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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Finance Minister Uses Tax Money for Make Up

Finance Minister Uses Tax Money for Make Up
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Finance Minister Jim Flaherty Charges the taxpayer $130 for beauty care products like Maybelline, Covergirl and Smashbox. A document from ...
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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Harper Brought us Back into Mulroney’s Hole

Harper Brought us Back into Mulroney’s Hole
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In the May 2011 election, Harper won on the premise that he was a good economic manager and the media touted his management as supreme. Apar...
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Saturday, January 28, 2012

MP Pension Plan: One of our Great Investments!

MP Pension Plan: One of our Great Investments!
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In light of Harper’s “major transformations” to the pensions of ordinary Canadians , it is time we take a look at MP pensions. MPs are eligi...
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Friday, January 27, 2012

Harper: “Our Government will Undertake Major Transformations”

Harper: “Our Government will Undertake Major Transformations”
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Harper announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland that his Conservative government would be bringing in “major transformatio...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

NDP: Tony Clement Should Turn Himself In

NDP: Tony Clement Should Turn Himself In
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The NDP have disclosed documents that prove that Tony Clement had a say in how the $50 million G8 “slush fund” was managed . In response to ...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

The Price of Harper’s Omnibus Crime Bill

The Price of Harper’s Omnibus Crime Bill
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Harper’s omnibus crime bill is set to cost Ontario tax payers over $1 billion in increased police and correctional service costs. With this ...
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Monday, January 23, 2012

Harper Government Accepts Funds from American Interest Groups

Harper Government Accepts Funds from American Interest Groups
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The Harper government has labeled and attacked opponents of the XL Keystone pipeline project on the premise that they received funding from ...
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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Harper’s Alliance with EthicalOil and Sun Media

Harper’s Alliance with EthicalOil and Sun Media
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Stephen Harper’s Conservative government has been aided by external organizations in their effort to start the exploitation of the Alberta...
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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Rae Popularity Surpasses Harper and NDP

Rae Popularity Surpasses Harper and NDP
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Things are starting to look up for the Liberals. For the first time in a long time, a Liberal leader has managed to get a higher approval ra...
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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Advice and Caution for NDP Leadership Candidates

Advice and Caution for NDP Leadership Candidates
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The NDP leadership race is soon coming to a close and they will crown one of  8 people as their new leader. The media has claimed a two-way ...
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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Poll: No Link Between Income Gap and Corporate Profits

Poll: No Link Between Income Gap and Corporate Profits
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Canadians agree that the gap between the rich and poor is increasing but they aren’t buying that the cause is corporate profits. In fact, ...
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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Looking onward to the 21st Century

Looking onward to the 21st Century
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Canada is entering the 21st century based on technology of the 1800s. Our education system is an assembly line. Our healthcare system assume...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Department of National Defense: People or Fancy New Office?

Department of National Defense: People or Fancy New Office?
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The Department of National Defense is one of the departments slated for cuts as Harper searches for $4 billion in savings. However, as 2,100...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

NDP Takes Page From Tory Handbook

NDP Takes Page From Tory Handbook
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What do Lise St-Denis and Irwin Cotler have in common? Apart from being Liberal MPs, they have both been attacked by their opposition using ...
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Monday, January 16, 2012

A Look at Conservative Cuts

A Look at Conservative Cuts
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The Conservatives like to claim that they shrink government size and spending. Like with Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulro...
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Monday, January 16, 2012

Liberals Lay Framework for Bold New Red

Liberals Lay Framework for Bold New Red
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While skeptics fought a reasoned fight against some of the Liberal Party’s new constitutional amendments, the party voted with sufficient nu...
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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Conservative Logic Behind Healthcare: Revisited

Conservative Logic Behind Healthcare: Revisited
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In a previous post , I analyzed the main talking points of the Conservatives and found that a basic logic behind their proposed cuts in spen...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Quebec NDP MP Crosses Over to Liberals

Quebec NDP MP Crosses Over to Liberals
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Quebec NDP MP Lise St-Denis crossed over to the Liberals citing the party’s pragmatism and her belief that their values are the best suite...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Harper’s Office of Religious Freedom: Worth It?

Harper’s Office of Religious Freedom: Worth It?
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Sometimes you have to wonder where the Conservatives find the money to afford their new initiatives while they preach austerity. The Conserv...
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Monday, January 9, 2012

How Harper’s Past Views Apply Today

How Harper’s Past Views Apply Today
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In the 1990s and up to 2004, Harper championed on being the small government, low tax advocate, among other more controversial stances. Howe...
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Monday, January 9, 2012

Harper: Largest Prime Minister’s Office in History

Harper: Largest Prime Minister’s Office in History
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As if the House of Commons and senate wasn’t enough, the Prime Minister’s Office is the biggest in history. This comes as the Canadian econo...
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Sunday, January 8, 2012

Canada School of Public Service: Should Be First to Cut

Canada School of Public Service: Should Be First to Cut
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As a society and as a community, you would expect that your contribution through taxes would be allocated wisely and as government being a m...
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Saturday, January 7, 2012

Harper Adds 7 More Senators–Biggest Government We’ve Ever Had

Harper Adds 7 More Senators–Biggest Government We’ve Ever Had
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The Conservatives and their followers like to brag about how the Conservatives are small government, non-interventionist government. Before ...
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Friday, January 6, 2012

Harper Government Quietly Purchasing Rescue Planes

Harper Government Quietly Purchasing Rescue Planes
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The Harper Government is quietly looking into a $3.7 billion purchase of new search-and-rescue planes. When the idea was pitched 6 years ago...
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Thursday, January 5, 2012

Conservatives and the Concept of Freedom and Government Intervention

Conservatives and the Concept of Freedom and Government Intervention
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The Conservatives scrapped census and the gun registry under one principle: freedom and privacy. The Conservatives deemed their decisions we...
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Hospital Mismanagement Comes under Scrutiny

Hospital Mismanagement Comes under Scrutiny
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When you think of healthcare funding, you will likely think that the money we spend goes directly to healthcare. Unfortunately, it doesn’t. ...
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

A Changing Paradigm: How Terrorists won their war against Western Freedom and Democracy

A Changing Paradigm: How Terrorists won their war against Western Freedom and Democracy
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September 11, 2001 will never be forgotten. The day of the largest attack on democracy in modern times has been marked by that date. It is t...
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