CTF Calls on Harper to Scrap the 1.5 Cent per Litre Deficit Elimination’ Gas Tax and Tax-on-Tax

OTTAWA, ON: As Canadian motorists fill up their tanks this May long weekend, marking the traditional launch to the summer driving season, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is calling on the Harper government to scrap the 1.5 cents-per-litre federal “deficit elimination” gas tax and end the practice of taxing tax.

Video: Mainstream Media Viewers Stumped on Benghazi

New IRS Revelations – and What the Obama Administration Is Doing Behind the Scenes

Could the IRS do anything to make itself more unpopular? Apparently, things are far from over with the agency’s targeting of conservative political groups.

A New Level of Illegal Immigration Chaos

A bombshell report by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) is difficult to construe as anything other than the Obama administration's contempt for the rule of law. An internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document obtained by CIS reveals that in 2013, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released from detention 36,007 convicted criminal aliens awaiting the outcome of their deportation proceedings--including 193 individuals convicted of murder, 426 convicted of sexual assault, 1,075 convicted of aggravated assault, and 303 convicted of kidnapping.

Manoppello's Face of Christ

The sanctuary, linked to the Eternal City, is located 160 kilometers from the East of Rome. This invaluable treasure and master piece is neither painted nor designed, and it's not a photo. No one knows how it's done, there is no explanation for it. We only know that it's the fabric that covered the face Christ. www.ewtn.com

Obama Cannot Be Trusted to Defend US Citizens!

As the Obama Administration, in concert with addled RINOs, work to push amnesty for tens of millions of illegal aliens down the throats of the American people, a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) documents the fact that this administration has little or no regard for the safety and security of American citizens

Obama’s Mysterious Keystone Pipeline Opposition Policy

With memories of OPEC’s oil embargo and the cartel’s ongoing ability to manipulate markets, it should be cause for celebration that the U.S. is on the cusp of energy independence and lower prices.

Policies that raise energy costs limit economic growth in Canada

TORONTO—Limiting the availability and raising the cost of energy can hurt Canada’s overall economy and weaken future growth, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.

CTF Calculates Costs of Liberal's Proposed Aviation Fuel Tax Hike

TORONTO, ON – As part of its annual Gas Tax Honesty Day, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has calculated the expected airline fare increases caused by the Ontario Liberal’s proposed 148 per cent tax hike on aviation fuel. The CTF’s new report, Failure to Launch: How Ontario is Being Held Down by Bad Aviation Policy highlights the existing taxes, fees, charges, and rents that make flying in Canada very expensive, and shows how added taxes will impact both the industry and travellers.

Obama and Hillary Clinton on her Brain Injury

Science Doesn’t Support NCA’s Scare Tactics

The Obama Administration has released its 2014 National Climate Assessment (NCA), with the goal of prodding Americans into supporting immediate action to fight manmade climate change. As we will document in this post,the science cannot support the scary claims. Thus the NCA is written with misleading section headers that obscure what even the latest IPCC report has to say about hurricanes, tornadoes, and even drought in the United States.

Cat saves boy from vicious dog attack in California

End the War on Racism

We've all but given up on the War on Drugs and embraced pot brownies and fourth graders reselling their grandparents' legal stash on the playground. The War on Terror has been scaled down to a few drones occasionally taking out a gang of Jihadis in Pakistan or Yemen.

BikeHike Adventures Helps Define the “Next” Bucket List

Vancouver, B.C. – BikeHike Adventures Inc., a Vancouver-based adventure travel tour company, is seeing its unique approach to developing active, culturally-focused tours helping to define the “next” bucket list for many of their clients. In fact, over the past six years, BikeHike has been honoured with four of their adventures – Ecuador: Andes to Amazon (2008), Costa Rica: Coast to Coast (2009), Viva Venezuela (2010), and Romania: Transylvania Traverse (2014) – being included as one of National Geographic Traveler’s annual 50 Tours of a Lifetime.

Knights of Columbus Supporting Archdiocese for Military Services Pilgrimage to Lourdes for Wounded Troops

LOURDES, France, -- More than 125 wounded or disabled troops and veterans, family members, chaplains and support staff will join other U.S. pilgrims in a visit to the Marian shrine of Lourdes, France, for an annual pilgrimage organized by the Archdiocese for Military Services, USA (AMS), May 14-19. The AMS pilgrimage coincides with the 56th International Military Pilgrimage (PMI), which will include delegations from more than 40 countries.

Who Will Defend America?

Only two out of ten applicants are accepted into our Military because the other eight cannot meet the strict set of standards pertaining to physical fitness, appearance (i.e., tattoos), intelligence test results and an applicant’s criminal history.

New efforts aim to shore up forensic science — but will they work?

Five years ago, a report on the state of forensic science by the National Academy of Sciences decried the lack of sound science in the analysis of evidence in criminal cases across the country. It spurred a flurry of outrage and promises, but no immediate action. Now, renewed efforts are underway, according to an article in Chemical & Engineering News, the weekly news magazine of the American Chemical Society.

How “the smart and clever” Jon Stewart was made a donkey by Fidel Castro’s agents

“All I know about Cuba in the 1950’s I learned from the Godfather II!” (Jon Stewart, July 23, 2008) Jon Stewart’s recent snark-fest against Fox News over Benghazi finally prompted a rebuttal (of sorts) from Greta Van Susteren: “Note to Jon Stewart (who I think is smart and clever …but like the rest of us, not always right…but a comedian has, of course, way more latitude – we in the media should get it right.)”

What Happens if There Is No Employer Mandate for ObamaCare?

A recent Urban Institute report provides the “news” that ObamaCare’s employer mandate has negative labor market effects, particularly for low-income Americans. Even think tanks that support ObamaCare have realized it broke the labor market, particularly for low-skilled workers.

Obama Administration Threatened Nigeria with Sanctions in 2013 for Fighting Boko Haram

Hillary Clinton wasn't the only Obama administration official who went to bat for Boko Haram over the past few years.