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Weekly Recap

A convenient archive of everything that happened this week, and every past week, in Canadian politics and news.

The Deficit That Won’t Die

Failure was never an option when it came to the budget. If the government couldn’t balance it before the election in 2015, then they couldn’t justify handing out goodies to make everyone forget their actions (o...

Report: They Do Drugs in the Canadian Forces

How can you say no to such an invitation? Library of Congress | Department of Canadian Heritage | Tumblr   This just in: the Canadian Forces do drugs just like all you other shmucks! The Canadian a...

Prime Minister Harper’s Holiday Message

This holiday season, Stephen Harper has a message for Canadians. A CBC video begins with a slideshow of the Prime Minister doing what he does best: sitting alone in a room, making eye contact with an elderly wo...

Danielle Smith and the Wildrose “Victory”

The wonderful thing about politics is that everyone always wins. Consider Danielle Smith, the Leader of Alberta’s Wildrose Party. Last month she left her party and joined her former enemies, the Progressive Con...

Canada Still Seeking Climate Target

Leona Aglukkaq may be good at reading a newspaper, but she isn’t good at setting emissions reductions targets. That’s not to say that she’s alone—recent Conservative Environment Ministers have a pitiful record ...

Stephen Harper’s Winter Break

Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful. If there’s no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Yet Mr. Harper and his fellow MPs have places to go – in fact, it’s Parli...

Harper “Clearly Not” Going to Regulate Oil and Gas

If a man is as good as his word, Stephen Harper is a bad man. This Tuesday, he announced that his government will not regulate the oil and gas sector. In doing so, he broke a promise that he has made several ti...

Michael Sona’s Bid for Bail

Weeks ago, justice was served when Michael Sona was sentenced to nine months in jail and a year of probation for attempting to prevent voters from casting ballots during the 2011 federal election. As Judge Gary...