Deficits, Corporate Tax Cuts, and Fighter Jets

Corporations doing business in Canada need some help. And those from abroad looking to do business here need some added financial incentive.
Despite being shrouded with a deficit of over $50 billion, Ottawa, along with a struggling Queens Park, is going to help them out. This year, the Provincial Liberals and Federal Conservatives will continue doling [...]

The Toronto Star addresses Canada’s democratic deficit

In an editorial, The Toronto Star called on opposition parties to offer some fresh thinking on how to restore democracy in Canada.
Unfortunately, the paper’s small c conservative editorial board, which disguises it’s true political stripes with its impotent calls to eliminate poverty, dismissed electoral reform as a possible solution to our democratic deficiency, claiming it [...]

The Official’s Predictions for 2010

Welcome to 2010.
Even though most of these lists have already been published, The Official decided to meditate on the shocking and ground-breaking events of 2009 to make some predictions for 2010. Brace yourself.
1. Stephen Harper will remain as Prime Minister.
Which is quite unfortunate, because he’s doing a piss-poor job at governing the nation and [...]

Harper and the Cons: Rationality is not their forte

With all due respect…
Scrap that.
To get respect, you got to earn respect, and this minority Conservative Government has done little to earn the reverence of Canadian voters.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s ruthless clan, a motley crew of ideological radicals, are so venomous in their quest to avoid relinquishing power that it never ceases to amaze [...]

Steyn: 3 Years Later

Exactly three years ago on October 20, 2006, Mark Steyn , writing in the pages of Maclean’s, told us that Western Civilization is in the midst of being taken over by Muslims.
In “The future belongs to Islam”, Steyn outlined the effect of demographic shifts occurring throughout the world, and how a rapidly growing Muslim population [...]

Canadian Soldiers in Afghanistan