As election outcomes go, the results in Ontario’s seem pretty reasonable, though to some extent troubling as well.

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“It is said that you can only make a first impression once. For me, Trudeau’s wasn’t favourable. To make matters worse, I had missed Trudeaumania. All I saw was Trudeau’s mania for power.”

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What sort of taxes (and there are many) should we have and how high should they be?

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Ten years after September 11, William Christian reflects on the day and the significance for Canadians.

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Jack Layton’s last letter to Canadians was, as everyone was told from the very beginning, a collegial affair.  Layton, party president Brian Topp, chief of staff Anne McGrath, and his wife and colleague Olivia Chow all had input into the final draft. The letter was hortatory rhetoric, defined as writing that encourages its audience to [...]

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In 1980, Pierre Trudeau defeated Joe Clark’s bumbling regime and formed a new Liberal government. However, he faced a serious problem constructing his cabinet. The voters of western Canada showed they did not much like the prime minister who had taunted them with the question, “Why should I sell your wheat?”

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Stephen Harper restored the “Royal” in Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Navy. He had no need to in the case of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or the Royal Mint. In the case of the military changes, who can say if it’s a good or a bad idea? It draws attention to Canada’s heritage.  It [...]

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There is an election within a month. It is up to us to decide if we want to play an active role, or let the elites govern for us.

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Does Stephen Harper have a hidden agenda? This was a question that many people asked about him in the last two elections. Many came to the conclusion that he didn’t. They thought that the Conservative Party was business as usual. The prime minister might be aloof. Perhaps he was a control freak. Even though you [...]

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Since the Second World War, Canada has experienced inflation of one sort or another. At times the inflation has been mild. It would have taken $1.13 in 1955 to buy what $1.00 bought in 1950 and only $1.10 in 2005 for a dollar’s worth of the same goods and services in 2000. In other periods [...]

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