OTTAWA — It was one in a seemingly innocuous list of emails Elections Canada received from a member of the public last year.

But the questions put forward by this particular, unidentified voter touched on what some say is a major loophole in the conduct of fair and honest federal election campaigns.

If there were more rock ‘n’ roll, at least Canadian politics would be entertaining. But the drugs, corruption and bitter negativity that have plagued every level of government this spring is just turning people off.

Ken Dryden – the former Toronto MP who lent himself $300,000 to take part in the 2006 Liberal leadership race – has no plans to raise money from individual contributors to pay off his outstanding campaign debt, says his lawyer.

Ontario Speaker Dave Levac says he did not feel politically pressured to change a gas plant contempt ruling, despite meeting with a senior Liberal staff member who wanted him to change his mind.

With the birth of their son, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have unwittingly given the British government some breathing room in efforts to modernize royal succession laws.

Corporate sponsors and lobby groups are offering nearly $270,000 in funding, goods and services for the upcoming retreat of Canadian premiers this week in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Do you suspect that your MP, now back in the riding for the summer break, has been cheating on his or her expense claims? According to a recent Harris-Decima poll, an overwhelming number of Canadians – an astonishing 89 per cent of British Columbians among them – believe it’s “very or somewhat likely” their political representative has had a hand in the cookie jar.