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Ottawa

The Nova Scotia murders: End the farce. Call the inquiry.

Paul Wells: There is no excuse for anything but a public, independent inquiry, and the powerful voices now calling for action cannot be ignored

An RCMP police car in front of Parliament in Ottawa (Marc Bruxelle/Alamy)

An RCMP police car in front of Parliament in Ottawa (Marc Bruxelle/Alamy)

Canada

The RCMP is broken

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NEWSLETTER

A $343-billion midsummer news bonanza hits Ottawa. But wait, there's more.

The Canada Border Services Agency took criticism from the auditor general's office over its failure to track down deportees. (Jeff McIntosh/CP)

The Canada Border Services Agency took criticism from the auditor general's office over its failure to track down deportees. (Jeff McIntosh/CP)

Ottawa

How to bury bad news in the middle of a hot summer

A copy of the federal government's Economic and Fiscal Snapshot 2020 is thumbed through as reporters take part in a media lock-up for the in Ottawa on Jul. 8, 2020. (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

A copy of the federal government's Economic and Fiscal Snapshot 2020 is thumbed through as reporters take part in a media lock-up for the in Ottawa on Jul. 8, 2020. (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

Opinion

A pandemic-era economic and fiscal snapshot or patting their own backs?

Morneau takes part in a media lock-up for the federal government's economic and fiscal snapshot (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

Morneau takes part in a media lock-up for the federal government's economic and fiscal snapshot (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

Ottawa

There's no putting a shine on Canada's fiscal picture

The 2012 unveiling of a Light Armoured Vehicle at a General Dynamics facility in London, Ont. An auditor general's report found no consideration of human rights on the part of the federal agency that brokered the deal to sell LAVs to Saudi Arabia (Mark Spowart/CP)

The 2012 unveiling of a Light Armoured Vehicle at a General Dynamics facility in London, Ont. An auditor general's report found no consideration of human rights on the part of the federal agency that brokered the deal to sell LAVs to Saudi Arabia (Mark Spowart/CP)

Ottawa

Lost deportees, lapsed loans, late army rations: highlights from the auditor general reports

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NEWSLETTER

Rule #1 for travelling politicians: Follow local mask rules

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, speaks to members of the media while standing beside a truck plastered with campaign posters after greeting voters in Astoria, Queens on Jun. 23, 2020, on primary election day in New York. (CP/AP/Kathy Willens)

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, speaks to members of the media while standing beside a truck plastered with campaign posters after greeting voters in Astoria, Queens on Jun. 23, 2020, on primary election day in New York. (CP/AP/Kathy Willens)

Opinion

The rise of America's NDP

Esi Edugyan, Robyn Maynard, Syrus Marcus Ware and Ian Williams (Photographs by Adrian Lam; Wade Hudson and Ariella Ilona)

Esi Edugyan, Robyn Maynard, Syrus Marcus Ware and Ian Williams (Photographs by Adrian Lam; Wade Hudson and Ariella Ilona)

Politics

'We have nothing to lose but our chains': Desmond Cole's conversation with four Black Canadians