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House Leader Peter Van Loan on committees

The New Democrats and the Liberals have raised concerns this past week over what appears to be a concerted push to move Commons committees  – as much as possible -  behind closed doors. This is what...

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Your tax dollars on display

The Daily Telegraph reports that Britain’s next budget will include a provision that, as of 2014, each taxpayer will be sent a detailed statement of how much tax they paid and what was done with the...

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Bev Oda backtracks on travel expenses

International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda appears to have  paid taxpayers back for more than a $16 orange juice and her stay at the Savoy. But she’s keeping her lips zipped over the details. In the...

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Why Equalization is Bad, Part IV

It’s so complicated you just can’t follow the billions as the shells move around.

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Just how dumb are politicians?

Now there’s a well with no bottom, you may respond. Plausibly, given the latest news out of Britain about the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition’s failure to keep its promises. Yeah, yeah. Nothing...

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As I was saying about Mali Part VI

Late last week we heard that the Canadian C-17 sent to Mali to help the French for a week-month will now stay for another month. Or something. Which may or may not be a good idea. But since we live in...

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Where the grass is greener

Just possibly it’s a sign of greater openness that city officials in Chengdu, one of China’s vast number of horribly polluted cities, were caught spraying green dye on withered grass beside the roads...

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Swiny river

Authorities have now pulled more than 13,000 dead pigs out of the Huangpu river which supplies over a fifth of Shanghai’s drinking water. But as usual in Communist countries, there’s no problem at all....

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WD90 – new and improved version

In Question Period yesterday the Prime Minister said: By his own admission, Mr. Wright made a serious error. For that he has accepted full, sole responsibility. He has agreed to resign and he is...

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And we needed it

The decision by Alberta MP Brent Rathgeber (Edmonton-St. Albert) to leave the Conservative caucus is good news. Not primarily because he is right on the substance of the dispute, hostile amendments to...

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“Everyone had a good chuckle at your questions”

The government pulled together a press conference Thursday morning to share with the media all the great work they’re doing, helping victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. International...

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