Harassment: Anywhere but Parliament Hill!

As Peter MacKay said at a press conference this week, Parliament Hill is “the beating heart of…uhh…our democracy.” For average Canadians, MacKay’s droning “uhh” sums it up quite nicely. Parliament Hill exists a...

Revised Income Splitting

On Thursday, Prime Minister Harper officially announced that he will be implementing income-splitting for qualifying Canadians. He also increased Child Tax Benefits for children under six old, and expanded the ...

Curtailing Free Speech

Conservative Caucus Room shortly after the onset of the shooting. MP NINA GREWAL   Canada is still regaining its composure after the shocking events of last week, when two disturbed individuals at...

P.E.I. Elections Heat Up As Temperatures Cool

It’s Friday night and you’re in Sin City: Stratford, P.E.I. Just across the Hillsborough Bridge from downtown Charlottetown, you’re far enough from the action that the people in the Delta can’t hear your quiet ...

15 Ways to Spend Canada’s Budget Surplus

It appears that the Tories have made good on their promise to give Canada a surplus by the next Federal Election. The last time Canada boasted a surplus was in 2007, where it amounted to about 9.6 billion dolla...