Voting is a concept that many people just don’t understand anymore. At one time, it was regarded as an honour and privilege to vote. Now, most people regard it as a chore… A voluntary civic duty that they can partake in … Continu…
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Do we deserve to be Canadians?
Voting is a concept that many people just don’t understand anymore. At one time, it was regarded as an honour and privilege to vote. Now, most people regard it as a chore… A voluntary civic duty that they can partake in only if they feel like it. Ho…
Continue readingIgnatieff Makes Personal Appeal
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff sent out an email to his mass mailing list today, with a subject line of “This is personal.” Here it is:
My mother got sick with Alzheimer’s when she was in her 60s — early, in other words — and my dad took care…
Continue readingLiveblogging Canada’s New Governor General
Thank you for visiting our live coverage of the installation ceremony of our new Governor General, David Johnston!
Continue readingCensus vote!
The House of Commons will vote on a motion to call on the Government to reinstate the long form census, about 40 minutes from now. It is known that the Liberals, NDP, and Bloc will all support the motion, with the Conservatives likely voting against it…
Continue readingPutting the registry in perspective
Conservatives, and many other Canadians, are upset about Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff’s decision to force his MPs to save the gun registry, but Liberal MP Scott Simms really put it in perspective today.
Simms was one of the eight Liberal MPs that …
Continue readingLiveblogging Question Period
Liveblog of Question Period! Watch it live on CPAC or ParlView!
Liveblogging Question Period
Continue readingTories take lead, or statistical anomaly?
The latest EKOS poll, released to the CBC, show that the Conservatives are holding a 32.4% lead, with the Liberals at 28.9%. The NDP are holding 16.6% support, while the Green Party maintains 10.7% and the Bloc are at 8.9%.
Normally, the statistics wo…
Continue readingQur’an burning unites all – UPDATED
There are only a handful of occasions that unites all political parties in Canada. Death, terrorism, national sports, and holidays are among the most common of these occasions. The burning of a book of faith can now be added to that list.
All politic…
Continue readingIgnatieff appoints new House leader
We’re back everyone! We have been extremely busy these last few days but we are back for good now!
In political news today, a rather exciting day considering we are still in the summer session. The Liberal Party has released a statement announcing Ra…
Continue readingShort Leave
As many of our regular readers may have noticed, we haven’t posted any new articles lately. This is a very busy time for Chad and I as we prepare to move to our new apartment/headquarter in North Bay, Ontario.
Although posting has been light lately, a…
Continue readingStanding in the way of the Firearms Registry
I have tried to avoid righting anything about the gun registry in the interests of non-partisanship, but I feel that now is the time to weigh in on it. My colleague Chad is invited to argue this one with me if he so wishes.
The Firearms Registry was e…
Continue readingTaxes: Why so complicated?
Don’t get me wrong, I know we need to pay taxes. I’m not even going to suggest that we get rid of taxes, because I know they are necessary in our society. What I am saying is that he taxation system has gotten way too complex!
I am a university studen…
Continue readingI’m back!
Good morning faithful readers! It must be a good morning, because I’m back from holidays! After spending a week on the east coast of our beautiful country (no I didn’t see the Prime Minister on his east coast tour), it’s good to be back!
Alas, as exci…
Continue readingRunning out of civil servants
One would think that, by now, the Conservatives must be running low on qualified civil servants to run the countries countless federal agencies. In the last year alone, the government has lost more civil servants to resignation, dismissal, and demotion…
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