Liberal Spin on C-51 Makes No Sense
In case you missed it last week, Bill C-51, the anti-terror legislation that would give CSIS equivalent powers to the Gestapo, passed in the House of Commons with a hefty majority. If you're ever on the interne...
Goose Bay Councillor Laid Goose Egg
A councillor in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador has been charged under the Canada Elections Act.
Reg Bowers served as official agent to Peter Penashue, the Conservative MP for Labrador elected by the hair o...
7 Winners and 3 Losers After Budget 2015
Sure, Budget 2015 arrived late, but boy did it ever arrive in style. First introduced in a jacket factory, the budget arrived on Parliament Hill on April 21 and is now starting a cross-country TV tour. Wouldn't...
Prime Minister Harper: Is He in Way Over His Head?
This week in Vancouver, Prime Minister Harper announced that he would not prepare a stimulus package for the fiscal year. He continues to affirm his government’s commitment to eliminating the deficit in order t...
Activist Misses Mark with Misses Harper
The Day of Pink is not an early-hours strip club, but rather an initiative to promote inclusion and prevent bullying. As with every successful social media-based campaign, participation in the Day of Pink requi...
Oliver Prepares to D-D-D-D-D-D-Drop the Budget
For the last few months, Joe Oliver has been travelling the world to try new substances and experiment with his free spirit. That would be a fun explanation for why the Finance Minister hasn’t yet tabled a budg...
Netanyahu and Harper: A Dynamic Duo
Israeli Conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu retains his position after a divisive election campaign. The leader of the right wing Likud Party has seen plummeting popularity in his native land; the in...
Twenty Tories Miss ISIS Vote
Blaine Calkins: Canada's answer to Charlton Heston. Except no one knows who he is. Open Parliament
Canadian soldiers are going to have to wait in the desert just a little bit longer—approximately a year, t...
Harper in Hot Water over Half-Cocked Gun Comment
The Prime Minister is finding himself staring down the barrels of several metaphorical guns after his comments last week.
Speaking to the Saskatchewan Association for Rural Municipalities, Harper was asked i...
Law and Order, Stephen Harper Style
The Canadian Press
The Harper government's law-and-order agenda has once again reared its ugly head. Last week, Prime Minister Harper announced that life means life, and he wasn't speaking about a...