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French on the Web: Quebec Court Looking at Language Laws

The biggest battle in Quebec this week won't be the riot after Wednesday's hockey game, but in the courts. A group of small business owners are challenging Quebec's language laws after they were fined by the Of...

UN Report Condemns Canada on Indigenous Issues, Pipelines

The United Nations has issued a report on the state of indigenous affairs in Canada, telling the government that it really needs to shape up. We're all shocked really. Really shocked. James Anaya, an indigen...

Secret PMO Poll: Canadians Disagree With Government on Environment. Duh.

No one will ever know (unless they ask for ti) Paul Wilkingson The CBC managed to do something few Canadians can reasonably aspire to do. It got information from this federal government. Go ahead ...

Our Dear Leaders and Their Dear Mothers this Mother’s Day

Here at The True North Times, we write quite a bit about our politicians. Today, when you can't afford to buy your mother nice cheese because of the dairy board, take a moment to think about how much our dear l...

The Parti Quebecois’ super-secretive post-mortem of secrecy

God Save Pauline Karen Arnold The great beast that is the Parti Quebecois doesn’t die easy. Even though their monumental defeat in last month’s provincial election was heralded as a death blow to ...

QUIZ – Who Said It: Thomas Mulcair or Donald Trump?

It’s scary how much left wing party leader Thomas Mulcair and publicly right wing business magnate Donald Trump have in common. | They may come from different places on the political spectrum, different coun...

A Beginner’s Guide: Canada’s Awful April Jobs Report

The government issued the April Jobs Report today, meant to inform us citizens on how the labor market is doing. When the jobs report says good things, it is totally because of government policy a...

EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party

Our team recently had the chance to sit down for a face-to-face chat with Elizabeth May, the Member of Parliament for the Saanich-Gulf Islands, Order of Canada, and the Leader of the Federal Green Party. After ...

Harper v. The Supreme Court of Canada – A Rundown

The Supreme Court of Canada has been under fire recently by the Prime Minister's Office for alleged principles of conduct violations. By "violations", we mean that Harper is accusing Chief Justice Beverly McLac...

Will Abortion Be The Ballot Box Question in Canada?

The answer is no, but not for lack of trying by the Liberals and NDP. Yesterday Liberal leader Justin Trudeau said that all candidates for the Liberal Party in the 2015 election must be pro-choice, igniting a f...