(Prime) ministerial responsibility and all that … surely the wrong man has quit! | May 20 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | Don't hold your breath waiting for the PM to resign. Stephen Harper, his cabinet and his Reform Party caucus hold Parliament and its conventions in contempt.

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World media reports on Harper government's growing Senate expense scandal | May 21 2013 | rabble staff | The resignation of Stephen Harper's Chief-of-Staff Nigel Wright, and the growing Senate expense scandal, has made worldwide headlines this long weekend.
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UNESCO expresses concern about fracking near Gros Morne National Park | May 20 2013 | Brent Patterson | Gros Morne National Park's status as a world heritage site may be in jeopardy due to plans for controversial oil exploration on Newfoundland's west coast.
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May 20 2013 | The European Union banned three pesticides (Imidacloprid, Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam) to protect rapidly declining bee populations.
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May 16 2013 | Our right to strike has been attacked. Free collective bargaining has been disrupted.The next attack will likely be on the Rand formula.
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Ivany commission reports on Nova Scotia's progressive economic future | May 20 2013 | Ralph Surette | The Ivany commission on the "new economy" has written up what it heard on the road in an interim report. In so doing, it has cleared much underbrush and roughed out a path forward.
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Peter Worthington and the blurry divisions between left and right | May 17 2013 | Rick Salutin | I'll miss Peter Worthington, Canada's archetypal right-wing journalist, who died this week at 86. I say that without irony or subtext. I'll just miss him.
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World media reports on Harper government's growing Senate expense scandal | May 21 2013 | rabble staff | The resignation of Stephen Harper's Chief-of-Staff Nigel Wright, and the growing Senate expense scandal, has made worldwide headlines this long weekend.
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What does 'means' mean? Harper, the media and a growing scandal's unanswered questions | May 20 2013 | Derrick O'Keefe | Actual media scrutiny is what is required when the highest office in the land is involved in dodgy, unethical and potentially illegal matters.
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What's the worst part of the Mike Duffy - Nigel Wright scandal?

Yesterday, Mike Duffy stepped down from the Conservative caucus, but remains a sitting independent Senator. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister's Office has stated that Stephen Harper has "full confidence" in Chief-of-Staff Nigel Wright, who apparently secretly wrote a personal cheque to help Duffy pay back his debts. Clearly, there are still many questions that need to be answered. 

What's the worst part of the Mike Duffy - Nigel Wright scandal? 

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