Old Incumbent Liberal MPs Are A Problem
Only 4% of NDP MPs and 7% of Conservative MPs have been in Parliament since 1999 compared to 40% of Liberal MPs. If the Liberal Party needs to change, it…
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Opposing Supply Management & Economic Principles
While supply management is bad for our economy, the discussion around it has at least managed to supply how the majority who oppose it are intellectually dishonest. For the Conservatives,…
Syria Isn’t About Syria
Bahrain and Syria both have repressive governments and both had uprisings in 2011, the United States and Saudi Arabia stopped one but are continuing the other, showing democracy and humanitarian…
Russia & Quebec, Don’t Protest The Similarities
Vladimir Putin recently issued new fines for unsanctioned protests, $9,000 for protesters and $30,000 for protest organizers. Meanwhile a few months ago in Canada, Quebec Premier Jean Charest issued new…
Conservatives Attack Budget Officer To Defend A Legacy
The Conservative government created the position of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, and now the government is creating its legacy. After creating the position of Parliamentary Budget Officer in 2006 this…
Belief of Action
An idea is not important because you think it; an idea is only important because you make the world think it. There is an egotism in the world today that…
Free Post-Secondary Education Makes Money
Free post-secondary education would increase incomes, and income taxes would not just recover the initial cost to government but would actually generate additional public revenue. This paper from the Canadian…
Nature’s Environment Is Man
Facing an unprecedented environmental crisis a world summit like no other was called. “We have to do something, we can’t let our environment just die.” A member of the Dirt…
Ideology Involves Action
Efficiency has no allegiances and your beliefs are meaningless if you do nothing about them. These are two messages for the federal Liberals in Canada and they come from Tea…
Arguments For Free Post-Secondary Education
1. Free post-secondary education is a student loan that the country takes out and gets more money back than it ever put in. The government will receive more money from…
Free Post-Secondary Education & Change
There is a reason to oppose free post-secondary education, and that is the unwillingness to change. Though a majority of Canadians offer justifications for opposing free post-secondary education, the problem…
Free Post-Secondary Education Is Bad Because You’re Afraid Of Change
You have a reason to oppose free post-secondary education? You sure do, it’s your unwillingness to change. The fact is a majority of Canadians do offer justifications for opposing free…
This Is What A Liberal Victory Looks Like
Union membership is dwindling nationally; the New Democratic Party is erasing socialist principles from its constitution; and that most left-leaning party elected its most right-leaning candidate for leader. The role…
Two Men Who Changed The World, And Two Men Who Didn’t
“The problems of Canada are not problems caused by Canada, they are the effects of the foreigner causes, the communists and the Jews.” The crowd of men encircling the speaker…
Politically Correct Alberta Isn’t Alberta
When it comes to women, immigrants, and religion, Alberta isn’t known for its political correctness, but when it comes to Alberta’s oil, that’s a different story. It’s not a slight…
Hurting Animals Hurts You
PETA should use a new argument against animal cruelty, Luka Magnotta. Luka Magnotta, the accused killer who dismembered a man and sent body parts in the mail across Canada, shares…
EI Isn’t Perfect & That’s Why Reforms Are Wrong
Employment Insurance isn’t perfect, and that’s why the Conservative reforms are wrong. EI’s very purpose is to give money to people without jobs, it is a program that gives the…
Majority Rule by the Few
The wasteful, unelected monarchy is bad and democracy is good. Since most Canadians don’t require a more indepth argument than that, let’s use the democratic system to finally severe Canada’s…
Symbolizing The Maple Leaf
Canada is the maple leaf, the United States of America is the stars, one is modest and pragmatic, the other is idealized and constant. National symbols are chosen to represent…