By Andrew Coyne When the Liberal government of Paul Martin introduced the Modernization of Investigative Techniques Act in November of 2005, it received comparatively little attention. As the columnist Thomas Walkom described it in the Toronto Star, the bill would require Internet and telephone companies “to install equipment that would allow the state to monitor [...]

Dear Readers; Over the last several years we here at the “Perspective Research Department” have done exhaustive studies on the state of modern Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union. We have concluded that in spite of some misguided policies, it would be to Mother Russia’s advantage to further integrate itself with NATO and [...]

Dear Readers; Like we said yesterday, the Republicans will say almost anything about Obama, and if they are called on it will say it was a “misquote” or “mistake!” Yesterday, Republican frontrunner Rick Santorum said the president subscribes to a “phony theology.” His spokeswoman Alice Stewart took to MSNBC today to clarify: Santorum was referring [...]

Dear Readers; Remember the name “Janus Joan Inc,” of St. Catherines, and Stacey Szuch, who owns that company ………………! Keep this article in mind if you ever do any business with them! <– Terri-Lynn Garrie has a developmental disabiliy and went to the Human Rights Tribunal because she earned $1.25 an hour or less for [...]

Dear Readers; A few days ago we told you how Al Qaeda hated us, and was attacking the West for Political reasons. Even Osama bin Laden told his kids to live in the West and get a good education, because his beef wasn’t with the Wet in general, but rather with our politics,  foreign policy, [...]

Dear Readers; It’s Sunday, and time for a bit of religious news. Ever since they went after Bill Clinton for getting a blow job, the ‘holier than thou’ Republicans  have been nothing but a bunch of lying, deceitful, mean spirited,  underhanded, scum sucking  S.O.B’s who will stop at nothing to criticize and embarrass anyone on [...]

Dear Readers; The younger net surfers have a certain vocabulary, so I think it’s about time we middle-aged and older folks have our own symbols too! WTFA: Wet The Furniture Again WTP: Where’s The Prunes? WWNO: Walker Wheels Need Oil GGLKI: Gotta Go, Laxative Kicking In ATD: At The Doctor’s BFF: Best Friend Farted BTW: [...]

Dear Readers; We here at ‘Perspective on Canada’ have been talking about Bill c-30 and your right to privacy a lot lately, and this article in the National Post show us how we are going another step down the road to ‘Big Brother!’ Although this article is a bit long, it is important that you [...]

Dear Readers; From a guy who threw a TV at his girlfriend after a threesome, to a man who shot a girl because of an AIDS joke, to a girl who stabbed a guy after sex because she thinks she’s a werewolf, here are the weirdest, most insane things people in recent news have done [...]

<– Listed as director and president, the Egyptian-born Imam Aly Hindy calls himself a fundamentalist, not an extremist. An RCMP report refers to him as a “focal point for Toronto area Islamic radicals,” and a New York Police Department report calls Salaheddin “a known radical mosque.” Dear Readers; An article like this one would normally [...]

Dear Readers; Your long suffering writer gets all sorts of letters during the day …………………. some good, some bad, some we’re not sure what! Then there are people like this guy, who was commenting on last weekend’s ‘Sunday Morning Funnies! He obviously has us confused with The Globe and Mail. Submitted on 2012/02/16 at 10:21 [...]

<– London, Ontario Dear Readers; Our much loved, and mostly maligned ‘Perspective Research Department’ conducted a survey yesterday on Toronto’s transit plans and the results amongst Torontonians were as follows; 51 per cent believe Toronto should “keep the light-rail lines as voted on by City Council”, while 49 per cent agree with the mayor’s preference [...]

Dear Readers; After years of trying, Nik Wallenda finally got permission to walk across the Niagara gorge on the Canadian side. Nik had originally wanted to walk across the river itself between Canada and the United States, down by the Rainbow bridge, but problems arose when he didn’t have any place to put his passport [...]

Dear Readers; Seems Justin Trudeau has one quality he inherited from his father …… he doesn’t know when to shut up! ——————————————————- Trudeau backpedals on separatism comments By Jessica Murphy, Parliamentary Bureau OTTAWA – Liberal MP Justin Trudeau says he’s no separatist and vows to fight for Canada “with his very last breath.” The son [...]

I said more than a few times on this blog that I lean towards the Conservatives more than the Liberals in Federal politics, but there are things about both parties that I have a lot of trouble with! This ‘mandatory sentencing’  law that the Conservatives are behind is dangerous and gives too much power to [...]

Dear Readers; Not only should we get rid of the F-35 and buy a bunch of Super Hornets, but while we’re at it, maybe we should deep-six our five submarines as well!!!!!! ————————————————— John Ivison When it comes to the F-35 fighter jet purchase, the Harper government has become so well-versed in the art of [...]

Dear Readers; If ya stayed up after 11:00 to watch this on the Grammies you have my condolences! The only good thing was that McCartney played after her and that got the bad taste out of my mouth! You could either call this the asshole of the week, the loser of the day or the [...]

Dear Readers; Not only did we win the War of 1812, we went so far as to burn down The White House! (They have since re-built it, and it looks very nice! -Ed.) There is also a local story to this war since the ‘Battle of Longwoods’ was fought right here in London, Ontario, and [...]