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.