Letters shedding light on the election spending and deal-wrangling by a cabinet minister’s top campaign official have been removed from a public Elections Canada file.

OTTAWA – Seven years after Stephane Dion was crowned leader of the Liberal party, three contenders from the 2006 contest still owe money.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada said Monday that its governor, Mark Carney, did not violate conflict of interest guidelines by vacationing this summer at the Nova Scotia home of a Liberal MP, but at least one expert says the central banker appears to have breached the rules.

The Senate will audit a housing allowance program that subsidizes senators who pay toward a second home in Ottawa in the wake of reports of a misuse of funds by three Senators.

Calls are growing for an investigation into Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Peter Penashue’s family and business ties to a multi-billion dollar project in his home riding of Labrador.