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Chris Alexander

Tory Line On PMO Fund 'Doesn't Wash'

CBC | Posted 06.09.2013 | Canada Politics

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says the Conservative line on a partisan fund run by the Prime Minister's Office "doesn't wash," as a Conservative MP appears t...

Harper's F-35 Promises Haven't Taken Flight

Ryan Painter | Posted 02.16.2013 | Canada Politics
Ryan Painter

There has been a flurry of cost figures for the F-35, ranging from the government's unwavering figure of $9 billion all the way to $45.8 billion dollars. First the government wants this plane, then they didn't, and now they do again. Canadians are being played for suckers in this little game of procurement bingo that the Harper Cabinet is playing.

Tories Silent On National Defence Spending Cuts

CP | Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.27.2013 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Opposition attempts to shed light on spending cuts at National Defence were met by lawyerly objections from Conservative members of the House...

Canadians Weren't Misled On F-35 Costs Says Tory MP

CBC | Posted 06.07.2012 | Canada Politics

A top Conservative MP responsible for military procurement insists the Conservative government did not mislead Canadians over the costs o...

Canadian Immigration Turns its Back on Afghan Translator

Peter Worthington | Posted 01.19.2012 | Canada Politics
Peter Worthington

Now that Canada's combat role in Afghanistan has ended, it is tempting for some to turn their back on what went before. That's both foolish and wrong. Canada has a duty to make it easier for Afghan translators and such to enter Canada. Otherwise we are probably sentencing them to death.