Conservatives place a lot of emphasis in this election on keeping taxes low.  They argue that corporate taxes must be kept down if we are to continue our economic recovery (there estimation of our current economic state, not mine) and that Canadians should keep more of their hard earned money in their own pockets rather [...]

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Sometimes it seems that nothing interesting ever happens up here on the Canadian political landscape.  Our American cousins have wide stance senators in airport washrooms and congressmen having tickle fights with interns and of course a president that liked to pontificate on the taste of a good cigar.  But we need to stop being such [...]

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To elect or not to elect, that is the question.  Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the inanity of the current parliament with its showmanship and buffoonery or to take arms against this sea of trouble and by a ballot end it.  Ah to vote, perchance to get more of the same.  Aye [...]

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Unemployment is rising as our economy swirls the bowl and the Harper government searches for ways to prevent Canadians from accessing Employment Insurance.  I will refrain from making the usual jokes about that idiotic name as it is just too easy and beneath me.  The Liberals under Michael Ignatieff want the government to expand eligibility [...]

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I know that Santa tried his very best but it was never in the cards at this juncture of history to bring in a lottery system.  Too many things would have to change.  At the same time the current system  of electing representatives in Canada is intolerable.  The most popular electoral system in the world [...]

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And they say that Canadian politics aren’t interesting.  For any number of reasons (depending on who you are listening to) it appears that the opposition parties in the Canadian federal House of Commons are preparing to bring down the newly minted Harper government.  The Liberals and NDP argue that the recent economic statement from finance [...]

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How many of you remember Stephen Harper the opposition leader?  Do you remember that guy who said he would usher in a new era in Canadian politics if the people gave him a chance.  A Harper government would be more open, more honest than those fat cat liberals.  Liberals had become complacent and displayed a [...]

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