Federal Politics Archives - Page 30 of 47

Harper Gets Out His Claws for Cat Fight with Charities

The motion picture event of the administration Fred Chartrand | MEM | Art Academie | Mean Girls All rejoice! There will be a Mean Girls 3, but it starts and it will star none other than ...

Border Services Agency Finally Screens Potential Threats

National security at its finest. Canada is known for many things, but national security is not one of them. An internal review of the Canada Border Services Agency shows that the agency’s systems still cont...

Canada’s Prison System under Scrutiny…Again

Which simile works best: Canada and failed prison systems go together like peanut butter and jelly, or Canada and effective prison systems go together like peanut butter and… I don’t know, something that doesn’...

Canadian Doctors Considering Medical Marijuana

Canada’s medical world is in shock today as Dr. Louis Hugo Francescutti released statements via the Ottawa Citizen, where he condemned the actions of the medical marijuana industry. According to Francescutti, t...

Gun Fever is on the Rise in B.C. and Alberta Amid New Laws

Gun fever is on the rise in British Columbia and Alberta, and for a reason so comically Canadian, I feel like clown music should be playing as you read this article. This weapondemic (weapon+epidemic) paired wi...

Mike Duffy Made Up With Daughter, Makeup

Upon looking at the face of senator Mike Duffy, your first thought probably wouldn’t be, “yeah that guy definitely bought a makeup artist with taxpayer funds because that double chin he’s rocking has to be prof...

CCLA: Most Detained Canadians Are Innocent, Awaiting Trial

Apparently our law enforcers have been doing an exceptionally thorough job of protecting Canadians from the frighteningly dangerous threat of people who might have committed a non-violent offence maybe (but mos...

The CRA Audits PEN Canada For “Political-Activities” AKA Harper-Hating

Yesterday morning, the Canadian Revenue Agency launched their political-activities audit of PEN Canada, a small charity dedicated to promoting freedom of speech, and you don't need to audit the CRA to figure ou...

It works so well, but it's still so disturbing

Elizabeth May Enlists NDP And Grits For Co-Operation To No Avail

They say you’ll never get what you want if you don't ask for it, but with Elizabeth May's new strategy to pick up seats in the next election, no one's even calling her back. This past weekend was the Green P...

Twitter Accounts Monitor Government Editing Wikipedia

A few clever programmers have done more for governmental transparency than most politicians have. There are now Twitter accounts in tons of countries that automatically tweet when someone from a government IP a...