Category Archives: Front Page
Aligning with Bush’s axis of evil and violating international law is no laughing matter
By Thomas Mulcair, Leader of the Official Opposition Again today we are debating the Prime Minister’s military adventures. The Prime Minister is again preparing to ask our brave troops to risk their lives overseas. This issue has come before the
Bill C-51 and the Charter: What the father giveth, the son giveth away
By Michael Nabert Don’t get me wrong, I understand the cynical reason why Justin Trudeau hasn’t come out harshly against this hideous bill to eviscerate Canadian rights and turn us into a police state. Hoping to draw more voters from
Raising retirement age leads to inequality
Raising the age of eligibility for the Old Age Security pension and the Guaranteed Income Supplement will increase inequalities between older people, according to new research coming out of Montreal. “This change will force retired people into greater dependence on
John Baird gets job with mining giant that got government subsidies when he was a minister
John Baird, who resigned last month as Minister of Foreign Affairs, has landed a job as an advisor with Barrick Gold, a corporation that received subsidies for its mining operations from the government during the time Baird was in the
Oil price drop: the windfall and the fallout
By Dr. James Stanford, Unifor Economist A decline in oil prices by half is a major shock for the Canadian macroeconomy. In my judgment—and I actually worked, in another life, as an energy economist for a few years before I
Only a fifth of Alberta businesses plan to hire Canadians after TFW permits expire
Only a little over a fifth of all Alberta businesses that use temporary foreign worker plan to hire Canadians once the TFW permits expire, according to a new survey. The government’s new “4 and 4” rule, which requires foreign nationals
Niqab is none of my business, two thirds of Canadians say
Even though the majority of Canadians feel uncomfortable around women wearing the niqab, nearly two thirds of Canadians believe that whether a woman wears a niqab is none of their business as it is a matter of personal choice, according
Tories cut and paste “we reject the argument that every time we talk about security our freedoms are threatened”
“We reject the argument that every time we talk about security, our freedoms are threatened. We reject the arguments that every time we talk about our security, our freedoms are threatened. Canadians understand that freedoms and security go hand in
Galati appeals “citizenship is not a right” ruling
Constitutional lawyer Rocco Galati has appealed Federal Court’s dismissal of his challenge against Harper government’s new Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act that allows the citizenship minister to to revoke the citizenship of natural-born and naturalized Canadian citizens, where the presiding judge
Oil price slump threatens Newfoundland’s new-found prosperity
By Professor Wade Locke Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland The oil and gas industry has been extremely important to Newfoundland and Labrador. We have produced about 1.5 billion barrels of oil since the industry started in 1997. This had a value
