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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Conservatives Raise EI Premiums–Tax Jobs

Conservatives Raise EI Premiums–Tax Jobs
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As of January 1, 2012,  you will be making less money as Harper’s Employment Insurance Premium Hikes take effect. Workers will see their EI ...
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Saturday, December 24, 2011

The Logic Behind the Conservatives’ Plan for Healthcare Transfers

The Logic Behind the Conservatives’ Plan for Healthcare Transfers
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The Conservatives have announced that cuts will be made to healthcare and let’s face it, it had to happen sooner or later. While the Conserv...
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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Canada’s Healthcare System: Not Underfunded; Inefficient and Mismanaged

Canada’s Healthcare System: Not Underfunded; Inefficient and Mismanaged
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Regular users of the Canadian Healthcare system know that something isn’t right. The system is broken, inefficient and mismanaged. It has be...
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Friday, December 23, 2011

Government of Canada ordered to Pay Jean Chretien Over Sponsorship Case

Government of Canada ordered to Pay Jean Chretien Over Sponsorship Case
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The election of 2006 was an election where the Conservatives placed repeated attacks against the Liberal Party for something called ad scam....
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Helena Guergis sues PM Harper and Conservative Party

Helena Guergis sues PM Harper and Conservative Party
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Helena Guergis is suing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada over defamation and an alleged conspiracy plan to...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Reasons why Canada’s Management System Needs Rethinking

Reasons why Canada’s Management System Needs Rethinking
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Canadians pay a lot of money every year. They pay a GST and PST or HST, they pay income taxes, they pay payroll taxes, they pay municipal pr...
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Saturday, December 17, 2011

Government Officials Take Tax Payers for a Ride

Government Officials Take Tax Payers for a Ride
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Peter Mackay came under fire again this week as his hotel spending came to light and it isn’t pretty.  Mackay wasn’t alone, information has ...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Quebec’s NDP Wave Died Out–Harris-Decima Poll

Quebec’s NDP Wave Died Out–Harris-Decima Poll
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A new Harris-Decima poll suggests that the NDP is now tied with the Bloc Quebecois for first place in the province. At 26% a piece, the NDP ...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

What Goes Around Comes Around

What Goes Around Comes Around
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Jack Layton’s last attack in the May 2011 was aimed squarely at Michael Ignatieff and his Liberals. Touting that the NDP had a superior atte...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Conservatives Scramble with Budgeting

Conservatives Scramble with Budgeting
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There is a $10 billion average difference between estimated structural budget balance forecasts between the Conservatives and budget watchdo...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Chretien: Gun Registry, Kyoto and Wheat Board are Dismantled… What’s Next?

Chretien: Gun Registry, Kyoto and Wheat Board are Dismantled… What’s Next?
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Former Liberal PM Jean Chretien is warning Liberals that the Gun Registry, Kyoto Accord, and Wheat Board may just be the beginning in a Cons...
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Thursday, November 24, 2011

The Future of Medicare in Canada

The Future of Medicare in Canada
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A lot of speculation has been put into the way that Harper is going to deal with the upcoming healthcare accord. If there is one thing we kn...
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Monday, November 21, 2011

Conservative Misspending on G8/G20 Summit Revealed; Brace Yourselves

Conservative Misspending on G8/G20 Summit Revealed; Brace Yourselves
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You can throw efficiency, accountability, prudent management and logic out the window with the current Conservative government. Instead of d...
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Monday, November 21, 2011

Canada’s Political Scene: Filled with Irony

Canada’s Political Scene: Filled with Irony
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The state of our country and the state of our government can be described flawlessly with irony. It is ironic how the Conservatives won th...
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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Commons Theater, A Production fresh out of College

Commons Theater, A Production fresh out of College
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The NDP have added life to the House of Commons on Thursday as they exchanged an array of literature with their Conservative counterparts. A...
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Sunday, November 20, 2011

The Call for Smaller and More Efficient Government

The Call for Smaller and More Efficient Government
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The Liberal rebuilding process will be an interesting one to watch. While media commentators have written them off, membership has soared. I...
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Conservative Fined for Breaking Election Rules

Conservative Fined for Breaking Election Rules
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It appears the ‘tough on crime’ Conservatives aren’t as worthy of that title as we think. In an ongoing dispute with Elections Canada, the C...
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Conservative Economic Record Gets Slammed

Conservative Economic Record Gets Slammed
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Liberal Interim Leader Bob Rae slammed the Tory’s recent financial statement and offered up his own recipe to fixing Canada’s ailing economy...
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Monday, October 24, 2011

Conservative Majority: Five Months Later; The Reason Why it Came to Be

Conservative Majority: Five Months Later; The Reason Why it Came to Be
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Stephen harper may proudly pronounce that the Conservative Party is Canada’s party but if we look at the trends and the likely factors that ...
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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Clueless

Clueless
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With the recent protests against Wall Street and Corporations, the NDP will likely be making political gains – they are after all, the anti-...
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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Canada’s Top Soldier thinks He is Entitled to Taxpayer Funded Plane Rides

Canada’s Top Soldier thinks He is Entitled to Taxpayer Funded Plane Rides
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All across the country, Canadians are buckling down as income slows and prices rise. As we speak, there is speculation of another recession ...
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Monday, August 22, 2011

Jack’s Final Words

Jack’s Final Words
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Jack Layton was a man who genuinely believed in what he stood for and that in politics is rare. Canada has lost an icon today and one that ...
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Monday, August 22, 2011

Jack Layton Passes Away

Jack Layton Passes Away
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At the age of 61, cancer won its last battle. At 4:45 am, Layton’s wife and children confirmed that he passed away.
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

How Stephen Harper’s Misguided Decisions will Finish Canada Off

How Stephen Harper’s Misguided Decisions will Finish Canada Off
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In 2008, Stephen harper was reluctant to take notice of the coming recession and denied its existence until it hit hard. On the eve of the ...
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Friday, August 5, 2011

NDP Supporters can Stop Supporting Turmel Now, Party Insiders have lost Confidence

NDP Supporters can Stop Supporting Turmel Now, Party Insiders have lost Confidence
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It isn’t everyday that you hear of a federal opposition leader being secretly a part of a separatist party in the past. It isn’t everyday ...
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Who are the NDP? Separatists?

