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Komagata Maru: Justin Trudeau to apologize for 1914 incident Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will offer an apology in the House of Commons on May 18 almost 102 years after the Komagata Maru incident, where the government of the day turned away more than 300 Indians seeking a better life in...

Bill O’Reilly outdoes Donald Trump with racist remark Fox News host Bill O’Reilly went beyond the pale Monday, noting Donald Trump’s poor standing in the black community and then asking his guest how he would provide jobs for unqualified people who “have tattoos on their foreheads.” O’Reilly...

'I was just having a bad day.' A man has been charged after staff say someone phoned the legislature office of Alberta Environment Minister Shannon Phillips and threatened to shoot everyone over the carbon tax. “This was nothing. This was me having a bad day,” Enright said when contacted by...

Dion visits Hiroshima with G7 ministers, pledging renewed anti-nuclear effort Canada will focus on controlling the spread of material that could be used by terrorists to create nuclear weapons as its contribution to the world’s “stalled” disarmament efforts, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane...

How desperate are Republicans? They’re taking tips from Harper One of the most frequently-asked questions in the wake of Election 2015 is: Where is Stephen Harper? Since getting crushed last October 19 by Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, there have been more wolverines spotted in Ottawa than...

‘High-risk’ taxpayers, offshore tax havens part of Ottawa crackdown OTTAWA—Ottawa is stepping up its fight against offshore tax dodgers by putting “high-risk” taxpayers in the crosshairs, cracking down on the promotion of tax shelters and launching targeted probes of foreign tax havens, the...

I didn't see 'paying CC members to spread the hate' on this list so you guys are still safe!! How Harper systematically mined anti-Muslim prejudices In times of terrorism, the balance between security and civil rights tilts to the former. The public expects its leaders to stand up to...

‘A favourability rating that is equal to …Gretzky…and well ahead of Justin Bieber,’ Kerry says of Trudeau WASHINGTON — A warm moment in Canada-U.S. relations unfolded on the White House lawn Thursday, one marked by small talk, big fanfare and a plan to see President Barack Obama address...

So that's where the subsidies go! ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, and three oil-industry groups together spend $115 million a year on advocacy designed to “obstruct” climate change policy, according to new estimates released by Influence Map, a British nonprofit research organization. The...

No, just dumb. A Conservative civil war, with Harper back in the trenches? Are they insane? Is Stephen Harper about to rise, Lazarus-like, from the political dead? On the face of it, the very idea seems like absurdity in hot pursuit of farce. After all, following the debacle of 1993 — when...

"All this started with Mrs Thatcher. She stopped all the regulation; people were allowed to move their money abroad, start not paying their taxes." Cameron facing probe amid calls for him to resign John Mann, the MP for Bassetlaw, said he would refer the prime minister to the Parliamentary...

"The best way to ensure that we've got a democracy that's for the people and by the people is to make sure that the only people who can who can give money to political parties are citizens." Dominic Cardy backs Justin Trudeau's call to end corporate, union donations A suggestion by Prime...

Earth Is Tipping Because of Climate Change The north pole is on the run. Although it can drift as much as 10 meters across a century, sometimes returning to near its origin, it has recently taken a sharp turn to the east. Climate change is the likely culprit, yet scientists are debating how...

That Liberal tax and spend plan is clearly a huge job killer. I think I'm starting to understand why the conbots are curmudgeons now. When you're wrong this often it kinda makes sense. Canadian jobs gains crush forecasts as evidence of economic recovery builds The Canadian labour market...

Do it curmudgeons. Seal your fate! :lol: Peter MacKay preferred by all Canadians in total - The Forum Poll™ - poll.forumresearch.com Kevin O’Leary favoured for leader among card-carrying Conservatives Peter MacKay preferred by all Canadians in total TORONTO April 6th, 2016 In a random...

Alpha male goes Beta. :lol: Saskatchewan's Brad Wall says he is open to broader carbon price in future REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says he is open to a broader price on carbon in the future, but now is not the time for a new tax. Speaking the day after his Saskatchewan Party won...

Re: Ontario Society of Professional Engineers: adding wind & solar ends-up doubling C Our Goal Ontario needs to implement a comprehensive range of carbon emission reduction policies and programs that span all ministries and agencies and in cooperation with other levels of government. Moving...

First Trudeau budget less transparent, inflates job growth, watchdog says Parliamentary Budget Officer Jean-Denis Fréchette is giving poor marks to the Trudeau government’s first budget, warning it is less transparent and overestimates the number of jobs that will be created. In a report...

Most Canadians believe the climate is changing and are open to using carbon pricing to reduce emissions. When it comes to the uses of carbon revenues, preferences are for recycling in ways that will most directly shift emissions outcomes. Abacus Data conducted a nationwide survey on behalf of...

And they saved a whole bunch of money doing it too! Environmental monitoring core responsibility of government, minister says Monitoring the environmental impacts of industry is a core function of government, and the vital work should be the responsibility not of an arm's-length agency but of...