Tory MPs ask Federal Court to toss request to review election results - Global Saskatoon

Tory MPs ask Federal Court to toss request to review election results
Global Saskatoon
Conservative Members of Parliament request election results be disregarded after close wins in 7 Canadian ridings. Seven Conservative MPs who narrowly won their seats in the last election are asking the Federal Court to toss out a request to review the ...

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Competitive Senate race shaping up in North Dakota - CBS News

Competitive Senate race shaping up in North Dakota
CBS News
But they acknowledge it's a tighter race than they expected. The GOP's candidate is Rep. Rick Berg, a successful real estate developer and longtime state legislator elected to the House just two years ago with strong tea party support.

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Mulcair says he's putting together an 'extraordinary' team for 2015 - Montreal Gazette

Mulcair says he's putting together an 'extraordinary' team for 2015
Montreal Gazette
OTTAWA — Polls suggesting that the New Democratic Party is a contender to form government in 2015 allow the party to recruit star candidates — including well-known figures from the business community, according to Thomas Mulcair.

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Feds stick with strick Product-of-Canada rules - Montreal Gazette

Feds stick with strick Product-of-Canada rules
Montreal Gazette
OTTAWA — The Harper government has shut the door on loosening the Product of Canada labelling rule despite complaints from farmers and domestic food processors about the high threshold. The final decision comes after Conservative ministers hinted ...

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Companies involved in Quebec construction scandals have deep federal ties - Toronto Star


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Companies involved in Quebec construction scandals have deep federal ties
Toronto Star
Jonathan Montpetit The Canadian Press MONTREAL—The federal Conservative party received donations from dozens of employees at three engineering firms now implicated in high-profile police investigations into Quebec's construction industry.
Data analysis links feds to Quebec construction scandals CTV.ca

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Quebec scandals, federal parties - MetroNews Canada

Quebec scandals, federal parties
MetroNews Canada
The fundraiser helped the Tory association in Laurier-Sainte-Marie, a riding where the Conservatives finished fifth in the 2008 election, raise $288823.37 in donations in 2009. The event was attended by dozens of engineering executives. THE CANADIAN ...

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Ontario pols should note Europe's shift - London Free Press

Ontario pols should note Europe's shift
London Free Press
In Canada, we tend to manage minority parliaments on a vote-by-vote basis. Yes, there was an attempt by the federal opposition Liberals, NDP and Bloc parties in Ottawa after the 2008 election to bring down Stephen Harper's then-minority Conservative ...

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