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F-35 Fuss Will Fly Under the Public’s Radar
A key federal procurement program to purchase fighter jets not only has gone off the rails but has laid bare equal measures of disorganization and deceit on the part of the Harper Government. While the...
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Pushing for Drug Policy Change at the Summit of the Americas
The following insightful quote is attributed to Albert Einstein: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Stephen Harper and other...
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A Primer on Preventive Spending
If governments did more preventive spending, they’d save money in the longer term. That’s the premise of a report released last fall by the National Council of Welfare, a document that included some...
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Bev Oda and the $16 Glass of OJ
International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda must enjoy living dangerously. Appointed to cabinet in 2006 as Canadian Heritage Minister, the 67-year old former CRTC commissioner was forced that year to...
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Liberal Buzz on Leadership
Buzz in Ottawa has it that interim Liberal leader Bob Rae will soon announce his candidacy for the permanent job, but not much is known about other leadership aspirants who might come forward. Now,...
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Charles, Please Make Way for William
Looks like the late Princess Diana has gotten her revenge on an unfaithful husband she claims cheated on her from the day of their wedding. Diana famously claimed in a televised interview that Charles...
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Peter Hamilton vs. Rick Hansen
Showing a heartbreaking photograph of an orange tabby with obviously paralyzed back legs, the website of Lifeforce challenges Man in Motion Rick Hansen to stop supporting animal experimentation. Such...
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Lyin’ Prime Ministers
In a column earlier this week, I cited the example of Lyin’ Brian as a cautionary tale for the Harper Conservatives about potential electoral pitfalls of not being straight with voters. In the column,...
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Toward a Canadian Head of State
It’s fitting that on a week when Brits are celebrating the longevity of their monarch, a group of Canadians is announcing creation of a new charitable organization in this country dedicated to...
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Overhauling the United Nations
Circle July 8 on the calendar. That’s when a key organizer of an inspiring plan to overhaul the United Nations will be speaking in Vancouver. Most folks would welcome a new approach to world...
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Animal Cruelty Persists in the Face of Pet Love
Those interested in exploring the contradiction inherent in our love for our pets and society`s tolerance for animal cruelty on all manner of fronts might want to attend a talk by the CEO of the U.S....
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Chauffeurs and Orange Juice
Canadian taxpayers learned Tuesday morning that Canadian International Development Agency Minister Bev Oda is leaving politics at the end of July, news that will doubtless come as a relief to those who...
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