“And as we face these challenges, the only ideology that must guide us is evidence. Hard, scientific facts and data. It may seem revolutionary in today’s Ottawa, but instead of inventing the facts to justify the policies, we will create
Justin Trudeau is all about open, inclusive government, or so he claims at every opportunity. On January 17th his commitment to inclusiveness revealed itself for what it really is, one more political affectation. On January 17, at a town hall
Our very own Shiny Pony, otherwise known as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, ran on an election platform that promised open government. He would bring in a new era of openness and transparency in government and allow Canadians to have their
Ethics, according to the Merriam Webster dictionary, has the following meaning: rules of behavior based on ideas about what is morally good and bad. Its secondary definition is this: ethics : an area of study that deals with ideas about
The vast majority of Members of Parliament are NOT the people’s representative to Ottawa… they are Ottawa’s representative to us. Not exactly the way it’s supposed to work. Currently all parties impose their will upon our so-called elected representatives so
An Alberta politician has resigned from the governing Progressive Conservative caucus after being arrested by Minnesota police in a prostitution sting. Mike Allen, the member of the legislature for Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo, was arrested by St. Paul police Monday night.
Ask most Canadians today and you will find few who believe a politician is someone they want to emulate. That’s hardly a surprise. Politicians on the whole suffer from a lack of integrity. One look at the intentional and unending
by Frank Hilliard Mike Duffy, my old colleague from CBC’s Ottawa Bureau, is the latest failure of the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper who appointed him. He is not the most important because one man can only spend
How quickly our elected representatives forget the source of their power: we mere citizens. I often joke that Members of Parliament are not our representatives to Ottawa but Ottawa’s representatives to us. It’s a joke, a cruel one at best,
I discovered a brilliant documentary from Britain titled “Ministry of Truth.” The filmmaker, Richard Symons, is appalled that politicians can lie to the public with impunity. He wanted to bring their rampant hypocrisy to light and interviewed numerous British politicians
Finally we have a true conservative running for a truly conservative party in a province that deeply needs a return to conservative principles. Both of the major parties have shown their moral failures, their lax practices and their lack of
“Premier Dad”, aka Dalton McGuinty, quit his post as Premier of Ontario suddenly and without warning. While it may be good news for Ontario that the big government Liberal will be gone soon, it may be very bad news for
