strike, public service union charges

OTTAWA — Canada’s largest federal public sector union says changes included in the government’s new sweeping budget bill would erode workers’ right to strike by effectively ripping up agreements over...

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Federal budget coming March 29, but don't expect detailed information on...

Jason Fekete Postmedia News OTTAWA — The Conservative government will demand some “moderate” public sector belt-tightening in a federal budget to be delivered Thursday, March 29, Finance Minister Jim...

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Federal departments, MP pensions, House of Commons spending in crosshairs...

OTTAWA — House of Commons spending, MPs’ pensions and department budgets are in the crosshairs as the Conservative government prepares to table a budget Thursday that is expected to contain billions of...

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Silence: The dismal response from most of the federal government on cuts...

The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer is having difficulty getting answers from the Harper government on the implications of budget cuts on federal departments and agencies. On April 12, the...

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Federal government posts $9-billion deficit for March; total red ink for...

The federal government ran a deficit of $23.5 billion for the 2011-12 fiscal year — a significant drop from a year earlier — despite a gusher of red ink in the final month. The government ran a...

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Federal auditor general set to release reports on House of Commons and Senate...

OTTAWA — The federal auditor general will release Wednesday potentially damning reports on the spending practices and expenses of senators and members of Parliament. Federal politicians initially...

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Parliamentary budget officer gives federal officials one more week to release...

OTTAWA — The Conservative government cut operating spending five per cent in the first quarter of the fiscal year, following last spring’s austerity budget, but Ottawa is still largely refusing to...

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Feds on hook for $15M in lost and stolen weapons, computers, phones and vehicles

OTTAWA — Hundreds of computers, smart phones, weapons and office equipment went missing or were stolen from government departments during the last fiscal year, according to spending figures released...

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Federal spending on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s international trips grows...

OTTAWA — Federal spending on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s international trips and related hospitality increased more than 70 per cent last fiscal year to nearly $14 million while his office cut...

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New PBO report says Conservative government’s spending cuts affect front-line...

OTTAWA — Seven months after the Conservative government promised its $5.2 billion in budget savings would come mostly from “back-office” trimming, a new report from the parliamentary budget officer...

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Harper and Flaherty say they’ll balance budget before the next federal election

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty say it’s still their plan to eliminate the $26-billion deficit by the next election, likely in 2015, despite the government’s...

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House of Commons committee says former Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe...

OTTAWA — Former Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe should do the honourable thing and repay thousands of dollars after he inappropriately paid political party staff with taxpayer-funded parliamentary...

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Turning the Page: Does the parliamentary budget office need an overhaul?

OTTAWA — They spar regularly on many issues — including the role of the office and value of its work — but the Conservative government and Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page seem to agree on one...

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Take the train? Free Via Rail service doesn’t appeal to some Toronto senators

OTTAWA – Several senators from Toronto, including a handful appointed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, each billed taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars to travel back and forth to Parliament from...

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Montreal senators also billing taxpayers for travel instead of using free...

OTTAWA – Quebec senators are just as reluctant as their Ontario counterparts to take advantage of free Via Rail train rides between their homes and Parliament, many billing taxpayers thousands of...

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Jim Flaherty expected to deliver no-frills budget

OTTAWA — The upcoming federal budget will project modest growth in the short term, as the Conservative government looks to tighten purse strings, close tax loopholes and secure better results for its...

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Harper government’s $60B business tax breaks spark questions and criticism

OTTAWA — It’s a $60-billion venture for the federal Conservative government. That’s the estimated amount of tax relief Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government has offered up to businesses in Canada...

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Federal budget to be delivered March 21, same day budget officer takes...

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will deliver a federal budget March 21 — the same day Parliament’s budget watchdog takes the Conservative government to court in an effort to pry more financial...

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PBO’s budget battle seeks transparency on Tories’ spending cuts

OTTAWA — As Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivers the federal budget Thursday in the House of Commons, the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer will deliver arguments in court seeking clarity on...

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Pay raise for MPs also gives senators a salary bump

OTTAWA — When MPs quietly gave themselves a pay increase late last month — ending a three-year salary freeze — they not only gave a gift to themselves, but to the legislative body down the hall. The...

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Cutting back is good for you

When I tell people I quit my job to follow my dreams, their first reaction is always: “Can you afford it?” Because, how can anyone survive in this economy without a regular paycheque, right? Well let...

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Auditor General: Montreal’s Old Port claimed $200,000 a year in hospitality...

OTTAWA — The Old Port of Montreal has promised to update its hospitality and travel policies in the wake of a scathing review by Canada’s auditor general that found employees double-dipping on expenses...

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Senator pushes for greater parliamentarian oversight of national security...

OTTAWA — Liberal Sen. Romeo Dallaire is asking for a Senate committee to look into a way to give federal politicians more access to top-secret information about national security issues. Dallaire, a...

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Harper government not co-operating with spending analysis, budget officer says

OTTAWA — The federal Conservative government continues to stonewall the Parliamentary Budget Office in its quest to obtain information on the impacts on federal programs and services of the $5.2...

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Harper government cut millions in green spending after ‘extrapolating’ public...

OTTAWA — Were recent environment cuts by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government based on the guess work of communications strategists? Environment Canada says it didn’t consult with Canadians on...

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Jim Flaherty: Will he stay (as finance minister) or will he go?

OTTAWA — A steady hand for the ruling Conservatives and the only finance minister they’ve known, Jim Flaherty will play an important role in an upcoming cabinet shuffle and future of the Harper...

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Stephen Harper ‘hasn’t seen anything yet’

OTTAWA — Stephen Harper may have bought himself an extra month of peace by proroguing Parliament and delaying the fall session but when he returns in October, he can expect to be back on the hot seat...

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Federal government’s finances healthy, but provinces’ wallets face squeeze,...

OTTAWA — The Conservative government is downloading billions of dollars of health-care costs on the provinces, says the parliamentary budget officer, making federal finances sustainable over the long...

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MPs spend more than $123 million on office, travel and other expenses

The House of Commons has released a summary of the more than $123 million in expenditures for individual members of Parliament for the 2012-13 fiscal year – including how much they and their offices...

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Throne speech promise of balanced budget garners mixed reaction

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper is promising to introduce legislation forcing federal governments to balance budgets during “normal economic times,” but analysts and some opposition parties are...

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Balancing the budget early? Federal deficit $7B below projections, annual...

OTTAWA — The Conservative government is well on its way to balancing the books by 2015, announcing Tuesday it posted an $18.9-billion deficit in 2012-13 — well below the $25.9 billion projected in the...

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