It’s long been common knowledge that Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has a freakishly large head, but it seems he has the balls to match. In a move that shocked reporters, but failed to faze anyone who pays attention to the dealings of the Harper government, Baird said Monday that shutting down the National Round […]
In a bid to get “tough on everything,” the Conservative government has set unemployed Canadians as their next targets. Gone are the days of living off the government teat, announced a triumphant Jim Flaherty in Ottawa today.
It cost Canadians about $350 million to take part in the NATO in Libya. This sum is seven times higher than the $50 million Defence Minister Peter MacKay said it would cost.
Conservative MPs are set to lay the smackdown on rabble-rousers nationwide with a bill that will heavily penalize those wearing masks or disguises to riots and “unlawful assemblies” with up to five years behind bars.
It was a dark day in Winnipeg today for misers, old ladies with coin collections, and those looking for a little luck on the streets across Canada. The last Canadian penny was made today at the Royal Canadian Mint.
Some “charitable” environmental organizations have been messing around with Canada’s environmental regulatory system, and Minister of Environment Peter Kent is not happy. In fact, he’s down right pissed off. Just look at his face.
At over 400 pages in length, the Conservative government’s budget bill includes sweeping changes to a whole host of completely non-budgetary parts of government. The bill’s name seems to acknowledge the scope of what it addresses, as it is poetically called “An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures.”
In a nickel-and-dime bid to save $5.2 billion a year, the federal government is preparing to deliver thousands of public servants their walking papers. Hardest hit will be those hippies at Parks Canada.
Do you run an operation that requires lots of cheap labour? Sick of paying your foreign temp workers the prevailing wage? Good news! The Conservative government has just announced new rules that will allow you to pay those foreigners 15 per cent less than their Canadian counterparts.
The NDP, a party of cowards and pacifists, may not have existed until the 1960s, but that won’t stop Prime Minister Stephen Harper from blaming them for not standing up to Hitler.
Across Canada, the Conservatives are the party of choice for of 34.7 per cent of people while the NDP has 32.4 per cent support. The Liberals are in third place with only 23.3 per cent support.
Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth has re-opened the abortion debate in Canada for a brief moment before everyone screams it shut again. A vast majority of Canadians are pro-choice, so why is everyone so terrified of even talking about abortion?
Environment Canada scientists attending an international polar science conference in Montreal this week will have an unusual amount of supervision from government PR people.
Bev Oda, the minister of not giving a fuck, loves fancy hotels and limousine rides. She also loves sticking taxpayers with the bill, because when you’re partying this hard, accounting doesn’t seem as important as your next gin and juice.
