Weekly Recap Archives - Page 16 of 79

Taber, Alberta Outlaws Yelling, Spitting, and Swearing

Stop the presses! Just kidding. Print media is dead. Alberta, a “have-ish” province, is suffering from a budgetary crisis, a Premier who has smelt it but hath not dealt it, and a traumatic loss of provincial...

Bathroom Bill Down the Toilet

As sad as it is, the Bill nicknamed the “Bathroom Bill” seems to be heading straight down the toilet. Bill C-279, officially referred to as an Act to Amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and Criminal Code, se...

Justin Trudeau’s Super Fun Chinese New Year Escapade!

In ringing in the Chinese New Year, Mandarin's biggest promotional festival, the Liberal Party of Canada worked tirelessly in ushering Justin Trudeau's hair, eyes, and whatever else is attached to those, around...

John Williamson Addresses Whities, Brownies, and the TFW Program

If there’s one thing they teach you before you go into politics, it’s that any publicity is good publicity. It’s never bad to have your name mentioned on TV, on the radio, or in the newspaper. This is even true...

Selinger Remains Manitoba NDP Leader

After a very close leadership convention with a final vote of 759 to 726, the Manitoba NDP elected to keep party leader Greg Selinger rather than chief opponent, former cabinet minister, and current MLA for Sei...

Government Considers Video Games As Teaching Tool

Why waste hours with other students in a classroom when you could waste hours alone in your basement? Many large companies, including Canada’s federal government, are asking this question when they consider how...

Income Splitting: A Tax-Time Reminder

As winter drags on into March, most Canadians are already looking forward to their favourite time of the year: tax season! With Canada entering the third month of 2015 and an upcoming election, it is time to re...

Veterans Only Need to Prove Loss of Limb Every Three Years

Several weeks ago, the country was appalled to discover that retired Major Corporal Paul Franklin, a double amputee, had to degrade himself every year by crawling to Veteran Affairs (VAC) in order to prove he h...

What Justin Trudeau’s New Cabinet May Look Like

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang By poaching former Conservative Eve Adams, Justin Trudeau has carried on a proud Liberal tradition. The Liberal Party braintrust not only invented the par...

Harper: Quebec Not Leftist, Radio-Canada Is

According to a radio interview Stephen Harper gave two weeks ago, the majority of Quebecers aren’t “leftist” in the Prime Minister’s mind. Instead he accused Radio-Canada of being run by people who hate “conser...