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Weekly Recap

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

Indecision 2015: Federal Leaders Debate #1

In an interview with Maclean’s, former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney predicted that “the television debates in election may turn out to be the most important since 1984.” (http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottaw...

Indecision 2015: Harper Calls 42nd Federal Election

The writ has been dropped, and now it’s on to the main event. Ladies and Gentleman… let’s get ready to rumble! In the Blue Corner we have the Right Honourable Stephen "Silver-Fox” Harper standing on a platform ...

According to NDP, Quebec is a Colonized Country

Yes, one of our proud, bright eyed NDP candidates (high on the smell of power) believes that Quebec is essentially a colonized African country. And no, she's not talking about the Aboriginals. Beatrice Zako—...

NDP Joins Attack Ad War

Attack ads are deplorable. They're bully tactics. They're so bad that politicians categorically condemn their usage, but still use them against their own opponents. For years, the Conservative Party of Canada h...

MP Megan Leslie Reveals NDP’s Master Plan on Twitter

As election season heats up, our MPs and party leaders more than ever face the constant scrutiny of a focussed public eye. Of course, never focus too hard–I've heard direct eye contact with a politician is how ...

Harper to Call for Senate Abolition

A long time ago, more than 10 years in the past, a nobody named Stephen Harper promised Canada that, if elected to the House of Commons as Leader of the newly formed Conservative Party of Canada, he would refor...