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Stephen Harper on Murdered Aboriginal Women: Not “Sociological”

Some things don’t mix: Rob Ford and vegetable pizza, the federal NDP and forming a government, and Stephen Harper and sociology. Recently, the latter combination has proven particularly interesting. Stephen Har...

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...

To Tweet or not to Tweet: John Baird in Hot Water Over Mostly-English Tweets

This week on A Huge Waste of Taxpayer Dollars, we learn that official language commissioner Graham Fraser is investigating a formal complaint that Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird doesn’t tweet equally in bo...

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...

Police Unveil Video of Polite Trudeau Residence Vandal

Just last week vandals broke into the Trudeau’s Ottawa residence. Only now have Ottawa police released a surveillance video showing a top person of interest: a bearded man talking on a cellphone at night near t...

Canadian Forces Militarizing Arctic “In Case of Emergency”

Well, when Harper withdrew from Kyoto, some said it was because he wanted to avoid wasting billions of dollars on non-compliance fees, while others said he wanted the ice caps to melt in order expand the Canadi...

Keystone Ad Campaign “Too Canadian” to Work

Canadians aren’t the only ones who have to put up with brainless ads from Natural Resources Canada; Americans suffer through them just like we do. Our suffering is greater, of course, because we pay for the dam...

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...

NDP Audits Probe Motion into CRA Audits Rejected

Months ago, the CRA began auditing environmental charities that it claimed might have violated rules limiting political activity. Sure, they could have gone after the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers...

Karen Stintz Quits Toronto Mayoral Race, Who Will Replace Her?

In a press conference this morning Karen Stintz announced that she will no longer be running to be mayor of Toronto. A city mourns, but like the departure of all politicians, it will quickly make way for endles...