Investors from US, Mexico to Benefit from Canada-EU Trade Deal

TORONTO, - Investors from US and Mexico and other third-party countries will benefit from the Canada-EU trade deal when it comes to investing in Canada, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In "Who Else Benefits from CETA? Some Implications of Most-Favoured Nation Treatment," respected trade lawyer Lawrence L. Herman concludes that investors from countries that have preferential trade agreements with Canada will be entitled to the same preferential benefits as EU investors under the Canada-EU trade deal.

Don't Hike CPP Contributions, Fix EI to Help Canadians Retire Richer

This column was first published in the Hamilton Spectator on Nov 27 Worried about retirement savings? Premier Wynne is certainly worried for you. She doesn’t think that families in Ontario are saving enough for their retirement. Considering how much we are nickeled-and-dimed in this country, maybe she’s right. The further the government reaches into our pockets, the less we have to put away for the future.

Can you now boycott A&E for endorsing hate speech?

In a land once known as America, there was a golden age. People wrote down their ideas and ideals of what good government was composed of, how it should be operated and what was necessary to maintain the proper operational program assuring those ideas and ideals maintained their uppermost position of importance. Who knew irony would step in and allow those principled, idealistic pursuits: freedom and liberty and justice, would be used against the people it was originally drafted to protect?

"Sue and Settle" nefariously bypasses our democratic process

WASHINGTON, D.C. — When legislation was passed to improve visibility in federal National Parks and Wilderness areas, Congress directed the states to decide how to implement their visibility programs.

World malaria experts look to Israel's past for future solutions

The mosquito-borne parasites that cause malaria were wiped out in Israel several years before the state’s founding in 1948. So why did leading malaria experts choose Jerusalem as the place to meet last week to formulate a new strategy for African nations?

IBC Releases Annual List of Top 10 Most Frequently Stolen Vehicles in Canada

TORONTO, - Today Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) released its annual list of the top 10 most frequently stolen vehicles in Canada and reported on new trends in organized auto theft.

Superpowers Strike Deal Over Fracking

The United States and China have agreed an unprecedented partnership on fracking to accelerate the energy revolution promised by previously unreachable gas reserves. Under the terms of the deal, agreed after Joe Biden, the US Vice President, visited Asia this month, America will share its expertise to help to promote “sound and rapid” development of Chinese exploration for shale gas. --David Taylor, The Times, 19 December 2013

Top 10 Broken Obamacare Promises

Since the passage of Obamacare in 2010, many of the President’s famous promises have been routinely broken. As he so ironically threatened in 2009, “If you misrepresent what’s in this plan, we will call you out.” To that end, here are 10 promises of Obamacare that have already been broken.

Syrian Refugees and the Challenge to Jordan

The election of Jordan to the UN Security Council on December 6, 2013 by the large majority of 178 countries reflects international acknowledgment of the challenges facing Jordan, mainly in the economic sphere, and the policy line adopted by the Hashemite kingdom. Israel, which hopes to maintain tranquility and stability along its long border with Jordan, should welcome this development, which strengthens the kingdom’s political and diplomatic standing.

A&E suspends Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson for agreeing with the Bible

They haven't forced him to bake them a cake yet, but Duck Dynasty star Phil Roberston has been suspended by A&E because he expressed the Bible's view on homosexuality. Variety reports:

‘Corrosive kindness’ Cato study: Welfare pays Bay Staters $42k/year

Almost 20 years after its study comparing welfare benefits to the minimum wage, the Washington-based Cato Institute released a new study showing there are 36 states with welfare benefits more generous than the minimum wage. In 13 states, including Massachusetts, welfare pays more than $15 an hour.

A Science Journal Sting

Want to get your work published in a scientific journal? No problem if you have a few thousand dollars you are willing to part with.

If I could give America anything for Christmas

Merry Christmas to you all and may you all be overwhelmed with joy and peace this season. Sadly for many in America right now, we are overwhelmed all right but it is not with joy. It is with fear about the future. We are overwhelmed by losses in our family, stress, debt, sickness and work. We are also overwhelmed, horrified and wondering just what to do about the deranged dictator in the White House – Obama. He has gleefully torn down the U.S. Christmas tree and is steam rolling over all the presents under our tree.

Syrian Islamists massacre 120 civilians yet Kerry open to Islamist State

Despite rampant violence perpetrated by radical Muslims on innocent Syrian civilians, Secretary of State John Kerry told the Arab news media on Tuesday that he may be prepared to meet with Islamists regarding a future caliphate once President Bashir al-Assad and his government are deposed.

Who sabotaged ObamaCare? No one. ObamaCare IS sabotage!

I will grant you that Jay Carney does not have an easy job. Standing there day after day trying to make the case that Obama is a good president, and that his policies are good for the nation, has to be the the greatest square-peg-in-a-round-hole proposition in America today.

Iowa Caucuses Will Not Elevate Paul Ryan to the Presidency

Paul Ryan is now polling first in Iowa for the next presidential election. If Ryan is encouraged by this news, he is not much of a student of recent political history. Polling first in Iowa more than two years prior to the state’s over-hyped, first-in-the-nation caucuses is a bit like being told by the guy at the convenience store that the lottery ticket he just sold you is the winner. Take it with a huge grain of salt.

Does the federal government think we are dim bulbs?

If you like incandescent 60-watt or 40-watt light bulbs, you better buy them before the end of the year because the federal government is banning these light bulbs after December 31, 2013.

We as a Nation Have Lost Our Minds

Mornin guys…how are ya? We hope this finds all well. We’re doin fine, just been very, very busy.

Christmas Miracle Delivered by Courageous, Loyal dog

See update below (12/19/13) People of the day want to believe in Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, free stuff and whatever lies President Barack Obama is spouting, but few believe in miracles.

Paul Ryan's Deal Throws away 2014 Advantage

Republicans in the United States just damaged their chances of winning elections in 2014, while trying to increase their chances. That is what is wrong with the Republican Party: A total failure to properly diagnose or understand the Party’s circumstances cripples it. What Ronald Reagan saw so clearly, Republican insiders cannot grasp.