Politics in Canada

The minister responsible for the temporary foreign worker program was told last year that employers were hiring temporary foreign workers in the same jobs and same locations as Canadians who were collecting employment insurance, CBC News has learned.

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Other parliamentary democracies have developed written rules to make their legislatures and governments more accountable

Claims that Alberta’s oilsands are environmentally harmless are “lies” and won’t convince anyone in Washington, one of this country’s most famous ecologists said Friday.

Former prime minister Paul Martin blasted Stephen Harper's First Nations policies at the Liberal leadership mini-convention on Saturday.

Critics say application process to prove direct impact to the complainant – as Line 9 reversal plan nears decision – will limit public input

Two senators whose housing and meal expenses were audited will have to repay tens of thousands of dollars, CTV News has learned.

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OTTAWA — More than a million Canadians may have had their private information compromised by data breaches within the federal government over the last ten years, an analysis by The Huffington Post Canada suggests.

Tyranny, the arbitrary exercise of power by a government, usually pads up behind you in stockinged feet. It has to. In a democracy, stealth is the only way it can succeed.

There is no evidence that Canada's environmental review process for projects such as oil and gas pipelines had problems that would justify the new fixed timelines set by the federal government last year, a new study suggests.