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June 30 Federal By-Elections: Where, Why and What’s Up

There are four federal by-elections happening tomorrow, and if you’re not in one of the contested ridings where all the parties are frantically trying to court voters, you could have forgotten they were even ha...

‘Dem Foreigners and Dat darn Harper’: The Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Apparently, serious complaints have been surfacing about the Temporary Foreign Worker Program for some time now. The earliest complaint, as we can understand it, came from Conservative MP Rob Merrifield, who cl...

The Northern Gateway Hypocrisy | Counter-Counter-Point

This article is part of our series Counter-Counter-Counter-Point. For a more culinary approach to the gastronomic delights of the tar sands, check out Michael Luba's take. I have to speak up agains...

Temporary Foreign Workers Program Overhauled

The Temporary Foreign Workers Program was finally overhauled this afternoon, nearly seven weeks after the feds "paused" the program in light of severe abuses by Canadian employers. To "mend not end," the reform...

The Ballad of the Northern Gateway Pipeline (Or Everybody Loses)

The Hon. Greg Rickford's office at the Ministry of Natural Resources was shuttered this afternoon as his office sent out a statement about the government's decision regarding the Northern Gateway Pipeline—which...

Desmond Tutu to Deliver Keynote at Oil Sands Conference (Inexplicably)

"As Long As the Rivers Flow: Coming Back to the Treaty Relationship In Our Time," a conference held in Fort McMurray this weekend on Aboriginal treaty rights and the oil sands, has attracted a curious keynote s...

Minister Maxime Bernier Says Liberals Will Cause Separatism Referendum

"It's all their fault!" One could just see Minister of State Maxine Bernier (or a cartoon caricature of the man) shouting, jumping up and down on his commons seat, one finger pointed accusingly across the floor...

Revolutionary Alberta PC race begins with Jim Prentice

Moments ago, Jim Prentice, future Saint of Alberta, announced his intentions to run for Progressive-Conservative party leadership after the downfall of Alison "Nanny-on-a-plane" Redford. The ceili...

The Plane is Gone, but the Pain Goes On

First class.Doug Are you looking for a great job? Do you love vacations? Unfortunately, the odds aren’t in your favour. Lucky Canadians get a few weeks of vacation every year. Some don’t take ...

Alison Redford: Canada’s Gandhi?

Alberta Premier Alison Redford speaking last month.Premier Alison Redford Another prominent Conservative stepped down yesterday, and in doing so put another dent in Canada’s grand old party. Sure...

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