A new poll by Abacus Data shows the federal Conservatives leading the NDP and Liberals with 36 per cent support among decided voters. The NDP sits at 29 per cent and the Liberals at 22.
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Canada’s lakes and rivers to become more industry-friendly as feds remove water protection from law
If the Conservative government has its way, only specific lakes and rivers in Canada will continue to enjoy federal protection. It is also changing the Navigable Waters Protection Act to the Navigation Protection Act, because it’s not the water we’re protecting but the rights of oil tankers to navigate them.
Modern Robin Hoods smuggling cheap illegal cheese into Canada
The Niagara region of Ontario is awash in cheese — illegal cheese smuggled across the border from the United States. And those willing to act as mules and drive cases of cheese into the country can make as much as $2,000 per trip.
The Wheat Board finally dies for the free market
To celebrate this latest free-market triumph and mark the end of the socialist experiment in bureaucracy, Prime Minister Stephen Harper travelled to Kindersely, SK, where he pardoned a group of farmers convicted of ignoring the Canadian Wheat Board Act. That is, to pardon a group of convicted criminals.
A $16 glass of orange juice is bad, but being shitty to poor countries is worse
So, we’re dropping the “latte loving leftist” attack now, right? I mean, after a Conservative cabinet minister supposedly married to the idea of fiscal restraint and good-old, main street Canadian values spends $16 on a glass of orange juice, we’ve pretty much incinerated the idea that only latte-loving, tree-hugging, bleeding-heart liberals are elitists.
Scientists continue to labour under the illusion that the government cares about their opinions
On Tuesday, July 10, hundreds of scientists dressed in white lab coats protested on Parliament Hill against federal budget cuts to science and environmental monitoring.
Massive filibuster planned this week to slow passage of the omnibus budget bill
Bill C-38, also known as the 425-page omnibus clusterfuck, will be debated in Ottawa this week. Opposition MPs have introduced 871 amendments in an effort to slow or stop the passage of the bill.
Robocall robot gets his own election fraud investigation
Dean Del Mastro has found himself an election scandal all to himself. Best known as the Conservatives point man on all things robocall and Parliament’s resident broken record, Del Mastro appears to be under investigation by Elections Canada for violations relating to expenses for his 2008 campaign.
Some psycho sent a human foot to the Conservative Party (updated)
The Conservative Party of Canada has been stepping on a lot of peoples’ toes lately as they ram their massive budget through parliament, and it appears someone has finally had enough and is putting their foot down.
Losing an election as a Conservative candidate now even better than winning
Of the 141 Conservative candidates who lost their races last year, four were appointed to the Senate, two to diplomatic positions, 14 to agencies and boards, and 14 became political staff to other MPs and ministers in government.
Obama used to be a huge stoner, which makes his current war on pot extra insulting
New tidbits from an upcoming Obama biography show just how big of a pothead the 44th U.S. president was in his youth. Too bad he’s still aggressively pursuing the failed War on Drugs.
Stand before the federal government’s new tribunal and be judged, oh ye slackers
The federal government is preparing to get even tougher on shiftless losers between jobs. In fact, Human Resources Minister Diane Finley is getting tough as shit on their lazy asses.
A brief history of the government’s war on environmental science
On the eve of May Long Weekend, when good patriots celebrate the reign of Queen Victoria by getting drunk on, in, or beside a freshwater lake, the federal government delivered another wave of walking papers.
Newspaper leaks have become the greatest threat to the nation
Apparently unable to stop screwing up when it comes to military spending and procurement, the Harper government has instead decided to simply keep everything under a veil of secrecy, forcing the RCMP to do a five-month “national security” investigation to find the source of a newspaper leak.
Proposed changes to meat regulations would deem previously-deceased animals fit for human consumption
It’s a hallmark of conservatism to trim the fat of government in any way possible. And according to new changes proposed by the Conservative Party, the next set of rules and regulations on the chopping block involve the specifics of meat inspection.