Harper Returns from China, “Danced With Dragons”

This Monday, our esteemed Prime Minister, a famed explorer (of oil fields), returned from his voyage to China, where CBC reports that he “danc with the dragon.” No, you aren’t mistaken—that is indeed a mildly r...

For Sale: Canada’s Diplomatic Residences

Well folks, it’s official: Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs has announced that the Villa Grandi, the federal government’s official residence in Italy, is up for sale. The four story, 13,000 square foot ab...

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...

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...

A Season of Elections

In Canadian politics, next fall shall usher in a Season of Elections. We will see not only the Federal election scheduled for October 19th but also four Provincial elections and a Territorial election between O...

Life of Harper: Strombo, CF-18s, and Disappointment

Each week, Kyle Muzyka sifts through what our PM has been up to in this column, The Radical Adventures of Stephen Harper, for your personal enjoyment.   Another week, another $6,296. The Prime Min...

Before War in Iraq: A Time to Reflect

Yom Kippur may have passed without much fanfare in Canada, as it does when one is in a Christian dominated... well, mostly everywhere. Yom Kippur is a Jewish Holiday. Its English Translation pegs it as a Day of...

Canadians Support Fighting ISIS (Sort of)

According to an Ipsos Reid poll conducted for Global Media, nearly 2/3 (a clear majority as it were) of Canadians support sending fighter jets to help the latest US led mission into the Middle East. The poll, c...