What Democracy? Harper to Stack Senate Seats With Tory Loyalists

First Stephen Harper gets a figurehead Governor-General to enforce an unprecedented prorogue on Parliament and now he has vowed to fill 18 vacant Senate seats before Christmas.  All the while his party is...

Stephen Harper Gives Television Address, Warns of New Coalition Government

In a televised addresss to the nation, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said that his government will use "every legal means" to stop a coalition of opposition parties from bringing down his minority...

Canadian political fight now being waged on Facebook

The fight between the Tories and the opposition parties is being fought on all fronts including a new virtual front within facebook.  I personally have been invited to participate in groups from all ends of...

No Cash of Titans: Kicking Potential Canadian Politicians in the Money Bags

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Corporations and Wealthy Individuals fronting Politicians to the tune of millions of dollars during election periods are always seen to be looking to Curry Favour with Politicians through...

Stephane Dion shamefully holds on power at the expense of Liberal Party rebui...

Who does Stéphane Dion imagine he is, Joe Clark? The equally inept former Progressive Conservative prime minister clung to the leadership of his party, too, for nearly a year after his MPs and members wanted...

Provincial Economies to Lead the Way

Premier Gordon Campbell of British Columbia suggested that a shift of power from the federal government to the provincial government is necessary in saving the Canadian economy. On a recent visit to UBC School of...

Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion to Resign

Canada's Liberal Party leader Stéphane Dion has officially announced his plans to resign. NowPublic is tracking real-time updates to this story. Please check out Scan for more information on Dion's...

Stephane Dion resigns, Liberal leader addresses critics and election outcome

Stephane Dion's leadership of the Liberal party of Canada is officially over.  After leading the Liberals to their worst election outcome ever, Dion decided to resign his position but will remain as interim...

The fall of Stephane Dion

On election night in Canada, news reporter Adam Bemma attended Stephane Dion's event at the Montreal Sheraton Hotel on Cote-De-Liesse. During the evening many supporters were beginning to realize that a...

Liberal leadership woes, will Dion stay or go?

Canadian taxpayers spent $300 million and ended up with a slightly stronger Tory minority government, but it could be the Liberal party of Canada that ends up paying the heaviest price.  As one of...

Canada's election issues: Just the facts

How to sum up Canada's election situation in 500 words or less, courtesy of the Associated Press..."WHAT'S AT STAKE: The election is for the 308 seats in Parliament's lower House of Commons. At least 155 seats are needed to form a majority government and gain a five-year...

How Right-Leaning Leaders "Outplay" the Opposition!

Barry Artiste op/Ed How I have always seen it when it comes to the Liberals and the Conservatives is this. the Liberal left on one hand promise "Pie in the Sky" promises without forethought of the financial or...

Politicians: You never learn anything by talking

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Recent media coverage whereby Liberal Leader Stephane Dion has been chastised for his inability to be understood in English, versus his native tongue of French has targeted unfair criticism...

Profile: Canadian Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion

The Liberal party website has an in-depth biography of Stephane Dion's political history. Born in 1955, he became the leader of the Liberal party in 2006 and is the main opposition leader for the impending...

U.S. FOIA documents suggest American interests now interfering in Canadian fe...

Judicial Watch, a critically acclaimed U.S. based public interest organization that promotes transparency, accountability, and integrity, in government, politics and the law, on 26 September 2008 released records...

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