OTTAWA - Describing himself as a man of his word, embattled Conservative Sen. Mike Duffy says he has repaid more than $90,000 in Senate housing expens...

Rick Mercer fell off the wagon and slid back into a shameful habit he quit “cold turkey” five years ago — watching Question Period. The CBC c...

The jet lag has passed and the Christmas decorations (for some of us at least) are put away in storage. With 2013 stretching out before us, let's reflect on the year that was 2012 in Canadian politics. The best and worst political stories, the best and worst politicians and the biggest sellout.

MPs watched in disbelief last Wednesday as Conservative House Leader Peter Van Loan faced-off against his NDP counterpart, Nathan Cullen, and Party Leader Thomas Mulcair. The altercation followed a fairly minor procedural argument. But it reflects a deeper problem. Since the last election, both the Conservatives and the NDP have pursued a strategy of partisan polarization.

Everyone is agog over the supposedly big dust up in the House of Commons yesterday, where MP Peter Van Loan marched across the Commons floor to wag his finger at NDP leaders. There was no need to cross over to the NDP side as nothing would be accomplished by doing so. The Official Opposition thought they had caught the government on a technicality and wanted to force another vote which would have further delayed passage of Bill C-45. What is so exciting about that? Why was it necessary for the Conservative House Leader to cross the floor? It is perfectly legitimate for any opposition party to use the full arsenal of tactics available to them to delay or defeat government legislation.

OTTAWA - Government House Leader Peter Van Loan has apologized for using off-colour language during a verbal dust-up on the floor of the House of Comm...

OTTAWA - A verbal dust-up in the House of Commons almost wound up in a bench-clearing brawl.Peter Van Loan, the government's House leader, appeared to...

Tempers flared Wednesday over the government's mammoth omnibus budget bill, as Conservative and NDP MPs exchanged angry words and aggressive gestures ...

OTTAWA - The Conservative government wrapped up a bruising spring sitting of Parliament by channelling Larry the Cable Guy and his bulldozer, blue-col...

OTTAWA - The Harper government is making no apologies for spending more than $20,000 to ferry three cabinet ministers around the tiny Swiss village of...

OTTAWA - Opposition parties accuse the Harper government of stooping to a petty, new low in the muzzling of dissent.They say the government is using i...

OTTAWA - The Harper government seems to be having second thoughts about the wisdom of lumping major changes to dozens of statutes into one massive bud...

OTTAWA - The Harper government signalled Wednesday it's open to softening a controversial bill that would give authorities easier access to informatio...

OTTAWA - To hear the prime minister and his cabinet talk, Canada's public pension system is unsustainable and needs major repair — likely in the for...

Peter Van Loan makes no excuses for his Conservative government’s unprecedented efforts to fast track legislation — and its steadfast refusal to a...

The government isn't looking to replace its diesel-electric submarine fleet with nuclear subs, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Friday....