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Senator Mobina Jaffer

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Above All, Bill C-31 Hurts Children

Senator Mobina Jaffer | Posted June 29, 2012

On Wednesday June 27 Bill C-31: Protecting Canada's Immigration Act was cleared through the Senate by a vote of 52-33, leaving a stain on our country's immigration and refugee protection system, a system that we as Canadians could once be proud of.

With the passage...

Graham Milne

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What Trudeau Lacks in Years, He Makes Up in Spirit

Graham Milne | Posted June 29, 2012

UrbanDictionary.com defines a "concern troll" as "someone who is on one side of the discussion, but pretends to be a supporter of the other side with 'concerns.' The idea behind this is that your opponents will take your arguments more seriously if they think you're an ally."

There...

Will Braun

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A "Yes" to Enbridge's Pipeline is a "No" to Ethics in Canada

Will Braun | Posted June 29, 2012

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Members of the Yinka Dene Alliance, including Chief Jackie Thomas, right, attend the Enbridge AGM in Toronto on May 9, 2012. Photo by Kevin Konnyu


As the battle over Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline plays out, two key questions about...

Dan Treadway

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Hate Obamacare? Don't Worry, Here Are Some Countries You Can Move To

Dan Treadway | Posted June 29, 2012

On the heels of the announcement of the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the majority of the Affordable Care Act, Buzzfeed released a compilation of tweets by outraged citizens claiming that they were going to move to Canada in an effort to avoid Obamacare.

While I may...

Maxime Bernier

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Entrepreneurs will make the oil sands greener

Maxime Bernier | Posted June 29, 2012

Maxime Bernier, Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism)
Critics of Alberta's oil sands development have been saying for years that it should be scaled down, stopped, or at the very least highly taxed and heavily regulated to help contain its effects on the environment.
A more...

Erin and Courtney Henderson

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Why the LCBO Doesn't Want You Buying From Wineries

Erin and Courtney Henderson | Posted June 29, 2012

OK! Bill C-311 has received Royal Assent and Canadian provinces are now free to set their own policies for wine trade without the federal government imposing any rules of its own.

So what's changed? Well, ummm -- and this is a bit awkward -- but nothing really....

Peter Worthington

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Mulcair and Harper's Quebec Tug-of-War

Peter Worthington | Posted June 29, 2012

According to Thomas Mulcair, the recently crowned federal NDP leader, the fact that Prime Minister Stephen Harper would consult former Tory prime minister Brian Mulroney about Quebec, proves how little he understands that province.

Think about that for a moment on this Canada Day weekend.

Does Mulcair truly think Harper...

David Gratzer

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Obamacare Is in Anything But Stable Condition

David Gratzer | Posted June 29, 2012

Obamacare -- the signature legislation of President Obama's White House -- is constitutional.

Of course, Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling is more complicated, and some aspects of his health care reform have been reigned in. But, for the most part, the Supreme Court's decision is favourable to...