Jason Kenney: Liberals Running 'Dishonest Fear Campaign' On C-24

A top Conservative is accusing Liberals of running a "dishonest fear campaign" around a new law that allows the federal government revoke the citizenship of some dual citizens.

Jason Kenney made the charge Wednesday after a reporter tweeted a photo of a Liberal flyer that apparently courts new Canadians by bashing controversial Bill C-24, the so-called Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act.

Harper on the niqab much more than mere distraction

If Stephen Harper was just using the niqab as a political distraction in the dwindling days of this long campaign, that would be the most charitable description of this gambit that could possibly be found.

If it was just a cynical ploy to avoid late-campaign scrutiny of his economic record, many of us would shake our heads, but others would grudgingly nod to the shrewd political tacticians on the Conservative side.

Stephen Harper’s hypocrisy and hysteria on marijuana

Politicians know how to harvest the low hanging fruit at election time.

Now, Justin Trudeau has sniffed out the low hanging cannabis on the campaign trail — and promised to legalize it.

It’s time, long past time. The Liberal leader can make up for the sins — or omissions — of his father in failing to decriminalize marijuana possession generations ago, when Pierre Trudeau ignored the recommendations of the 1973 Le Dain Royal Commission he created as prime minister.

The largest arms export contract in Canadian history is apparently no longer an arms deal

Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is referring to a $14-billion deal to provide Saudi Arabia with light armoured vehicles as a contract for “transport vehicles.” And he says such equipment can’t be considered arms.

The characterization of the deal comes as Harper defends the contract with the Saudi Arabian regime.

Nenshi Chastises Harper For 'Dangerous' and 'Disgusting' Politics

Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi has some sharp criticism of Stephen Harper's handling of hot campaign issues, calling the Conservatives' approach to Syrian refugees "massively and disgustingly politicized" and their niqab stance "unbelievably dangerous."

Harper defends military deal with Saudi Arabia

Stephen Harper is defending a major military deal with Saudi Arabia in the face of questions about pervasive human rights abuses in that country.

He says cancelling the contract could punish Ontario plant workers.

The issue arises as a young man, arrested at age 17 for protesting the Saudi regime, faces imminent beheading and crucifixion in a country known for crackdowns on opponents and the repressive treatment of women.

CBC hits back at Stephen Harper over funding cuts

WINNIPEG—The head of the CBC is hitting back at Conservative Leader Stephen Harper over the national broadcaster’s funding.

CEO Hubert Lacroix says the CBC has healthy ratings, but is crippled by a broken funding model.

After the CBC’s annual general meeting in Winnipeg, Lacroix said Canada must look to other European countries for ideas on how to fund public broadcasting.

Harper: Home Ownership Will Be 'Within Reach' For More Canadians

VAUGHAN, Ont. — The Conservatives are setting a target of creating 700,000 new homeowners by 2020.

Party leader Stephen Harper says a combination of previous tax breaks and new promises makes that a realistic goal.

They include commitments made on this campaign to expand the home buyers' plan, establish a permanent home renovation tax credit and measures to address foreign ownership of Canadian residential real estate.

Harper’s research station a ‘cloak' for Arctic oil push, says climate expert

An expensive remote Arctic facility, personally promoted by Prime Minister Stephen Harper as a "world-class” research station, is less about pure science, and almost entirely about pushing oil, gas and mining development in the rapidly melting north, says one of Canada’s top polar climate scientists.

"You couldn’t call this the ‘High Arctic Oil and Gas Development Centre’ because that of course would provoke national and international outrage," said professor Tom Duck, an atmospheric expert with Dalhousie University in Halifax, in an interview with the National Observer.

The public’s trust is taking a God-awful beating in this election

I’m beginning to wonder just how many whoppers Stephen Harper & Company will have to tell before the ballot question boils down to one, overwhelming issue.

No, not the economy — that Rubik’s Cube of BS all politicians manipulate at election time to torment the masses. Not the Trans Pacific Partnership final deal — which you can expect to see announced in the closing days of the campaign, with all the details kept as secret as the formula for Coke. And certainly not making the country safe from women in niqabs. No, the issue I’m thinking of is rather more old fashioned, reliable and widely understood: trust.