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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
February 16, 2010.
…claims that most Canadians are not saving enough are based on assertions or faulty studies. Recent evidence suggests most Canadians make pretty good decisions for themselves.
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Posted: February 17, 2010.
To what degree is the MP from your riding “your” MP? And how do MPs “represent” you — even if you did vote for them?
Under our creaky, undemocratic “first-past-the-post” electoral system, most representatives these days end up going to Ottawa with the support of only a minority of the voters…
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Friday, February 12th, 2010
Posted: February 12, 2010.
… it is incontrovertible that social democracy and the welfare states face serious practical challenges today. Their survival is not in question, but they are no longer as self-confident as they once appeared.
Tags: immigration, multiculturalism
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
NationalPost.com – Full Comment
Posted: February 08, 2010. Jack Layton
While other countries have been delivering full-fledged support for maternal and child health since 2007, pledging $5.3-billion dollars to the cause last year alone, Canada has been virtually invisible on the issue. Rather than marking a new approach of principled humanitarianism, this announcement highlights years of Canadian inaction on the health of women and children under Mr. Harper’s watch.
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
Posted: January 29, 2010.
Today, in Canada, all levels of government, through all their taxes, can confiscate as much as half or more of a taxpayer’s income, in total…
And yet, like the abused spouse rushing back to an abuser, many Canadians continue to sing the praises of ever bigger and bigger government.
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