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As the race heats up for Ontario's Progressive Conservative leadership, party members are warned that radical visions may win the leadership but not win government.

Ellen Louks Fairclough was Canada's first woman to be a federal cabinet minister.

Deputy Health Minister Ron Sapsford has resigned. He is the latest casualty in the eHealth scandal. The resignation came on Friday Nov. 13, 2009.

Ontario's Progressive Conservatives have distanced themselves from their federal Conservatives cousins, as federal government seeks to enable Ontario to pass HST.

In Ontario's 2009 budget, the Finance Minister surprised residents with his government's intent to pass a blended sales tax, allegedly to help Ontario's ailing economy.

A tight race between four candidates for the provincial leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party is over, as Tim Hudak takes the helm.

With growing debate on the provincial government's proposed blended sales tax set for next July, by-election candidates in St. Paul's Riding use HST to bolster campaigns.

For reform-minded Canadians, the defeat of British Columbia's Single Transferable Vote (STV) referendum to replace the First Past the Post system was a crushing blow.

The Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) has become law in Ontario. On Dec. 9, 2009 it was passed into law despite stiff opposition to the controversial idea.

The Harper government with Bloc support will introduce implementation legislation for the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). The NDP are expected to vote against it.

Federal Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is promising $4 billion in aid to Ontario for the implementation of the harmonized sales tax. It becomes law in July of 2010.

The McGuinty government released an economic statement. It revealed the province is carrying a $24.7 billion deficit, the highest in the province's history.

The McGuinty government has tabled legislation to implement the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). The bill includes corporate tax cuts to offset implementation costs

The friendship between TR and Taft succumbed not only to the split between Republican regulars and progressives, but also to personality differences.

24,000 Toronto unionized workers remain on strike as their job action enters its second month. The strike has slowed ambulance service, and stopped garbage pickup.

John Tory has announced he is stepping down as Progressive Conservative leader after losing a by-election. His resignation is likely to end his political career.

Ontario is harmonizing its sales taxes. This article will tell people what they need to know about the controversial new policy before it takes effect on July 1, 2010.

The new Conservative Party of Canada has been very successful in gaining and maintaining power in the modern parliament.

Several Liberal leadership candidates have made finals bids for the party's top job by promising a strong environmental focus - an issue that unites Canadians.

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has shuffled his cabinet. The shift in personnel is meant to refocus his government on economic issues.

Tired of old style politics, infighting and parochialism, a growing number of Niagara residents are joining a movement to create "One Niagara", a city in its own right.

The government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper is changing the language of its foreign affairs officials to downplay humanitarian concerns.

The CEO of Ontario's eHealth program Sarah Kramer has been fired. Her resignation comes as consultants are alleged to have billed millions while doing little for it.

After a near destabilization of Parliament last December, Canada's governing Conservatives finally figured out we are in a recession. But did this new discovery help?

Herbert Hoover's first foray into politics came when President Harding named him Commerce Secretary in 1920. It was from here that the road to the White House was paved.

Opposition Leader Tim Hudak wants a public inquiry into the eHealth spending scandal. He's also claiming the auditor-general's report hints at criminal behavior.

In Ontario's otherwise positive measures to reduce child poverty, its Ontario Child Benefit will miss the mark for getting children of parents on welfare out of poverty.

Cohen's book clearly shows that the first one hundred days of the New Deal fueled a progressive shift in attitudes about American government.

Premier McGuinty announced that the government will honour its commitment to increase minimum hourly wages in 2010.

Despite stiff opposition, it appears Ontario is moving forward with a plan to harmonize its Provincial Sales Tax (PST) with the federal Goods & Services Tax (GST).

A proposed harmonized sales tax raises the ire of Ontario voters to fever pitch as its Liberal government tries to sell it a positive move for its ailing economy.

Ontario's Finance Minister Dwight Duncan presented the province's 2009 official budget. Included were various spending announcements, and corporate tax cuts.

As part of Ontario's poverty-reduction program, Bill 152, An Act Respecting a Long-Term Strategy to Reduce Poverty in Ontario, was introduced. Will it work?

Recent publicity and attacks on Canada's human rights tribunals have led to some critics wondering about the need for them or whether they can be reformed.

A humourous political party in Germany has been barred from appearing on the ballot in that country's September 2009 election; others happily continue their activities.

Soft-spoken Calvin Coolidge was an unlikely choice for Vice President of the United States, but in 1920, he made it to this position nonetheless.