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Feds stifle media questions around oil sands' toxic effects, FOIs reveal

For the first time ever a federal scientist is studying toxins in animals near the Alberta oilsands but Environment Canada won't let him speak with the media about his research.

Crown corporations top-heavy with men

They have three times as many men as women on their boards -- and almost all were appointed or retained by Tories.

Is the "Harper Government" just beginning to rebrand Canada?

First it was the prime minister's name on all official announcements. Now critics worry that a broader move is afoot to "redesign" the government.

Bureaucrats 'obligated' to use Harper Government in place of Governent of Canada

OTTAWA -- One of the ironies of the election that finally delivered Stephen Harper's Conservatives a majority government on May 2 is that it appears to have vanquished the "Harper Government.'' The...