Dambisa Moyo's Dead Aid Interview

The National Post recently interviewed Dambisa Moyo, the author of the controversial book "Dead Aid". Moyo is advocating that Western governments slowly wean African governments off foreign aid, arguing that it has done nothing to help the lives of the African people. I spent four years in university studying Latin American politics and history, and...

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Lil' Hitler's Legal Bind

There's a trial going on in Winnipeg where authorities are attempting to win the legal right to take away a young girl who's parents are suspected Neo-Nazis. It is alleged that her parents trained the child to be a racist who hates "niggers" [sic] and calmly talks about how all black people should be killed. The girl also believes that any visible...

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Getting to the Heart of Animal Rights Thinking

The other day while on a trip to Nunavut, Governor General Michaelle Jean helped gut a seal and ate a piece of its heart. Certainly not something I would do unless I was starving but it was an important symbolic gesture none the less. It shows that the GG is in solidarity with Canadians over the sealing controversy with Europe. Most Canadians have...

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CTV Gets Warning Shot Across Her Bow

According to the Financial Post, Canadian cable operators have filed a formal complaint with broadcast authorities against CTV regarding their recent advertising campaign. They are accusing CTV of violating journalistic principals by only airing their side of the story, constantly. Any avid couch potato will have seen their ads running 24/7 on each...

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Proportional Representation or How I Learned to Let Nutjobs Run the Country

Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May is once again pushing for proportional representation for the House of Commons. She feels the current system of "first past the post" elections are unfair to alternative parties. It's worth addressing this issue again since British Columbia recently voted in a referendum to switch their electoral system to the...

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Are Canadian Broadcasters BS'ing the CRTC?

For all the talk about the death of media, there seems to be no shortage of it. HDTV is surging, the Internet is growing, even print media is expanding to a certain extent even if its future is no longer on paper. However, we kept getting told that advertising revenues are down and threaten to destroy Canadian television/newspapers/radio as we know...

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Dhalla's Conspiracy

The recent case involving Brampton MP Ruby Dhalla's illegal hiring and abuse of migrant workers has shown that the Liberals still have not solved the issue of extreme arrogance within their ranks. To make long story short, Dhalla is being accused failing to pay the wages of three Filipina live-in caregivers she once employed. The accusers claim they...

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Americans Have It Good

I've never understood the gripes of our neighbours to the south about their country and our government. They complain about their taxes, their social services, their government. American liberals look to Canada with envy for our broad social network and "free" healthcare. I argue that Americans actually have it far better than Canadians do and that...

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Liberal Policy Making in a Nutshell

Some wonder how political parties decide what should be part of their platform. In honour of the recent Liberal convention, I thought I'd detail how that party makes it's decisions.There's a problem...Step 1: blame most recent Conservative leader regardless of how much time has passed since they left office, be it a month or ten years.-People believe...

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Obama: The Anti-Hero for Canada

Obama to Canada is a bit like an abusive spouse. No matter how many times he hits us, we still claim to love him with all our hearts. When I told people before the November election that I thought he would be the worst possible choice for Canada, people thought I was being an idiot. I have mixed feelings on the issue. I'm happy about being right but...

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