Conservative Party of Canada

The total includes just over $220,000 in relocation expenses for five staffers in the Prime Minister's Office, just one of whom racked up almost $127,000 for "moving services."

As MPs return to Ottawa after the summer, the Conservatives also plan to go hard on the state of the economy, as well as pressuring the Liberal government to hold a referendum on electoral reform.

The law firm also has former Liberal prime minister Jean Chrétien, former ambassador to the U.S. Gary Doer, and James Moore, Harper's former industry minister, on its list of high-profile employees.

Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose said it’s critical her party remain united as it gears up for an open leadership race, now that perceived frontrunner Peter MacKay has decided not to run.

The decision by MacKay now makes it possible for others who were waiting for his choice to prepare in earnest for their own potential bids.

In 2013, an email from Fantino's office asked that all correspondence signed by the minister be sent in English, even if the addressee was French-speaking.

A receipt obtained by the official Opposition shows the federal health minister billed taxpayers $520 for a year's membership to Air Canada's executive airport lounges in North America and Europe.

The veteran Conservative MP of Calgary Forest Lawn recently tossed his hat into the ring for party leadership, based on a platform of diversity and inclusion.

MP Deepak Obhrai will be the fifth entrant in the contest that will conclude with a vote by party members next May.

The 48−year−old star lieutenant to former prime minister Stephen Harper, was one of the highest profile and most media−accessible ministers during a decade of Conservative rule.

Former federal cabinet minister Jason Kenney is expected to be leaving national politics to focus on his home province, the CBC reported on Tuesday.

Michael Chong is walking a fine line between his support for pipelines and his belief that the feds must do more to consult with Indigenous people about projects on their territory.

Writing in the science journal Nature this week, researchers say Alberta's oilsands are one of the biggest sources of air pollution in North America, on par with cities such as Paris and Mexico City.

Ambrose never mentioned Sophie Gregoire Trudeau by name, but her tribute was seen as a thinly veiled critique of the high-profile wife of current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The push to change the rules to allow Ambrose to run was solidly defeated.