Infrastructure? Bah, Humbug says Joe Oliver

Christmas may have come and gone, but Canada’s unrepentant Scrooge is still hard at work. Joe Oliver, successor to the late Jim Flaherty, recently found himself in a(nother) feud with the provinces, this time o...

New Quebec Separatist Movement Rises in Blanc-Sablon

The Parti Quebecois was destroyed in Quebec’s most recent provincial election. Bloc MPs are leaving their party to sit as independents. Traditional separatists are jumping ship left and right. So separatism is ...

Couillard and Wynne Ask For Federal Infrastructure Money

“Please sir, I’d like some more.” So uttered the little orphan Oliver to the pompous, bloated, stupid, and cruel Parish Beadle Mr. Bumble in Charles Dickens' classic Oliver Twist . Though the book was fictional...
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Ontario Election Outlook: Pessimism

Ontarians, I’d say that we were in the deep end again, but that doesn’t quite cut it. We’re in a deep end with our arms chopped off, our legs tied together, and we have salt in one of eyes. In other words, w...