Federal budget fails on youth unemployment
Michael Lee, volunteer staff With the new federal budget being released, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty made sure to highlight the federal government’s contributions to curbing…
Canada
Senate reform long overdue
Tariq Sohail, volunteer staff The recent Senate expense scandal has brought some hard truths about Canadian democracy to the fore. There have always been calls…
Fair Elections Act to introduce extensive changes to electoral process
On Feb. 10, the Harper government introduced the Fair Elections Act to parliament. Pierre Poilievre, minister of state for democratic reform, tabled the bill. The…
Kevin O’Really?
Michael Lee “…Really?” I’m sure many of you shared with Amanda Lang that same exasperated reaction upon hearing Kevin O’Leary’s perplexing comments on the Lang…
Keeping our word
In recent weeks, Neil Young’s Honour the Treaties tour has brought much attention to the important issue of treaties and First Nations land rights in…
News briefs
Obama speaks to NSA privacy concerns On Jan. 17 U.S. President Barack Obama spoke in an international broadcast to address concerns that have plagued the…
Aboriginal suicide a growing epidemic
Michael Lee The crisis at Neskantaga, a community 480 km northeast of Thunder Bay, has been a growing concern of mine as of late. On…
Merry Christmas: personal debt predicted to continue to grow for Canadians in 2014
It’s a new year and Canadians are still spending – a lot. According to a newly released report by consumer credit agency TransUnion, indebtedness has…
Changing the balance of power
Tariq Sohail, volunteer staff Over the past couple of decades, especially in the last 10 years, Canadians have become more disengaged from parliament. Fifty-five per…
Myths about Mandela
Brian Latour With the death of Nelson Mandela on Dec. 5, the world lost an interesting political figure and a powerful leader in the struggle…