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Feds to Make Decision on Northern Gateway Pipeline Today

It’s been months since the NEB presented its long list of conditions that Enbridge must meet in order to begin construction on the Northern Gateway pipeline project in BC. Now, it’s finally time for the federal...

Government Deporting Man Whose Citizenship Was Revoked: Media Grants Him Sainthood

A timeless hypothetical: would you rather go to India or prison? In the case of Ottawa-born Deepan Budlakoti, the Canadian government would like to sentence him to both. After hundreds of alleged break-ins, ...

Supreme Court Ruling is Good for Revenge Porn, Bad For Bill C-13

The Supreme Court of Canada Friday issued a ruling that police officers need to get one of those warrants to gets personal information from Internet Service Providers (ISPs), which does not bode well for the Co...

Doug Ford Wants to Give Ontario PCs “an Enema”; Becomes Enema of the Party

Not the pleasant face that would actually be doing the procedure. Blink-182 Doug Ford, fresh from his latest verbal assault on the mentally frail kids living in the Griffin Centre in his neighbourho...

“Sovereignty First” for Bloc Quebecois Leader, Mario Beaulieu

Remember that Quebec separatist party that got decimated in that one election? No, not the Parti Quebecois. The other one. The one that sounds like Francophone Lego manufacturer. The French Block? The Quebec Bl...

London Mayor Joe Fontana Convicted For Wite-Out-ing a Contract And Sticking “MP Event” on it

When Joe Fontana was a Liberal MP, back in 2005, he celebrated his son’s wedding. Despite his $260,000/year salary, Joe was in a bit of a “committing fraud” mood, and figured he could save some money. Determ...

Rob Ford: The Musical is Coming in September!

Come and see the show! Finally, a feel-good crack-pipe musical the whole family can enjoy! This Monday, an open casting call will be held at Toronto’s Second City Training Centre for the title ...

Cloudy Skies for Kathleen Wynne, Despite Liberal Victory in Ontario

The Ontario Liberal Party trounced the Ontario Progressive-Conservatives on Thursday night with a devastating defeat in an election everyone thought would be contentious to the last vote. However, it's not all ...

What Will Federal Parties Learn from the Ontario Election Campaign?

Kathleen Wynne and the Ontario Liberal Party had a surprising and decisive victory this week, giving them a solid majority government. A whole 38% of the popular vote! That's totally majority territory! Especia...

Mulcair and the Board of Internal Economy: A Game of He Said, She Said

A few weeks ago, Tom Mulcair appeared on the big stage at the PROC committee to declare his innocence. What were the charges? Many Canadians, this author included, could barely understand—but that doesn’t mean ...