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Excellent documentary about the rise of populist movements in Britain since WW1 and how - surprise, surprise - they've always been a front for racism.

Premier Brad Wall faces barrage of questions about land scandal Long-time Saskatchewan political columnist Murray Mandryk says ordinarily Premier Brad Wall loves talking to reporters so much that "quite often we can't bloody well get his scrums to end." Yet during this session of the...

Trudeau defends comments after the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the former Cuban president Fidel Castro was a dictator, but that does not mean it was inappropriate to acknowledge his achievements at the time of his...

CNN/ORC poll: A nation divided, and is it ever (CNN)After a bruising presidential election featuring the two least liked major-party candidates in recent history, more than 8-in-10 Americans say the country is more deeply divided on major issues this year than in the past several years...

If you love Canada, ignore Kellie Leitch Long before Donald Trump, long before Kellie Leitch, there was Pauline Hanson. Back in 1996, the odious Australian gave one of the most divisive speeches in that country’s history when she made her parliamentary debut. Thousands took to the streets in...

Won't somebody think about the poor rustbelters in Canada? Where's our golden saviour? We're ready for killing off of coal: SaskPower CEO Nova Scotia was the only province to be exempt from Ottawa's plan to phase coal out by 2030. According to Mike Marsh, president and CEO of SaskPower, his...

Keystone XL no longer crucial for Canada's oil exports, says natural resources minister The prospect of the Keystone XL pipeline being approved by the incoming Trump administration will have little effect on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's plans to get Canada's oil to market. Federal Natural...

Pursuit of economic growth leaving millions of Canadians behind Today, the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) released its third national report, which shatters the persistent myth of “trickle down.” From 1994 to 2014, Canada’s GDP grew by 38 per cent while national well-being only rose 9.9 per...

Canadians' well-being trails economic growth, study finds The gap between the country's economic health and Canadians' well-being has widened over a two-decade period, according to a report released Tuesday. Over the period studied in the report -- 1994 through 2014 -- Canadian gross domestic...

I really like that I can leave the country but still vote to influence it. Good call! Liberals amend voting rules, reversing some Conservative changes Bill C-33 includes seven things: A reversal of changes that disallowed the use of a voter information card as a piece of eligible...

Canadian dollar may go as low as 70 cents US in 2017, experts say Canadians travelling to the United States or buying goods south of the border in 2017 could expect to pay more as the Canadian dollar is expected to retreat, with some economists saying the loonie could swing as low as 70 cents...

This disproves the preposterous allegation that climate change is a front for wealth redistribution. The market just wants certainty and a price on carbon provides that. Canadian business leaders urge federal government, provinces to act on climate change OTTAWA – Canadian corporate...

That sound you hear is the alt-right’s heart breaking. All the Campaign Promises Donald Trump Has Broken in the Last 24 Hours On Tuesday, after much negotiation and drama over how the meeting would take place, Donald Trump sat down with a handful of New York Times journalists and editors to...

Heeeeeere comes the Salt-Right.. Donald Trump backs away from vow to pull out of the Paris climate agreement U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was keeping an open mind on whether to pull out of a landmark international accord to fight climate change, in a softening of his...

Donald Trump does Canada a favour by axing Trans-Pacific Partnership Donald Trump’s decision to effectively kill the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade and investment pact is, on balance, good news for Canada. The U.S. president-elect did the deed Tuesday when he confirmed, via YouTube video...

'Open mind' on climate change Trump also told the Times he was keeping "an open mind" on climate change. Though he's previously called man-made global warming a hoax, he said Tuesday that "I think there is some connectivity" between humans and climate change. Trump lukewarm about...

China to reform fossil fuel subsidies The final report of the US-China fossil fuel subsidy peer review process was released in September. This process, carried out under the G20 framework, took two years to complete and produced four separate reports. The joint contribution resulted in...

Yes, it's going to be an embarrassing 4 years for the U.S. Remember Bush?

You can't trust the smug rebel media.

The uproar from Loc and ES is deafening. Trump won’t pursue case against Clinton President-elect Donald Trump has decided that he won’t seek criminal investigations related to former rival Hillary Clinton’s private email server or her family foundation, his campaign manager said Tuesday...