Regional Politics Archives - Page 4 of 35

Tory MP Says Pedophiles Produced Ontario’s Sex-Ed Curriculum

It has been a few months since Conservative MP for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke, Cheryl Gallant, has said something so inflammatory it literally makes headlines from coast to coast. But her latest accusation is t...

RCMP Says Redford Off the Hook

Last Friday was a good day to be former Premier of Alberta Alison Redford. Why, you ask? Was she jet setting and taking in the Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand? Vacationing on the Mayan Riviera du...

Protesters Occupy Montreal Scotiabank, Make Mess

Oh, Quebec. At around 9:30AM this morning, 50 members of "Le Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU)" occupied the Scotiabank Tower in downtown Montreal for about half an hour. They made a lot...

Conservatives Surge in Quebec Amid Niqab Criticism

A new poll from EKOS shows that Stephen Harper seems to have increased his party's support in Quebec with 22% of the popular vote. It suggests that the Tories may win nearly 20 seats in Quebec in the next elect...

Stéphane Dion Calls Out Federal Ministers for Monolingual Tweets

A picture is worth 140 characters. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld Twitter: the place where celebrities’ inane thoughts are limited to 140 characters of stupidity. That being said, it is only nat...

Prentice Put In Pickle Pondering Provincial Sales Tax

It’s been a strange few months for Canadians at the pump; drivers might have wondered whether a group of hoodlum kids swiped the “1” from its position in the front of gas prices. Since the fall, Canada has seen...

TTC’s Phallic Sign: Perils of Public Enterprise

Public enterprise can be as cumbersome as Peter MacKay in a speedo, but that doesn't mean it's all bad all the time. On Tuesday, for example, the Toronto Transit Commission gave Canada’s largest city (!) a reas...

Former Ontario Premier Goes to Pot

While Tories enjoy blaming the Ontario Liberals for the decrepit state of the province’s social services, for Ontario’s staggering deficit, and for the manufacturing sector’s decline, there may be another culpr...

Wild Ride to Wildrose Leadership

Wildrose, the party that "almost" broke the unbroken stranglehold that the Progressive Conservatives have held in the Alberta's Legislative Assembly since 1971, is gearing up for a leadership election come June...

Montreal Small Business Attacked by French Language Vigilantes on Facebook

Donair Cité, a restaurant with Atlantic Canada flair, has come under fire by Contre Le Quebec Bashing, a group dedicated to countering Anglophone disdain for the “Quebec nation.” The righteous defenders of pure...