John A. Macdonald’s 200th Birthday
Two hundred years ago, two men were born who would grow up to be the founders of our country. Now we celebrate the 200th anniversary of their birth, though somewhat unequally considering how much each actually ...
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...
Movember Hits the Hill, But MPs Not Participating
Movember on the Hill has declined from Tom Selleck to dirtstache status.
Movember used to be big. In 2011, 75 Members of Parliament raised roughly $70,000 for the cause as they grew their staches. In 2012, M...
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...
More Tax but Fewer Taxes?
Justin Trudeau says a Liberal government would reverse the Conservatives’ decision to implement income splitting if they win the 2015 federal election. The announcement comes as we inch closer to the fall econo...
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...
Jason Kenney’s Anti-Trudeau Tweets
In George Orwell’s 1984, it was called the Ministry of Truth. In China, it is the Central Propaganda Department. Now it appears Canada has had its very own Ministry of Propaganda, headed by Jason Kenney.
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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...