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    Kirk Cameron's "Saving Christmas"

    Kirk Cameron’s latest Lie “Saving Christmas Kirk Cameron’s “Saving Christmas” is a cynical ploy masquerading as a movie aimed squarely at the faith-based demographic. And it’s political. This is the opening shot in Fox’s fake “War on Christmas” pageant. Cameron is an ideologue and right wing...
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    Stephen Harper’s northern tour cost taxpayers $786,000

    Stephen Harper’s northern tour cost taxpayers $786,000 OTTAWA—Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s six-day trip to Canada’s North in August cost taxpayers over $786,000. Documents tabled in Parliament this week show that RCMP security for Harper’s annual trip came in at $252,921 alone, including...
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    Consumer prices in Alberta rise higher than Canada

    Consumer prices in Alberta rise higher than Canada Consumer prices in Alberta showed the highest annual increase in October than any other province, says Statistics Canada. The federal agency reported Friday that the Consumer Price Index in Alberta rose by three per cent, after a 2.6 per cent...
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    Alberta Income Inequality Is Worse Than In The U.S.

    Alberta Income Inequality Is Worse Than In The U.S. In Alberta, the rich keep getting richer, but where does that leave the rest of us? StatsCan’s new survey of top income taxfilers shows Alberta leads the country when it comes to unequal income. In fact, Alberta is the only province in Canada...
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    Inflation boom causing banks to consider raising interest rates

    Canada Inflation Exceeds All Forecasts on Gas and Clothes Canada’s inflation rate accelerated faster than economists predicted in October, led by gasoline and clothing and suggesting the economy may be running hotter than the central bank had thought. The consumer price index rose 2.4 percent...
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    Ontario, Quebec sign deals on electricity, climate change

    Ontario, Quebec sign deals on electricity, climate change The premiers of Ontario and Quebec signed a joint agreement to work together to share electricity and to advance their climate change agendas after a combined meeting of their cabinets today. The statement makes a direct reference to...
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    Religious extremism main cause of terrorism, according to report

    Religious extremism main cause of terrorism, according to report Religious extremism has become the main driver of terrorism in recent years, according to this year’s Global Terrorism Index. The report recorded 18,000 deaths in 2013, a rise of 60% on the previous year. The majority (66%) of...
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    Except for Australia, Canada and Saudi Arabia G20 calls for phasing out 'fossil fuel

    A bit touchy are we? Of course there are subsidies. I was actually using an umbrella term that encompasses something more than just subsidies.
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    NDP support Trudeau bill to open up secretive board on parliamentary conduct

    Justin Trudeau bill would open up secretive Board of Internal Economy Just hours after the all-party Board of Internal Economy went behind closed doors to discuss sexual harassment complaints lodged against two Liberal MPs, Justin Trudeau got his first chance to promote his bid to hold future...
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    Except for Australia, Canada and Saudi Arabia G20 calls for phasing out 'fossil fuel

    I believe I already made the point that I acknowledge there are government initiatives to help the renewables sector, but I guess I should just deny those even exist since I'm such a greenie weenie.
  11. mentalfloss

    Except for Australia, Canada and Saudi Arabia G20 calls for phasing out 'fossil fuel

    How much more evidence needs to be splashed in their faces for them to accept that they exist? This is worse than climate denial.
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    Except for Australia, Canada and Saudi Arabia G20 calls for phasing out 'fossil fuel

    So much anger over something that does not exist.
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    Except for Australia, Canada and Saudi Arabia G20 calls for phasing out 'fossil fuel

    Let’s cut government fossil fuel subsidies and free up billions for more productive investment This week in London, the Overseas Development Institute launched a new report on fossil fuel subsidies in G20 countries. The report encourages national and sub-national governments to stop subsidising...
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    Except for Australia, Canada and Saudi Arabia G20 calls for phasing out 'fossil fuel

    Unlike you, I won't deny that a certain sector of the economy gets some kind of government support. Keep dancing though. It just keeps fueling the issue.
  15. mentalfloss

    Except for Australia, Canada and Saudi Arabia G20 calls for phasing out 'fossil fuel

    IEA: Fossil-Fuel Subsidies Restricting Renewable Energy Growth, an Industrial Info News Alert
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    Except for Australia, Canada and Saudi Arabia G20 calls for phasing out 'fossil fuel

    Canada being in the company of Australia and Saudi Arabia makes it perfectly clear that fossil fuel subsidies just do not exist.