Politics

Fat and sugar tax in Canada?

Not if the Danes and Canadian Taxpayers Federation can help it. By Scott Hennig – On the heels of groups like the Ontario Medical Association, Coalition Poids, the Alberta Policy Coalition and even the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal calling for fat ...

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Paul Godfrey lives in North York, not in Toronto

It’s no surprise that North York socialite and gambling campaigner Paul Godfrey thinks nobody lives Downtown.  He doesn’t. He lives far away in another city that has sadly and wrongly been lumped in with Toronto when we were forcibly amalgamated. ...

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Mixed bag of Corktown art from ukes to theatres Arts diversity, talent shown at recent Corktown meeting

Eric Morse – The Corktown Residents’ and Business Association (CRBA) put together an innovative program for their first monthly meeting of 2013 on Jan. 8. The gathering (at the Dominion on Queen) was the offspring of the CRBA’s Arts and ...

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Good Riddance! Teachers welcome Broten replacement

The Reprehensible Laurel Broten has been moved to the back benches as you’ll see from the attached editorial from the October 2011 edition of The Bulletin By Frank Touby – The Reprehensible Laurel Broten has been moved to the back ...

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Harper breaks the budget: $1M for your safety

Big announcement, tiny bucks. You’d think the Tories would be embarrassed to put out this press release, but little does turn them pink. Maybe that’s because the colour of embarrassment is the colour of doing service for Canadians Today Vic ...

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Harper lets environment go to hell

Outgoing Environment Commissioner Scott Vaughan delivers an honest, hard hitting report about tanker traffic increase off the west coast By John Bennett – Sierra Club Canada congratulates outgoing Environment Commissioner Scott Vaughan on an honest, hard hitting report on the ...

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Deport criminals faster

The legislation responds to numerous cases in recent years where dangerous offenders, who should have been deported from Canada, found loopholes to stay in the country and commit further devastating crimes By Sarah McMaster – Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, ...

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Fraser Institute weighs in on Wynne’s prospects

‘New leadership presents new opportunity to fix Ontario’s fiscal problems’ By Charles Lammam and Hugh MacIntyre – Having won the Ontario Liberal Party’s leadership, Premier-designate Kathleen Wynne has a golden opportunity to chart a new course and undo Dalton McGuinty’s ...

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Who says older voters resist change?

CARP poll puts to rest that stereotype about older voters, congratulates Kathleen Wynne By Sarah Park – CARP congratulates Premier-elect Kathleen Wynne on winning the leadership of the Liberal Party of Ontario this weekend and puts to rest the stereotype ...

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Big ripoff coming from Rogers & Shaw?

Backroom deal would enable the pair to grow to even more gigantic proportions and dominate your phone & Internet By Open Media – Rogers has struck a backroom deal with Shaw1 to take over systems crucial to delivering our mobile ...

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