Recent Posts Tagged With 'harper'

• The Powder Keg is Lit

  Posted on Tuesday March 17th, 2009 at 15:10 in obama, Economy, unemployment, harper, bailout, lay-offs, employment insurance

  The release of Canada’s latest unemployment numbers is still the hot topic around the water cooler – providing your local Service Canada Employment centre possesses such equipment, of course.Since October, just a shade under 300,000 Canadians hav...

• The Neo-Separatists

  Posted on Saturday December 13th, 2008 at 15:59 in independence, alberta, harper, michael ignatieff, coalition, separatist

  There’s a lot to be said for the current political turmoil in Canada. While it has put the general public in a state of unease, it has also managed to draw the focus of the day-to-day apathetic Canadian to the political arena, which is a rather ra...

• Quebec Rejects Alberta-Style Conservatism

  Posted on Wednesday October 15th, 2008 at 16:16 in separation, election, québec, alberta, harper

  If there is one single lesson to be learned from the outcome of ‘The Election No One Wanted’, it is that a long-held Albertan belief has been proven correct: Quebec will never accept anything resembling ‘Alberta values’ in the national politi...