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Nearly two-thirds of Canadians support having judges elected to the bench, the Globe and Mail reported Monday. According to a poll conducted by Globe and CTV, 63 percent of the respondents favored electing judges, with 24 percent strongly endorsing...

A motion recognizing the people of Quebec as a "nation" within Canada passed the Canadian House of Commons Monday by a vote of 266-16. The motion, introduced last week by Prime Minister Stephen Harper [official...

Quebec Justice John Gomery told CBC News Wednesday that his recent recommendations on limiting government corruption and abuse of power in the wake of the federal sponsorship scandal have been lost in a "black hole"...

A former federal civil servant found guilty earlier this month of defrauding the Canadian government of more than $1.6 million in the so-called sponsorship scandal that helped bring down Canada's Liberal Party government in...

A former civil servant was found guilty Tuesday of defrauding the Canadian government of more than $1.6 million in the so-called sponsorship scandal that helped bring down Canada's Liberal Party government in January. After seven days...

The new Canadian Conservative Party government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper tabled its Federal Accountability Act in the House of Commons on Tuesday. The...

Vacating a lesser sentence, the Quebec Court of Appeal has imposed an 18-month prison term on Canadian advertising executive Paul Coffin, who last May pleaded guilty to 15 counts of fraud in the federal sponsorship...

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said he's willing to reopen Canada's perenniel constitutional debate. In an interview with CBC radio Sunday ahead of Monday's opening of the 39th Parliament in Ottawa, Harper...

Balvir Singh Multani and Balvir Singh Multani, in his capacity as tutor to his minor son Gurbaj Singh Multani v. Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys and Attorney General of Quebec, Supreme Court of Canada, March 2, 2006 [unanimously overturning a Quebec school...

The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday unanimously overturned a Quebec school board's ban on carrying Sikh ceremonial daggers at school, ruling that it infringed students' religious freedom under the Canadian Charter of Rights and...