Regional Politics Archives - Page 10 of 35

Council of the Federation: Premiers Talk Energy, Inquiry, and Booze

As with any gathering that involves period actors sporting attire of the 1880s, the Council of the Federation, an annual meeting of Canada’s 13 provincial and territorial premiers in Charlottetown, was what kid...

No Trade Agreement, But Booze Flows from Premiers’ Conference

BC Premier Christy Clark said this morning "we still need to hammer out all the fine details but broadly it will mean it is no longer illegal to bring into for personal use." Clearly, she meant "we'll still n...

Conservatives Still Ignoring the Dire Conditions at the Baffin Correctional Centre

Welcome Mr. Harper to the Gulag Archipelago! Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press As if it was plucked directly from an Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn novella, news concerning one of the most notorious prisons (r...

New Quebec Separatist Movement Rises in Blanc-Sablon

The Parti Quebecois was destroyed in Quebec’s most recent provincial election. Bloc MPs are leaving their party to sit as independents. Traditional separatists are jumping ship left and right. So separatism is ...

Rob Ford Gains in Polls After Making Kids Roll in Geese Feces

The Toronto mayoral race is like The Lion King in the Theatre of Politics- the damn thing never ends. The voting public is tired, so let’s mirror their fatigue by starting this article with a cliché. There’s n...

Ontarians Not Yet Safe From Nuclear Disaster

This summer has possibly been the most morbidly depressing span of time in recent memory. From constant war in the Israel, Iraq, Ukraine, and Syria, to ebola hemorrhagic fever plaguing Africa, and the recent ea...

Couillard and Wynne Ask For Federal Infrastructure Money

“Please sir, I’d like some more.” So uttered the little orphan Oliver to the pompous, bloated, stupid, and cruel Parish Beadle Mr. Bumble in Charles Dickens' classic Oliver Twist . Though the book was fictional...

Quebec Minister of Education: Schools Have Enough Books

The latest news to come out of la belle province will undoubtedly raise some distinctly-groomed eyebrows. Yves Bolduc, Quebec's minister of education, recently spoke to Le Devoir, and the CBC did us all a favou...

Quebec to Allow .quebec Web Domain, A Distinct Nation Rejoices

Oh Quebec, so distinct it hurts. The people of Quebec have always felt a need to stand out from the rest of Canada, whether through dipping fries in gravy to celebrate the cultural tradition of obesity, or thro...

Montreal Firemen Trash City Hall Over Bill 3, Pensions

When a child pulls the fire alarm during a test, they win some friends. The unprepared and nervous see the pullee as a saint, a bringer of second chances and serendipity. The studied and well-versed, on the oth...