Who are the NDP? Separatists?
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The NDP may have chosen Nycole Turmel as their interim leader, but that doesn't change her previous separatist ties. While she claims ...
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Monday, July 25, 2011

Layton taking a Break From Politics to Fight New Cancer

Layton taking a Break From Politics to Fight New Cancer
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Jack Layton will be taking a temporary leave as leader of the NDP to fight a new ‘non-prostate’ cancer that has attacked him until September...
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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Who should be entitled to child benefits?

Who should be entitled to child benefits?
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Ottawa-area father Yannick Cloutier raised 2 children on his own for 8 years. Recently, he moved in with a common-law spouse and two years...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

The NDP and Conservatives Fail to Make Public Safety Top Priority

The NDP and Conservatives Fail to Make Public Safety Top Priority
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The Champlain Bridge is crumbling down but for both the NDP and Conservatives, it isn’t a big issue. With the NDP only releasing a small sta...
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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Ethics Commissioner: Helena Guergis Broke Ethics Rules

Ethics Commissioner: Helena Guergis Broke Ethics Rules
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Ethics commissioner Mary Dawson released a report today saying that former Conservative MP Helena Guergis broke ethics rules when she wrot...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

Stephen Harper’s Misunderstanding of Where He Stands in the Public Eye

Stephen Harper’s Misunderstanding of Where He Stands in the Public Eye
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At the Calgary Stampede Barbeque, Harper took an opportunity to do what he does best: attack his opposition. However, his pitch to convince...
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Sunday, July 3, 2011

European Broadband Makes North American Broadband look like expensive Dialup

European Broadband Makes North American Broadband look like expensive Dialup
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If you leave Canada and the United States and go to England, you will notice a big difference in terms of your internet connection. Not only...
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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Harper’s Controversial Quotes

Harper’s Controversial Quotes
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On April 25, a 500 page document was allegedly handed to the Liberal Party of Canada by Conservative insiders that contained an organized in...
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Thursday, June 30, 2011

The Dust Barely Settles after Back-to-Work Legislation becomes Law

The Dust Barely Settles after Back-to-Work Legislation becomes Law
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During the filibuster last week as the Conservatives tried to forcefully end the standoff between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Pos...
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Monday, June 27, 2011

Nanos Poll Gives Tories 14 Point Lead

Nanos Poll Gives Tories 14 Point Lead
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A new Nanos poll shows the end of the NDP honeymoon as their poll numbers are slipping. Meanwhile, the Conservatives are growing, the Libera...
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Monday, June 27, 2011

The NDP Inevitably Lost their Fight for Postal Workers

The NDP Inevitably Lost their Fight for Postal Workers
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Jack Layton imposed a 58 hour filibuster to try to stall a Conservative back to work bill that would do more than just send postal workers ...
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Opinion: Liberal-NDP Merger: A Disaster in the Making

Opinion: Liberal-NDP Merger: A Disaster in the Making
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There has been a lot of speculation around Liberal-NDP merger and while the Liberal Party has swiftly stopped its main proponent Bob Rae fro...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Baird Condemns the Probe into $50 million in spending as a “PR stunt”

Baird Condemns the Probe into $50 million in spending as a “PR stunt”
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The controversy over the G8 summit didn’t die as the Tories desperately try to defend themselves after $50 million that was supposed to be ...
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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Canada Going Backward on Crime Initiatives

Canada Going Backward on Crime Initiatives
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The Americans have been fighting the war on drugs for more than 20 years with their tough-on-crime agenda. However, the Americans are now mo...
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Friday, June 17, 2011

Harper’s Department Broke Expense Rules

Harper’s Department Broke Expense Rules
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The government’s tough rules for hospitality spending have been repeatedly broken by Stephen Harper’s own department, an internal report su...
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Friday, June 17, 2011

Appointed Conservative Senators Change Their Tunes on Senate Reform

Appointed Conservative Senators Change Their Tunes on Senate Reform
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While the provinces of Ontario and Quebec were quick to pounce on Harper’s proposed senate reforms, it turns out that Harper’s newly minted ...
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Sunday, June 12, 2011

Conservative Party goes at Full Steam Ahead

Conservative Party goes at Full Steam Ahead
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The Conservatives are going full steam ahead with their agendas. The throne speech went through without debate or a vote, Baird defends the...
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

It May be Time for Canadians to Tighten Their Belts, but not the PMO

It May be Time for Canadians to Tighten Their Belts, but not the PMO
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As the Conservatives announced cuts and user fees to come to public services and new austerity measures, Stephen Harper used his business j...
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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Flaherty intends to copy the Liberals

Flaherty intends to copy the Liberals
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The Conservatives promised that they would get us out of deficit by 2014. However, such a promise won’t be visible in the upcoming budget ...
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Thursday, June 2, 2011

NDP Surge Gave Tories Majority Government

NDP Surge Gave Tories Majority Government
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A new poll finds that the NDP surge wasn’t a fluke, but instead is here to stay, however, that didn’t stop 16 seats from going blue as a res...
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