Harper's conflicting funding priorities: praise vs. crisis

The Harper government is being praised for its extra $3.5 billion investment in international maternal health but a UN report finds aboriginal communities are in a state of crisis. As if this wasn't bad enough, the Harper government has dedicated an extra $4 million in advertising veterans programs that they can't be bothered to fund - leading to the wife of a veteran with PTSD's plea, "we're nothing to you."

Conservatives Ram Fair Elections Act Through the House

The Conservatives successfully rammed their amended Fair Elections Act through the House of Commons today by a vote of 146 to 123. The election reforms are set to make voting more difficult in 2015, requiring voters show a photo ID containing an address (which is limited in scope). Bill C23, as initially introduced seemed to be an attempt to rig the next election but while some of the more radical changes have been crossed out, the alarm bells ring at the nature of the amended legislation and the motives behind it.

The Harper government is monitoring your online activities

Privacy experts believe government spying via social media may be in violation of the Privacy Act. As you scroll through your Facebook's news-feed to find people you knew in High School are now having children, comments on the latest in Entertainment and the slew of personal statuses shared to a group of people considered to be friends, note that Big Brother virtually lurks over your shoulders and agents at CSEC are paid to see what you see.

Senate Reform: How easily Harper abandoned his plans

The Supreme Court has unanimously shot down Prime Minister Stephen Harper's plans to reform or abolish the senate and in response Harper has dropped the ball. The man who promised an elected senate since as far back as 2006 is now saying there's nothing he can do and is closing the door.

Fair Elections Act: An attempt to rig the next election?

The Conservatives' Fair Elections Act defies reason and defies advice from electoral experts. The only people supporting Bill 23 are a small number of Conservative insiders whom revolve around the increasingly secluded world of Democratic Reform Minister Pierre Poilievre and Prime Minister Stephen Harper. With such an outstanding rejection to such illogical policy, one must wonder what motive lies behind the stubborn push to get it passed.

Tories and NDP waste taxpayer money for partisan purposes

The Conservatives have a long list of abuses of taxpayers' money and new revelations show the NDP may be following their footsteps.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty resigns

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty resigned yesterday to work in the private sector and current Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver will be named his replacement.

Conservative and NDP MPs donated to Quebec separatists

A Huffington Post review of Elections Quebec records shows Conservative and NDP MPs have donated to separatist causes since 2000. A review of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's days as a Reform MP reveals he pushed Jean Chretien's Liberal government to accept a 50%+1 majority result during the 1995 Quebec referendum.

The dangerous Conservative war on Elections Canada

A majority of Canadians (62% according to a recent Angus Reid poll) rightfully believe the recent Fair Elections Act proposal shows “the Conservative government is motivated politically and dislikes Elections Canada.”

Liberal convention sets stage for 2015

The four-day Liberal convention closed yesterday setting the stage for 2015. Despite a leaked Conservative memo suggesting attempts to disrupt the convention, the events continued as though they weren't there. The Conservatives and media did try to surface negative publicity, but recent polls show Liberal support is on the rise as the Tories and NDP prepare for the most negative campaign seen since 2006.

A question of party unity

A party that is divided and in turmoil is perceived as unfit to run a government. Hence why the Conservative Party wanted to try to reignite old divisions in a strengthening foe next week - only to find out they were throwing rocks in a glass house.

Using free airport wifi? CSEC may be watching you

Following Snowden documents revealing metadata was collected from thousands of Canadians during a two week period through the free wifi at an airport, Canada's security experts demand answers and government officials are defending the legality of the act.

Veterans vow to defeat Conservatives in 2015

Canada's veterans are fuming over the Conservative government's recent decision to close 8 offices and merge veterans' services with Service Canada. After a recent fallout with Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino, who refuses to reconsider the closures, veterans are urging Canadians to give the Tories the boot in 2015.

Dismantling Senate Liberals "about doing the right thing”

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau turned the Senate and pundits on their heads this week following his announcement that Liberal Senators would cease to sit in the Liberal caucus in a bid to remove patronage and partisanship from the scandal-plagued Upper Chamber.

Harper to make American primetime in new attack ad

Keystone proponents have flooded the American airwaves with ads trying to convince Americans and President Barack Obama to either accept or turn down the Keystone pipeline. This ad, slotted to air during tomorrow's State of the Union address, shows how heated the debate can get as the Keystone project has been framed as being of greater benefit to the Chinese than to average American consumers. The spot features a picture of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Chinese ex-premier Wen Jiabao shaking hands to the narration of "a sucker's deal for America."

Conservatives besiege science for ideological gain

The Conservative government has shut down hundreds of federal and world renowned research facilities as part of their war on science. The bulk of facilities affected pertained to the climate science that has actively gotten in the way of the government's coveted pipeline projects. The Conservatives are silencing their critics as they cut scientific funding in the name of ideological gain.

December job losses: "The economic recovery remains fragile"

While the Conservatives would say the economy is "still strong," Finance Minister Jim Flaherty warns "the economic recovery remains fragile " amid 45,900 in job losses in December - the steepest since the 54,500 drop in March. When all months are considered, only 102,000 jobs were created in 2013 and the unemployment rate rose 0.3% to 7.2% - which is higher than that of the United States (6.7%) for the first time since 2008. In addition, the US registered a 74,000 net increase for December.