Indecision 2015 Archives - Page 6 of 12

Olivia Chow Announces NDP Return to Federal Politics After Toronto Mayoral Loss

Olivia Chow, former NDP MP and failed Toronto mayoral candidate has announced she will return to federal politics in a bid for Spadina-Fort York. Just over 9 months ago, Chow faced a humiliating Toronto electio...

MP Megan Leslie Reveals NDP’s Master Plan on Twitter

As election season heats up, our MPs and party leaders more than ever face the constant scrutiny of a focussed public eye. Of course, never focus too hard–I've heard direct eye contact with a politician is how ...

Mulcair the Weatherman: It’s Always Sunny in Tom’s Canada

Weather not-so-specialst Tom Mulcair (CHCH.com) Thomas Mulcair made an odd stop on his Ontario pre-campaign campaign tour this week, joining a Hamilton news station to deliver the weather. Predicting lots o...

Harper to Call for Senate Abolition

A long time ago, more than 10 years in the past, a nobody named Stephen Harper promised Canada that, if elected to the House of Commons as Leader of the newly formed Conservative Party of Canada, he would refor...

Liberals Cancel Press Conference Before Harper’s Senate Abolition Announcement

The Liberal party, or what remains, was planning to hold a press conference ahead of Stephen Harper's alleged Senate abolition announcement with his broseph Brad Wall. This, according to Global New's Laura Ston...

Interview with an MP: Libby Davies

In what we hope to make a continuing segment that turns the usually boring robotic suit dummies in Ottawa into regular relatable human beings, the True North Times Interview with a Member of Parliament is back ...

Interview with an MP: Marc Garneau

Astronaut-turned-politician Marc Garneau may be the coolest man in Parliament. The first Canadian to go to space (take that Chris Hadfield) is also apparently hilarious, which makes him one of the True North Ti...

Government Spends Extra On Conservative Ridings

As the word recession rolls off tongues everywhere from Newfoundland to Nunavut to Nanaimo, people are turning their attention to public spending. People want to know if the government spending enough to stimul...

Conservatives Head Into Election With Deficit, as Bank of Canada Slashes Interest Rates

The Bank of Canada announced it would be cutting key interest rates amidst weak economic performance and sluggish GDP growth. With Q2 growth foretasted at -0.5%, Canada is beginning to fall under the "recession...

The Underwhelming Highlights of the Senate’s New Report on Terrorism

If we have learned anything in the last month, it’s that Islamic fundamentalism is the primary and only threat to domestic security. In an effort to stay relevant and keep terrorism alive in the pre-election di...