UPDATE: Canada’s Parliament approved the Conservative resolution with 221 Yea votes, 51 Nay votes and 12 abstentions, meanwhile Justin Trudeau’s alma mater McGill University voted […]
Tag: Conservative Party
What Terrorises Stephen Harper? With Bill C-51, it’s all in the definition
Bill C-51 is a piece of legislation that would grant broad, sweeping powers to CSIS to prevent terrorism or the promotion of terrorism. The problem is, it doesn’t really define what terrorism is.
Chris Alexander against the barbaric cultural practices
Recently, a headline caught my eye. It said, “Minister of Immigration Chris Alexander tables Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act.” I had to read the […]
The crisis of democratic reform
In the past two weeks, “democratic reform” has been on everybody’s lips within the spectrum of federal politics, from Trudeau’s supposedly “bombshell” announcement that Liberal […]
Canada’s endless ‘cheap’ labour supply and how it must be stopped
As this year draws to a close, we see a spike of nearly five percent of foreign temporary workers admitted to Canada over the course […]
Last week’s by-elections reveal changing fortunes in federal politics
Monday’s by-election results in four ridings (or mini-election) were not particularly memorable. But, as a federal political wonk, I have no choice but to scrutinize […]
It’s time to abolish the Canadian Senate
The main promises Stephen Harper made during his 2006 campaign were to reform Canada’s Senate and make our government more accountable. So far, mission failed
Decriminalize It All!
The Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC) issued a report last week titled “Getting to Tomorrow: A Report on Canadian Drug Policy.” The report calls for our Conservative federal government
The Conservative Unthinking Majority
It’s amazing how Canadians elect politicians who refuse to analyze the country’s problems, but that’s what we did when we handed Stephen Harper and his Tories a majority government. The Conservatives try and pride themselves as being the party of action