If anyone doubted that Stephen Harper's plan to strip the citizenship of dual citizens convicted of terrorist offences was a slippery slope, and entirely political, consider the evidence.First the Cons…
PHOTOS: Tractors in the streets of Ottawa on Tuesday, their drivers protesting the Harper Conservatives’ barely concealed plans to destroy the supply-management agricultural sector. (Grabbed from @amkfoote on Twitter.) Below:…
Thomas Mulcair: Man of PrincipleMr. Mulcair was asked a simple question, loaded with peril, and he answered it very clearly in the last debate on foreign affairs. His answer to…
Thomas Mulcair: Man of Principle Mr. Mulcair was asked a simple question, loaded with peril, and he answered it very clearly in the last debate on foreign affairs. His answer…
Prime Minister Harper went on Andrew Lawton’s show? To bash dark skinned foreigners and liberals? That’s a pretty low move, even for this campaign. Andrew’s history of Muzzie baiting can…
Here’s the stark facts of the state of play from today’s CBC/308 Poll Tracker:Note that Harper’s Conservatives are still far short of a majority, the only way that Harper will…
Here’s the stark facts of the state of play from today’s CBC/308 Poll Tracker: Note that Harper’s Conservatives are still far short of a majority, the only way that Harper…
I confess I was surprised to get a same day response this evening from the federal NDP to my question this morning addressed to party leader Thomas Mulcair. The federal…
I confess I was surprised to get a same day response this evening from the federal NDP to my question this morning addressed to party leader Thomas Mulcair. The federal…
I confess I was surprised to get a same day response this evening from the federal NDP to my question this morning addressed to party leader Thomas Mulcair. The federal…
I confess I was surprised to get a same day response this evening from the federal NDP to my question this morning addressed to party leader Thomas Mulcair. The federal…
You may remember Lawrence Wilkerson, former secretary of state Colin Powell’s chief of staff. A veteran of combat in Vietnam, Wilkerson went on to serve with the US Navy and…
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, and formerly Governor of the Bank of Canada, does know something about financial risk. And when he was…
It started with news story I read about Harper’s decision to build a multimilliondollar monument in Ottawa to victims of communism. It would be aimed, in particular, at Chinese and…
It was both an honour and a pleasure this past Monday to receive an award for 25 years of service at the AIDS Committee of Toronto’s Annual General Meeting. I…
A friend recently wrote me, asking me “after how many years/generations do new settlers become Indigenous to a land? So, for example, are the Boers descendants today in S. Africa,…
Back at the beginning of the federal election campaign, Tom Mulcair’s New Dems enjoyed a commanding lead and seemed poised to become our next government. Back at the beginning of…
A poll of more than 1,800 Albertans conducted by EKOS Research Associates shows more than half the population wants the province to take stronger climate action by introducing policies that…
A poll of more than 1,800 Albertans conducted by EKOS Research Associates shows more than half the population wants the province to take stronger climate action by introducing policies that…
Many Canadians know that the federal government is responsible for funding social services, health care, education and income supports on First Nations reserves. Few people realize that the escalator for…
