Because conservative governments are better for the economy, right?
Harper one year later: over half a million jobs have vanishedOTTAWA - As the Canadian economy shed a net 43,000 jobs in October, Liberal Finance Critic John McCallum criticized Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s “don’t worry be happy” attitude in the early phases of the recession.“A little over a year ago, Stephen Harper promised Canadians that if they re-elected him Prime Minister, there would be no recession in Canada,” said Mr. McCallum. “One year later not only is Canada among the minority of G7 countries who haven’t escaped recession, our economy has lost over half a million jobs.”Job numbers fell 70,300 last month, partially off

AG slams Tories handling of H1N1
I have many issues with officers of parliament. In many respects, I think they do the work I expect MP's to do themselves. Also, if the criticism found in their reports is effectively an oversight function, then shouldn't it properly be the domain of the opposition?Honestly, we give little enough respect to politicians as it is. If we take away their actual jobs, researching the activities of the government and raising concerns, then can we really complain when MP's spend their whole days writing vitriol for Oral Questions and publishing outlandish Ten Percenter?At any rate, Sheila Fraser is no friend of the Liberals. Her writings on previous Liberal governments show

"No matter what comes our way this fall, we are well prepared."
Yeah, what he said.

"The 'Yes' side does not have enough to form a country..."
No doubt Pauline Marois knows what day it is today. Watching the PLQ's numbers collapse in Quebec, one wonders what excited separatists are plotting.Fourteen years ago tonight Canada was glued to its TV sets to see Quebecers vote on the most strangely worded referendum of all time. Watching the video is eerie, not only because Peter Mansbridge looks exactly the same, but also because I can remember being a teenager in Ottawa in French Immersion. The referendum was all we did for a week. Our teachers were fascinated by it, eve

The First Daughters get H1N1 vaccine
The Washington Post reports that US President Barack Obama's daugters have been vaccinated agianst the swine flu.Meanwhile in Canada our illustrious leader won't say if he's going to get it himself, and his government can't say whether the vaccine is safe for pregnant women.