Federal Politics Archives - Page 42 of 47

Canada Pushes Oil into Europe, Sanctions into Russia

Canadian Natural Resource Minister, Greg Rickford, has been on a celebrity tour of Europe promoting the hottest new Canadian product: crude. With sanctions pending against Russia, European leaders are now worri...

Justin Trudeau on Abortion: I <3 Party Discipline

"Party discipline has become absurdly over-used." So said Justin Trudeau in the plank of his platform entitled Democratic Reform: Trusting Canadians. "I have made it clear that future candidate...

New Liberal Party Campaign Ad: What It’s Really Saying

The Liberal Party of Canada has put out their newest television campaign advertisement, despite being a year away from any sort of campaign. As with any political ad, what you hear is not what they mean. Everyo...

Game of PMO: Prime Minister and the Party Line

Don't lie, you've always wanted this Science Fiction So the call went in 2011: Long Live King Stephen, the first of his name of House Harper and theoretical protector of the Realm, King of the Te...

Temporary Foreign Workers “Paused” in Alberta After McDonalds Mistreatment

Ah, nothing like the salty, fatty taste of abused foreign workers Ottawa Business Journal Following accusations that temporary foreign workers at several McDonalds in Western Canada hav...

Parks Canada’s Prospective Internet Installations Make Nature Lovers Cry “Why Oh Wi-Fi”

You have 1 new voicemail Banff National Park Remember those awful afternoons where your mother had to disconnect the internet and order you to get some fresh air instead of spending the whole day ...

Stop Telling Us What We Already Know

People have every right to be confused. One day, the government introduces legislation that would allow it to see everything people do online, and, a little while later, that same government says,...

SCC to CPC: “The Senate Isn’t Burger King.”

Stephen Harper, Canada’s Commodus, has every reason to throw a temper tantrum. For the first time since his reign began, an authority figure has told him that he can’t do whatever he wants with his dollhouse—ou...

Politicians Exercise

On Good Friday, 2014, the CBC broke a story that would forever change the way Canadians view politics. It detailed a special meeting in downtown Ottawa between officials from four of Canada’s five major politic...

Deceivin’ Stephen’s Other Half: Laureen Harpurr

The Prime Minister’s wife isn’t usually much of a public figure. She receives far less attention than the First Lady does down south (NOT a double entendre). This is probably a good thing since much of the atte...