Politics and its Discontents

You remember, I'm sure, what your mother taught you: you are judged by the company you keep. By that standard, almost all of the MPs w...

So much for fiscal prudence. So long credibility. Those words, written By Scott Clark and Peter DeVries , succinctly summarize the illus...

That's what the leaden-tongued Finance Minister seemed to be suggesting last night in discussing his budget. Either that, or the message...

That intrepid capeless crusader for core Conservative concepts, Finance Minister 'Uncle' Joe Oliver, has found yet another weapon ...

As much as it is said that the Harper regime is planning to buy votes for the 2015 election by giving income-splitting to families, the re...

While Stephen Harper's attacks on charities have been followed here and elsewhere, the Star presents a good overview of how the offi...

Recently, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne called upon the Harper regime to commit $12 billion annually in infrastructure funding. This req...

All who find change unsettling will be reassured by the following video from today's Question Period, the House's first day back aft...

The other day I wrote a blog post on one of our national disgraces, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver. While in Washington recently pro...

Late yesterday afternoon, I wrote a post on one of our more shameful politicians, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver and the embarrass...

In denouncing a leading climate change scientist, the coward, Resources Minister Joe Oliver, showed his complete lack of character, insist...

The other day I posted a link to a remarkable video showing Dr. Chris Keefer interrupting Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver's a...

I hope this video renews your faith in people as it has mine: Dr. Chris Keefer interrupts Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver :

Although hardly surprising, given both the ideological bent of the Harper regime and earlier warnings from Natural Resources Minister Joe O...

The Star is reporting that Natural Resources Minister Joe ( 'radicals are threatening the tarsands' ) Oliver's riding of Eglin...