The Conservative Party in Alberta has been in power since 1971. Some of the noteworthy leaders were Peter Lougheed, Don Ghetty and Ralph Klein, who retired recently to make way for Ed Stelmach. The...
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I, too, have been wondering how the most educated people can be so blind to the destructive impacts of the economic system they participate in, particularly in the USA, where the speculation and banking system we...
According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada delayed telling the Red Cross about prisoner transfers to Afghan authorities. The Corporation has obtained military documents that details...
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Over the past week, an IPSOS Reid poll suggests that, the New Democratic Party has risen by 3% in popularity. They now have 19% approval rating up from16%. The Conservative Party slipped by 3% to 37%,...
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper called four by-elections yesterday. They were in ridings in Nova Scotia, two in Quebec and one in BC. The Nova Scotia seat has been a long time conservative seat and...
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I sent this email to Senior officials at Industry Canada and the Ministry's opposition critics demanding further information with regards to PC aide to Tony Clement: Georganne Burke and her fervent opposition to Michael Ignatieff attending a Hanukkah Candle Lighting ceremony...
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Unlike Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who joined a long list of critics of Obama's Nobel Peace prize, and the three out of five members of the Norwegian Nobel Peace Committee who were not in favor of awarding...
"The unfortunate thing is that racism is real. Racism does still exist here in America. I've seen it with my own eyes. And every time Nancy Pelosi or David Paterson or David Letterman pretends it lives somewhere...
It's too bad that folks on the left can't understand Beck because he articulates what a growing majority of Americans think and feel. That the liberal knee jerk reaction about Beck is that he is another Rush...
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In light of continuing scandals involving the far-left advocacy group ACORN, the U.S. Senate voted 83-7 to deny federal funding to the troubled organization. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania inexplicably was one of the seven Senators to vote against the Senate resolution,...
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Michael Ignatieff, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, has vowed that his party will no longer prop up the minority Conservative Government once Parliament resumes later this month. The Liberals are not in a...
Although we already have a law in place that police can use (driving with undue care and attention) drivers who are probably bad drivers when not talking on their cell now will be completely prohibited. Last...
According to The Patriot Update, A Free Press for the Conservative Revolution, President Barack Obama '...lives and governs according to his own set of "Ten Commandments."'; not to be confused with the Ten...
" If you thought last week’s job numbers were bad, take a look at the latest from Morgan Stanley’s chief economist, Richard Berner. In a research note that’s been making the rounds of economics blogs this...
If liberals on the left can demand conservatives be fired or booted out of office for their indiscretions, alleged and actual, it’s only fair for conservatives do the same thing. That appears to be the...