Organizations: Conservatives (Undo)

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  Navy supply ships set to join F-35 as political lightning rod in 2013

  Online on January 7, 2013 by Murray Brewster

  Section : National Scene   |   Type : Article

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  Investment deal with China would leave Canada a resource colony: opponents

  Online on October 31, 2012 by Heather Scoffield

  NDP say it would do everything possible to get Canada out of deal with China

  Section : National Scene   |   Type : Article

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  NS: Protest takes aim at Acadian Lines closure, Via Rail cuts

  Online on October 12, 2012

  Demonstrators weren’t only at Victoria Park to oppose the coming cuts, they were calling on government for a transportation strategy that could service Nova Scotians and the rest of Canada.

  Section : Provincial News   |   Type : Article

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  New figures show natural resources drive 20 per cent of economy

  Online on September 5, 2012 by Heather Scoffield

  Officials have figured out how much income the sector brings to the economy — instead of just counting barrels of oil and tonnes of metal, says Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver.

  Section : National Scene   |   Type : Article

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  Over 5,000 public servants targeted in job cut notifications

  Online on June 28, 2012

  The job loss notices were juxtaposed with a series of Conservative government press releases highlighting both spending and saving initiatives.

  Section : National Scene   |   Type : Article

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  NS: Apparent shipbuilding delay worrisome, says federal NDP leader

  Online on June 28, 2012 by Alex Boutilier

  Thomas Mulcair said he believes the federal government and Irving Shipbuilding Ltd. have yet to reach a contract on the ships due to budgetary challenges within the Department of National Defence.

  Section : Provincial News   |   Type : Article

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  NS: Fishermen fear feds threatening industry's independence

  Online on June 28, 2012 by Melanie Patten

  The Eastern Shore Fisherman's Protective Association met Wednesday in Halifax with the federal leader of the NDP to discuss the future of the fishery — at issue: two decades-old policies that gov...

  Section : Provincial News   |   Type : Article

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  NS: Shadow looms over shipbuilding contract

  Online on June 12, 2012 by Alex Boutilier

  Postmedia News is reporting that the shipbuilding plan is 'in danger of floundering' as the federal Conservatives revisit plans to spend $490 billion on military procurement over the next two decades.

  Section : Provincial News   |   Type : Article

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  CP ready to take thousands off job in wake of strike

  Online on May 24, 2012 by Lauren Krugel

  A strike by 4,800 Canadian Pacific Railway workers means the services of thousands of other employees won't be needed, says CP's Ed Greenberg.

  Section : National Scene   |   Type : Article

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  Media blitz touts proposed EU free trade deal

  Online on April 30, 2012

  Although the contents of the deal aren't public, that hasn't stopped the Harper government from promising it will create thousands of jobs and add billions to the Canadian economy.

  Section : National Scene   |   Type : Article