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Thomas Mulcair’s proposal to strengthen the Parliamentary Budget Officer

The NDP leader tables his private member’s bill

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Another “big victory”

The Conservatives have dropped their appeal of a federal court ruling in the in-and-out affair.

‘Fundamental constitutional imperatives’, the man says

On the Wheat Board, who should prevail in the contest between the Parliament of 1998 and the Parliament of 2011?

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‘Disregard for the rule of law’

The Federal Court has ruled that the government’s attempt to reform the Canadian Wheat Board violates the legislation that governs the board.

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Meanwhile, at the Federal Court

A government appeal to limit the scope of an investigation by the Military Police Complaints Commission has been rejected.

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Getting schooled on trademarks

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is trying to embrace its nickname

Getting schooled on trademarks

Federal Court says Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan can’t copyright ‘Teachers’

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‘After careful consideration’

In not-at-all surprising news, the government will appeal last week’s Federal Court ruling on Omar Khadr.

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‘The steps taken to date were found not to remedy the breach’

The federal court rules on a review of the government’s response to the Supreme Court’s ruling on the treatment of Omar Khadr.

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It ain’t over till it’s over

Five months after a federal court ruling on so-called in-and-out campaign financing, it turns out an unpublicized portion of the judgment imperils the political careers of three cabinet ministers. And the commissioner of elections has apparently referred the matter to the office of the public prosecutor to consider criminal charges.

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The pivotal paperwork (VI)

Two months after the government was first asked to explain why a reference to abuse in a 2006 field report was redacted in 2007, but released uncensored in 2009, the questions having been put to three different departments, an answer, of sorts, arrives from the Justice Department.