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The Power of Protest By | March 17, 2014
“Years of poor energy policies like the Green Energy Act have cost this province jobs

Canada's Afghanistan Mission Ends

Great exaggeration to say that the entertainment industry makes a major contribution to Canada’s economy

General agreement has emerged that Canada has a pension coverage problem

NDP has propped up this tax-and-spend government up for the past two budgets, and allowed the government to grow the debt by nearly $40 billion since the last election

Clearly, US shocks dominate, but eurozone shocks cannot be ignored

Canada has suspended its engagement in preparations for the G-8 Summit, Ambassador in Moscow is being recalled

Canadian Senate, Senate Reform, Election of Senators

Measuring Choice and Competition in Canadian Education

Lifetime Achievement – The Senate of Canada, after sober second thought

Afghanistan- Narco Nation By | February 25, 2014
Afghanistan's drug output is up by nearly 50 percent in the last year and opium profits totaled $68 billion globally

The goal of achieving pan-Canadian harmonization has remained elusive

The waste awards are gilded pig statuettes awarded in four categories; local waste, provincial waste, federal waste and lifetime achievement

"Quis costodiet ipsos custodes?"--"Who will watch the watchers?"

In total, the hockey count alone comes to 40 gold medals for Canada and would easily propel Canada into the top spot for “value adjusted” medals!

New High River gun grab evidence By Brian Lilley | February 24, 2014
Police going outside the law

Violence in Venezuela By | February 24, 2014
Humberto Fontova interview

Ontario's Healthy Menu Program is a Disaster for School Cafeterias: Forget about overweight students, the weight of our government is the real problem in Ontario

Objectives of Canadian Sanctions

Shareholder Liability: A New (Old) Way of Thinking about Financial Regulation

Showdown in Caracas By | February 19, 2014
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is asking his allies, including state employees, to demonstrate in force against Leopoldo Lopez, leader of the opposition party, Popular Will

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has somehow come to believe that budgets balance themselves

Québec’s euthanasia Bill 52 is unconstitutional, imprecise and lethal By Euthanasia Prevention Coalition | February 12, 2014
Bill 52 does not limit euthanasia to terminally ill people

Time for the Prime Minister to deliver on his election promise and deliver tax cuts and bigger paycheques to Canadians

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The challenge, between budget 2014 and budget 2015, is get federal politicians of all stripes to put hard-pressed, long-suffering taxpaying Canadian households first.

The Wound Badge By | February 11, 2014
Humorous story of how I came to own a German Wound badge, given to me by a wounded German Wehrmacht soldier

Ontarians deserve better service from Hydro One

Price-level targeting is an alternative that offers potential advantages over inflation targeting

The Protecting Taxpayers and Revoking Pensions of Convicted Politicians Act

Ratepayers across Hydro One Network’s service area have been complaining not receiving bills for as long as a year at a time