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NDP calls for ethics investigation into Clement over G8 fund
New Democrats are calling on the parliamentary ethics committee to investigate Treasury Board Tony Clement’s involvement in a G8 fund that poured about $50 million into his Muskoka riding in Ontario, some of which was used for dubious infrastructure projects.
The official Opposition said it also has forwarded information obtained through access-to-information laws from the town of Huntsville, Ont., to the police in order to assist with any possible investigation.
Gary Clement’s Week in Review for June 5 to June 11
Audit report: MPs left in the dark on total costs of G8/G20 summits
A Cup full of controversy
Christopher Hitchens: How Weiner and Edwards lost control of their private parts
Goodspeed: Iran may be two months from bomb, two new studies say
Syrian army round up hundreds in northern town
Much ado about the Senate’s rebel page
Apropos of nothing, French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, who is pregnant, looks stunning at the G8 Summit on May 26, 2011 in Deauville, France. (Franck Prevel/Getty Images)
Greek debt, Middle East unrest discussed at G8
The Group of Eight leaders, meeting in France on Thursday, piled pressure on Greece to sort out its debt crisis soon, saying the debts of European governments were weighing down a labouring world economy.
One European diplomatic source said the U.S. delegation, led by President Barack Obama, had voiced concerns about a weaker euro, hit by the debt crisis, hurting U.S. export efforts.
Greek debt, Middle East unrest discussed at G8
The Group of Eight leaders, meeting in France on Thursday, piled pressure on Greece to sort out its debt crisis soon, saying the debts of European governments were weighing down a labouring world economy.
One European diplomatic source said the U.S. delegation, led by President Barack Obama, had voiced concerns about a weaker euro, hit by the debt crisis, hurting U.S. export efforts.
Photo: Oxfam activists wear paper mache heads representing, from left: Prime minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron, President of the United States Barack Obama, Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, president of France Nicolas Sarkozy, President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, Prime minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, Prime minister of Canada Stephen Harper and Prime minister of Japan Naoto Kan.
Report on G8 spending won’t be released, Auditor General says
The Conservatives defended themselves against allegations an Auditor General investigation had found the government misinformed Parliament on nearly $50-million in funding for projects related to last year’s G8 summit in a Tory Cabinet minister’s Ontario riding.
37 Days: Knockout punches no longer part of debates
Short of Michael Ignatieff acknowledging that he really is Just Visiting, or Stephen Harper producing a black book titled ‘Hidden Agenda’ from his blazer pocket, it will be impossible to state that a decisive blow was struck
Killing vote subsidy could alter electoral landscape: analysts
Behind the principled rhetoric surrounding the debate over $2-a-vote public subsidies for political parties are the parties’ competing self-interests, each with implications for the Canadian electoral landscape
Ignatieff’s time outside of Canada is still a problem for voters
Chris Selley: Every time there’s a citizenship-related debate in this country, Canadians reliably prove that the Liberals’ expansive, hooray-for-everyone vision of Canadian-ness is far from a consensus
National Post front page for April 12, 2011
Tories defend summit spending
A peace deal that no one is buying
Coming up at the UN: Human rights for trees
Vatican’s new Mass ‘elitist,’ priests say
