Oren Lefkowitz, Author at The True North Times

NDP to Israel Critic Paul Manly: You Can’t Party With Us

Ask anybody who wasn't cool in high school: getting excluded from a party blows. B.C. filmmaker Paul Manly, son of former MP Jim Manly, has had his 2015 candidacy for MP of Nanaimo-Ladysmith blocked by the NDP...

Jim Wilson: Progressive Conservatives’ Reluctant Interim Guy

Yesterday, the Ontario Progressive Conservatives announced Jim Wilson as their interim leader, and the guy couldn't be less excited about the appointment. Wilson, MPP for Simcoe-Grey, told the press that he wil...

New Anti-Spam Law In Effect: $10mil for Spammers

Yesterday Canadians celebrated three very special events: 1. Our nation's birthday 2. The right to use fireworks while publicly intoxicated 3. The end of spam as we know it. Yes, Canada, judgement day has a...

3 Amazing Order of Canada Recipients You Haven’t Heard Of

On Monday, the Governor General announced which notable canucks would be appointed to the Order of Canada. The list was 86-Canadians long, and honoured many brilliant, progressive citizens of our great nation (...

Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre Gets TV Show

Just like the fireside chats with FDR, Denis Coderre, Montreal's first elected mayor in three mayors (see: corruption) is getting his very own show. Well, not exactlyBrew Review Crew Tent...

The Phoenix Rises: Homecoming for Rob Ford

Back by (32% of the) popular demand, Rob Ford's rise from the ashes is quickly approaching. The notoriously indestructible mayor is poised to make his comeback, 450 hours of counselling healthier and 8 pants s...

Tsilhqot’in Supreme Court Decision: Does It Change Anything?

Canada's Supreme Court: concrete enough to inspire hope among First Nations, and just ambiguous enough to foster an entrepreneurial spirit in those looking to exploit them. A legal battle sparked more than 20 y...

Charbonneau Commission Revelations: Liberal Fundraisers Wear Shady Ties

Construction corruption is like smoked meat; Montreal didn't invent it, but they sure as hell refined it. Yesterday, more incriminating evidence against Quebec's Liberals surfaced in the Charbonneau Commissi...

The Harper-Couillard Bromance: $5 billion for Quebec Infrastructure

Vive le Québec dépendant! Today in an important vote-grab, er, press conference, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard announced that over the next ten years, Quebec would receive...

Is Ontario’s New Cabinet Shuffle a Wynne-r?

Reigning Ontario Empress Kathleen Wynne has announced her new shuffled cabinet today, and we are happy to say that it adequately reflects the symbolic progressive nature of her leadership. There are eight women...

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