Conservative Party of Canada

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  Harper touts party's success, weaknesses of other parties at Stampede speech The Canadian Press - Sun Jul 5, 12:50 AM

  CALGARY - The big guns in the Liberal and Conservative parties rode into Calgary on Saturday, but there was no showdown, only a shoot-out of words that rang out hours apart.

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  Ignatieff blasts Harper's attack ads in Stampede stump-style speech The Canadian Press - Sat Jul 4, 4:45 PM

  CALGARY - Conservative attack ads that suggest Bloc Quebecois members are soft on pedophiles comprise a dirty tactic unworthy of Canadian politics, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff charged Saturday.

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  Tory ad suggests Bloc protecting child traffickers rather than children CBC - Fri Jul 3, 11:16 PM

  Bloc Québécois MPs are outraged over Tory attack ads suggesting the separatist party is soft on pedophiles and child traffickers.

• Liberal leader says Tories' personal attacks pit Canadian against each other The Canadian Press - Thu Jul 2, 8:09 PM

  WINNIPEG - Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is accusing the Tories of dividing Canadians through personal attacks on his patriotism and by dredging up controversial remarks about Ukrainians made 15 years ago.

• Liberal leader says Tories' personal attacks pit Canadians against each other The Canadian Press - Thu Jul 2, 5:48 PM

  WINNIPEG - Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is accusing the Tories of dividing Canadians through personal attacks.

• Ignatieff has 'respect' for Ukrainians, says Tories misinterpreted his words The Canadian Press - Wed Jul 1, 12:26 AM

  EDMONTON - Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff says comments he wrote about Ukrainians 15 years ago have been misinterpreted by the federal Conservatives.

• Roméo LeBlanc's state funeral has RCMP finalizing security plans CBC - Tue Jun 30, 1:24 PM

  The New Brunswick RCMP are finalizing security plans for the state funeral of former governor general Roméo LeBlanc in his hometown of Memramcook.

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  Appoint another Inuit senator, group exhorts Harper CBC - Tue Jun 30, 10:08 AM

  Canada's Inuit organization is asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper to appoint another Inuk to the Senate to succeed retiring Nunavut senator Willie Adams.

• N.B. Tory MLA calls for independent inquiry into Walsh case CBC - Mon Jun 29, 2:31 PM

  A New Brunswick Progressive Conservative MLA is calling for an independent inquiry into Erin Michael Walsh's wrongful conviction case and subsequent controversies.

• Harper appoints members to EI panel The Canadian Press - Mon Jun 29, 12:47 PM

  OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has picked his members for a special panel on Employment Insurance struck this month in a deal to avoid a summer election.

• Tories must appeal to immigrants to grow party ranks ahead of election: Hudak The Canadian Press - Sun Jun 28, 11:52 PM

  TORONTO - Like his federal cousins, newly minted Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak says he will reach out to immigrants to grow the party ahead of the next election.

• Liberals, Conservatives battle for Jewish support in next election The Canadian Press - Sun Jun 28, 2:28 PM

  OTTAWA - The fact Liberal MP Anita Neville is Jewish just didn't seem to hold as much sway with her Winnipeg community last election.

• Tim Hudak vows to put Ontario on new path as leader of Progressive Conservatives The Canadian Press - Sat Jun 27, 11:14 PM

  MARKHAM, Ont. - Ontario's Progressive Conservatives took a sharp right turn Saturday by crowning Tim Hudak as their new leader, a man who's made it his mission to turn the party back to the right-wing values that propelled it to power 14 years ago.

• Abdelrazik begins journey back to Canada CBC - Sat Jun 27, 4:26 PM

  Montrealer Abousfian Abdelrazik, who has been stranded in Sudan for six years after being labelled an al-Qaeda suspect, has boarded a plane bound for Canada, his Ottawa lawyer said Friday.

• Tim Hudak leading race for leadership of Ontario Progressive Conservatives The Canadian Press - Sat Jun 27, 3:29 PM

  MARKHAM, Ont. - Tim Hudak is leading the race to replace John Tory as leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, but his closest rival, Frank Klees, isn't that far behind.

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  Liberals' lead on Tories narrows in poll Reuters - Sat Jun 27, 12:37 PM

  TORONTO (Reuters) - The Liberals still hold a slight lead over the governing Conservatives but the opposition's support has slipped, according to an opinion poll released on Saturday.

• Swine flu outbreak on Manitoba reserves a major concern: prime minister The Canadian Press - Thu Jun 25, 4:05 PM

  HALIFAX, N.S. - Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he's very concerned about the health of natives on reserves in northern Canada, but admitted officials can't explain why they appear to be getting hit harder by swine flu.

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  Harper sees relatively quick exit from deficit Reuters - Thu Jun 25, 2:56 PM

  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's stimulus package is structured in such a way that the country should easily be able to erase its budget deficit two years after the recession ends, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday.

• Harper says he can get along with new N.S. NDP government CBC - Thu Jun 25, 12:05 PM

  Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday that he can work with Nova Scotia's first NDP government.