by Tyler Kinch
Only four years ago then official opposition leader, Stephen Harper, attacked then Prime Minister, Paul Martin, for cronyism and patronage in senate appointments.
“There was a time when Paul Martin talked about a “deep desire to reform the Senate,” Harper said. “His talk turned out to be empty. Instead, he stuck to the same [...]
Last minute token amendments to Bill 44 by the Stelmach Conservatives do nothing to lessen the fact that it is a completely embarrassing demonstration of human rights code in Canada.
The Bill, which gave Alberta parents the right to pull their children from classroom discussions about sex, sexual orientation or religion in the curriculum, now allows [...]
“This is a serious time, not a time for partisan games.” It is kind of hard to believe that those words came out of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s mouth after the opposition called for his resignation in response to his 50-billion dollar mess.
Excuse me Jimmy, but is it not your party that is spending millions [...]
Alberta Culture Minister Lindsay Blackett has decided that if you challenge him on the issues, you don’t to get to play anymore. At least that’s the message he sent Karen Lynch when he decided not to reappoint the Executive Director of Volunteer Alberta to the Alberta Non-profit Volunteer Sector Initiative (ANVSI), a joint committee of [...]
The latest saga in the Mulroney-Schreiber affair is hard to watch, it makes me wonder why the Canadian people aren’t the ones that are crying.
Here we have a former Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney, who admits to taking three cash payments in hotel rooms from German-Canadian businessman Karlheinz Schreiber and then storing the cash payments at [...]
It’s not hockey night in Canada for Vancouverites after the Vancouver Canucks were eliminated from the NHL playoffs when they lost 7-5 to the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 6 of their Western Conference semi-final.
But it is Election Night in British Columbia!
Almost as exciting! Ok… somewhat exciting.
The BC NDP is certainly excited; this could be their [...]
To the chagrin of myself and many other Calgarians who choose a public transportation- based lifestyle and/or support accountable urban infrastructure, Plan It Calgary may be delayed yet again with a motion by the four Aldermen who first signed it: McIver, Chabot, Colley-Urquhart and Connelly.
In a city that is becoming as well known for its [...]
Why are pack a day smokers who smoke tailor made smokes only seeing a tax increase of $8.53 a month, while a pack a day smoker who rolls his own (like me)will see an increase of $57.50 or more depending what brand of tobacco they buy?
British MP, George Galloway is scheduled to arrive in Toronto for a March 30th to give a speech and Canada has declared him persona non grata; a wonderful term persona non grata usually used in that spy film where the bad guy has diplomatic immunity, can’t be charged for his crime but can be deported [...]
Bill 203,a bill to reform municipal campaign reform is getting hammered by some ‘progressive’ groups in Alberta.
