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Dean Del Mastro, El Maestro, Conducts Classic Defence

Dean Del Mastro, formerly Stephen Harper’s main man, is on the ropes. It’s worth repeating because it’s painfully true. On Thursday, as the Crown lambasted Del Mastro for the last time during his trial for exce...

Harper Sends Mixed Messages about Scotland, Foreign Aid, Sociology

This week, the Harper government approached the NATO conference in Wales with reservations about spending more money on foreign commitments. However, in true Canadian style, they agreed to give more after all—...

Finance Canada: “Things Aren’t As Bad As You Were Told”

If you paid attention to the year’s hottest budgetary event last fall, you might think we're living in a futuristic hellscape. The internal conservative government report issued by Employment and Social Develop...

Quebec and Scotland: Partners in Separation

Prime Minister Harper recently made pilgrimage to the British Isles; the origins of his heritage. On his father's side, he mostly English. On his mother's, mostly Scottish, describing the union, "worked well fo...

Joe Oliver: Middle Class Best in World, Despite ESDA Report

The Quebec sovereignty battle may have needed a Clarity Act, but in the Canadian war on the middle class, the lines have become blurred beyond any distinction. The lines are so blurred, in fact, that no one can...

Stephen Harper Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize By Jewish Organization

"Mazel Tov, Stevie!"Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Proving once more that “fact is stranger than fiction,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper is being nominated for the Nobel peace Prize by a Canadian Jewish orga...

Canada On Obama’s Environmental Wall of Shame

"Naming and Shaming" is what's at risk in Obama's newly thought up international climate change agreement, though despite the cleverly rhyming consequence, this voluntary pledge has about as much political grav...

Health Canada Moves to Ban Citronella-Based Insect Repellants

Health Canada cares about keeping Canadians safe, even if that means ruffling a few feathers. That’s why the government agency is moving to ban all citronella-based insect repellants. The decision has sparked c...

Premiers Celebrate Charlottetown Conference In Style

As most Canadians probably know, September 1, 2014 marks the 150th anniversary of the Charlottetown Conference. The Conference was a milestone in our nation’s history. It marked a time where separate groups cam...

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...