Laura Payton

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More questions for Peter Penashue

Laura Payton raises more questions about Peter Penashue’s election campaign. Chris Hall wonders when the Intergovernmental Affairs Minister will be allowed to respond.

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‘We’re just better at it’

Laura Payton revisits the “very ethnic” ridings the Conservatives targeted in the 2011 election.

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What the government knew about Old Age Security

On the Friday before the long weekend, the Harper government finally disclosed—three weeks after the opposition first asked for the figure—how much the proposed changes to Old Age Security were expected to save. As the CBC’s Laura Payton noted at the time, that estimate of $10.8 billion matched what a CBC reporter had been told on budget day.