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Youth have been invited by Her Excellency The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D., the Governor General of Canada, to apply for the second year of the Order of Canada Mentorship Program! The program pairs up 25 Canadian youth leaders (aged 18–25) each with a member of the...

Sustainability: Our Challenge. Our Future. That is the theme selected by the United Nations to motivate the world for International Youth Day 2009. International Youth Day is an open door for Canadian youth, and youth throughout the world, to express concerns and ideas to sustain the planet...

Balmoral Castle reports that yesterday, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh K.G., K.T., G.B.E., O.M., P.C.(U.K.), P.C.(Ca.), A.C., Q.S.O., G.C.L., A.D.C.(P.) (consort to Her Majesty The Queen of Canada) visited the Edinburgh Inspiring Capital, a Clipper yacht, at Ocean Terminal in...

Today, the Government of Canada has proven their incompetence even further with a publication on the Web site of the Conservative Party of Canada. Their article suggests that the Government is strongly dedicated to Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic—however, this begs a rather urgent question...

Next Thursday, Her Majesty The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, and other Commonwealth Realms, shall conduct an inspection of The King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery at Hyde Park, in order to honour its sixtieth anniversary. The Queen is the Captain...

For several days now, Senator The Honourable Céline Hervieux-Payette P.C. (Bedford), the Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition in the Senate, has openly suggested that honourable senators representing the Opposition may vote against—even defeat—the controversial Budget Implementation Act...

Today, Her Majesty The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, and Her Majesty’s other Commonwealth Realms, participated in the ceremonial service of The Most Noble Order of the Garter. The Order is the oldest knighthood Order on Earth, and is awarded at the...

The Honourable Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette P.C. (Bedford), the Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition in the Senate, and other honourable members of the Opposition in the Senate, are preparing to defeat Bill C-52, the Budget Implementation Act, 2007. Opposition senators are no longer...

Beginning on Sunday, Their Excellencies The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D., the Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Jean-Daniel Lafond C.C., are going to conduct a viceregal visit to the Yukon Territory. The federal representatives of Her Majesty The Queen of Canada...

I originally posted this [original] essay on Ranters Roost.

Today in the House of Commons, Mr. Art Hanger M.P. (Calgary Northeast) presented the Fourteenth Report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. The report is a damning review of the decisions of this Government of Canada, in terms of their damaging changes to the judicial...

The Royal Family of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of Canada, will commemorate the dead of war on and around Remembrance Day, 2006. The commemoration of lives lost will begin on the ninth, with His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh P.C., P.C., K.G., K.T., O.M...

Tories Losing Control Canadians blocking agenda "[T]here is no doubt the opposition parties have effectively taken control..." Today The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P., the Member for Calgary Southwest and the Prime Minister of Canada fought back against opposition parties in...

Omigod, omigod, guess what! FiveParadox is back! Did you hear? Omigod, it's true! And he brought back his colours! I dropped in here one day, and discovered that my colourful influence was nary to be found! So, I've decided that I owe you all, at the very least, a daily splash of colour...

Today, the Conservative Party of Canada indicated that it has no intention of engaging in any sort of discussion or negotiation for peace with Hezbollah, or any other terrorist organization as identified by Canada. The party indicated quite clearly that negotiation and diplomacy are...

Some days ago, Her Majesty the Queen of Canada expressed her condolences to the family and friends of Te Akarinui Dame Te Ata-i-Rangikaahu, the now-former monarch of the Te Kīngitanga in New Zealand. Her Majesty noted, in particular, the strong leadership and dignity that Te Dame Ata had...

Last weekend The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P., the Member for Calgary Southwest and the Prime Minister of Canada, visited the Territory of Nunavut and oversaw the launch of Operation Lancaster—an operation launched for the purpose of increasing the sovereign presence of Canada in...

Today, The Honourable Wayne Easter, P.C., M.P., the Member for Malpeque and the Agriculture Critic for Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, joined farmers; they are demanding that the Government of Canada end its efforts to shut down the Canadian Wheat Board. The Government, the Critic contends, is...

Today, The Honourable Bonnie Brown, P.C., M.P., the Member for Oakville and the Social Development Critic for Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, and Mr. Marcel Proulx, M.P., the Member for Hull—Aylmer and the Public Works and Government Services Critic for the Official Opposition, demanded that the...

Today, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P., the Member for Calgary Southwest and the Prime Minister of Canada, announced that the Government of Canada has reached an agreement in relation to key elements of a compensation package for victims of hepatitis C as a result of a tainted...