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.