Category: Politics
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Canadian Winter and Homelessness
This is one particular story I tend to follow every year because I use it as a metric with regard to the state of the nation, humanity, and political will in a society which has continued to see the growth in disparity between the rich and the poor. Toronto is in the news today. …
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Latest Revelation – A Taxpayer Yet Outraged?
The tab that you the taxpayer have picked up for a 2016 Christmas vacation of Prime Minister Trudeau is $215,000 according the The Globe and Mail this morning. He took a trip along with family and friends to a private island owned by a gentleman known as Aga Khan who owns a foundation registered as…
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Exercising Your Rights As A Citizen
Apparently our federal Minister of Sports and Persons With Disabilities has come under fire for behaving less than professional and he’s being held to account. This is a good thing. The job of politics comes with the inherent task of responding to the beefs of constituents while potentially implementing worthy recommendations. Additionally, this responsibility comes…
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So Your Country Is Legalizing Pot
Fine….whatever. Now, we’d best see the pot smokers being the ones paying for regulatory measures and ad campaigns. This Canadian thinks that pot smokers will know enough to be versed on the risks and penalties of driving while high without the taxpayer funding an ad campaign streaming through movie houses across the land. My logical…
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Calgary Mayoral Candidate Bill Smith Campaign Lesson
Things he could have done better: 1. Acknowledge issue of massive urban sprawl and management plan. 2. Profess exactly whether public funds should be used for the purpose of a new arena. 3. Strategy for getting taxes down. 4. Circulate ideas vibrantly in Nenshi strong North East Calgary. 5. Prohibit receipt of campaign financing from…