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And the curmudgeons aren't gonna like it. A few takeaways from the interview with this economist: 1. Contrary to the PC propaganda machine, the Liberals have already implemented 80% of his tough 2011 budget 2. The Ontario economy would need to receive a credit downgrade to BBB for...

Northern Gateway "flawed,” 300 scientists tell Stephen Harper Weeks before the federal government’s deadline to announce a decision on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project, 300 scientists are urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to reject the findings of the panel that recommended approving the...

Keystone XL is an inviting target for terrorists, ex-Seal says An ex-U.S. Navy Seal says terrorists could easily poison the drinking water of “millions and millions” of Americans by blowing up the Keystone XL pipeline and causing an “Exxon Valdez-sized spill in the heartland of America.” The...

IMF head says world must come to grips with climate change costs While Stephen Harper was congratulating Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott yesterday for ending a carbon tax, the head of the IMF was in Montreal urging energy powerhouses like Canada to come to grips with the economics of...

I think this deserves special attention as it speaks volumes about the credibility of some mainstream Op Eds. The prof weighs in: Ontario’s editorial writers bombed Being an editorialist must be fun. They spend their days reading and thinking and forming opinions on all manner of issues...

Australian PM's ‘Canadia’ gaffe the butt of jokes on social media Crossing a hemisphere and more than a dozen time zones for his first official trip to Ottawa, Australia’s Prime Minister briefly mixed up the name of the country he was visiting – and social media pounced on him for it. Speaking...

G7 Declaration Highlights Energy Security, Climate Change, Sustainable Development 5 June 2014: The Presidents of the European Council and European Commission (EC) have gathered with leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US for a G7 Summit, during which they...

F-35’s single-engine design too dangerous for Canadian air force, report says A new report is urging the federal government to forego the purchase of the F-35 fighter to replace Canada’s aging CF-18 fleet because its single-engine design is ill-suited to Canada’s north and dangerous to pilots...

Turning up the heat: Manitoba caught in climate change crosshairs Ask Danny Blair what really keeps Prairie climate experts such as himself up at night and watch him run through a long list of looming calamities to settle on one. Drought. "If you thought the Dirty Thirties were bad," he said...

Canadian unemployment rate rises to 7% in May Canada's unemployment rate rose to seven per cent in May just over the previous month, as many young workers entered the job market seeking summer work, according to Statistics Canada. Nearly 26,000 jobs were created in May, but most of the gains...

Christian Youth Ministry uses Hitler quote to promote child indoctrination

Scientists discover three new global warming gases Twenty-five years after the world first moved to protect the ozone layer, British scientists have found three new potentially damaging gases in the atmosphere. While they do not expect the gases to do much damage to the ozone layer, they think...

IMF: Austerity is much worse for the economy than we thought Earlier this week, the International Monetary Fund made a striking admission in its new World Economic Outlook. The IMF's chief economist, Olivier Blanchard, explained that recent efforts among wealthy countries to shrink their...

Stephen Harper’s Middle East trip cost $1 million OTTAWA—Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s January trip to the Middle East with a large delegation rang up a bill topping $1 million, newly released figures show. More than half the cost for the seven-day trip to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan...

Times have changed folks. U.S. urges Canada to act on climate change As President Barack Obama unveiled the first major regulations to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in the United States, his ambassador in Ottawa urged Canada to do the same and take action to combat climate change. It is a...

Barack Obama sets 2020 emissions target for U.S. power plants The Obama administration on Monday will unveil a plan to cut Earth-warming pollution from power plants by 30 per cent by 2020, setting in motion one of the most significant actions to address global warming in U.S. history. The...

UN chief calls world to support Harper's $3.5B commitment to kids, moms health TORONTO - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is calling on world leaders to follow Canada's $3.5 billion commitment to maternal and child health. And he says his support is personal. He is telling delegates to Prime...

Canada’s economy posts slowest growth since 2012 Canada’s economy limped through a brutal winter, with growth slowing to an annual pace of 1.2 per cent in the first three months of the year. It was the slowest growth since late 2012. Friday’s measure by Statistics Canada of gross domestic...

$11 Billion!! That's like 11 gas plant scandals. Total shelves $11-billion Alberta oil sands mine Total SA, the French energy powerhouse, and its partners have shelved plans to develop a major oil sands mining project. André Goffart, the head of Total’s Canadian division, said rising costs...

Shiny Pony 1, Catholic Church 0 Trudeau’s pro-choice decree is democratic, not dictatorial Call it Justin Trudeau’s butterfly effect. His lips flutter, and a tidal wave of faux outrage follows. To demonstrate, here’s Christian Riesbeck, the Roman Catholic bishop of Ottawa: “That is...