Paul Martin News

In the last three weeks, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has touched down in India, China, Singapore, Hong Kong and, on Monday, South Korea, parts of the world his government paid scant attention to since taking office early in 2006.

Nation Builder He united the right and brought the west in Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks during an event, to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, in Ottawa on Monday, November 9, 2009.

Thornhill federal Liberal candidate Karen Mock had a lot to say about the Conservatives in the Nov.

Greenpeace ads chide Stephen Harper and other world leaders for their weak environmental action.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Chinaa s energy demand and economic clout are turning his country into a Pacific nation.

Globe and Mail columnist Brian Milner writes , for example, that the rebuke "serves as a stark reminder that in the post-global-meltdown world, China, more than ever, rules the economic roost.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he will not convene a public inquiry into the treatment of Afghan detainees captured by Canadian Forces in Afghanistan, despite a House of Commons resolution to do just that.

Tom Flanagan Published on Tuesday, Dec. 01, 2009 5:21PM EST Last updated on Wednesday, Dec.

Quebec Family Minister Tony Tomassi denies the awarding of daycare licenses was tied to political donations.

Derek DeCloet Published on Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 7:48PM EST Last updated on Friday, Nov.

Questions: Former chief of defence staff Rick Hillier, pictured last week on the Hill after testifying.

Some people find the differences between the Canadian and American political systems to be a source of endless fascination.

A private members' bill unveiled on Thursday will make it easier for torture victims to sue other countries and officials through the Canadian criminal system.

If the issue is who has been the stauncher supporter of Israel, there's no question that it's the Tories, not the Grits There are many diversions in this carnival world - canasta, bubble wrap, Donald Trump's hair - but none so entertaining as a politician trying to persuade us the emotions he puts on for a living are real.

During a heritage committee meeting Thursday, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney rejected a Quebec Liberal MPa TMs private member bill urging a formal apology, financial redress and a special postage stamp commemorating the internment of Italian-Canadian citizens during the 1939-45 war.

Liberal MP Irwin Cotler's private members bill was seconded by a member of each party in the Commons on Thursday New legislation introduced in the House of Commons Thursday would give Canadians tortured abroad a chance to sue the perpetrators a ' including foreign states and officials a ' in Canadian civil court.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 12:12 PM Of loyalty and PMO plagiarism Jane Taber H ot: Indo-Canadian businessman Ajay Virmani.

The Prime Minister's relations with the Ottawa press gallery has once again got the gallery worked up.

Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has been campaigning on having largely restored security and normality to the country.

Saturday, November 21, 2009 5:18 PM Dion's wife goes rogue? Stephen Wicary A scathing message attacking Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff appeared today on the Facebook site belonging to Janine Krieber - the wife of Mr.