Federal Politics Archives - Page 23 of 47

Peter MacKay Invokes Stereotypes to Justify Stance on Marijuana

On Wednesday, RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson said, “marijuana usage isn’t as big a deal as it used to be.” Paulson reasoned that marijuana could still play a role in organized crime, but that the role is diminis...

Rob Anders Prompts Headlines With No-Show Defeat

Canadians a mari usque ad mare are holding their breath, waiting to see if Stephen Harper will break his own fixed-date election law and call an election before October 2015. Will he find a reason to call an el...

CRTC and Netflix Square Off in Scathing, Passive-Aggressive Hearing

Netflix Canada has chimed into hearings with the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) that have been ongoing for the past two weeks. The exchange itself was full of contempt and sn...

Dianne Watts to Seek Federal Conservative Nomination for South Surrey-White Rock

Running a town is nice, but, for obvious reasons, it isn’t the same as running a country. Mayors have to work with city councils and provincial and federal politicians—they rarely have the resources to make maj...

Harper’s Re-Election Bid: Tax Cuts for Everyone

In Stephen Harper’s annual address to caucus on Monday, he kicked off his campaign in the best and only way to kick off a Conservative election campaign, with a Canadian flag large enough to cover half the coun...

Royal Canadian Air Force Raids Museum for Parts

The Royal Canadian Air Force has been caught in the act of raiding a museum for aircraft parts! The search-and-rescue squadron at CFB Trenton contacted the aviation museum on that base with an odd request in...

Viagra in Military Considered A Cabinet Secret, Why?

As the list of Canada’s cabinet secrets pile up, the government’s blanket of secrecy continues to broaden. The federal Conservative government increasingly considers routine issues—from Canada’s feelings about ...

MP Spending Sprees: Where Budget Surplus Goes

An election is certainly just around the corner as MPs traipse across country with open pocketbooks! Government MPs, that is. Those in the Opposition couldn’t get you a single penny unless they gave it to you ...

NDP Promises New Federal Minimum Wage

This weekend, NDP leader Tom Mulcair announced another part of his plan to NDP-ify Canada, should he win the next election. He plans to re-instate the Federal Minimum Wage and push it all the way up to 15$ an h...

Parks Canada (Maybe) Found Lost Franklin Expedition

“It is the most sought after shipwreck in Canadian history, if not the world,” Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq said at a press conference yesterday. Yes, there have been movies, books, plays, and songs writ...