By Jessica Murphy, Parliamentary Bureau OTTAWA – Canadians would pick a tax hike over waving goodbye to freedom 65 when it comes to pension reform, a new survey suggests. A poll by Abacus Data indicates 57% of Canadians support keeping the age of eligibility for Old Age Security at 65 even if it means cutting [...]

The Conservative government’s universally-condemned omnibus crime Bill C-10has a confirmed YES vote in the Senate. The name behind the vote: tough-on-crime Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu. Earlier today, Boisvenu said a prisoner “should…

  Dear Readers; This is what happens when we admit people from a society that is still stuck in the twelfth century! ————————————————— Diba Masoomi, sister of Rona Amir Mohammad, received mysterious c…

…earlier retirements? To some, this was the future as seen through the lenses of the mid 1990′s. With the Robot Master and his minions raising the possibility of changing the age at which one qualifies for OAS from 65 to 67, I cannot help b…

Dear Readers; This is what happens when we admit people from a society that is still stuck in the twelfth century! ————————————————— Diba Masoomi, sister of Rona Amir Mohammad, received mysterious calls from Dubai telling her to withdraw a police complaint against Mohammad Shafia. MONTREAL — The Shafia honour killing trial heard from plenty of [...]

In this 25-minute video, Jonathan Pararajasingham, a London-based neurosurgeon, presents 30 Renowned Writers Speaking About God. The writers offer both a literary homage to rationalism and humanism, and a not-so-generous critique of orthodox religious …

  Dear Readers; On behalf of Canadians everywhere, I’d like to offer an apology to the United States of America. We haven’t been getting along very well recently and for that, I am truly sorry. I’m sorry we called George Bush a mo…

Hundreds of activists are expected on Parliament Hill at noon on Tuesday, January 31, to protest the Harper Conservative government’s widely condemned omnibus crime Bill C-10. The protest is being organized by the Political Action …Read More …

“Mohammad Shafia was obsessed and closed-minded!” Typically, immigrants arrive in a new land prepared to make sacrifices for the sake of their children. Mohammad Shafia, a native of Afghanistan, came to Canada in 2007 a wealthy man intent on imprisoning his daughters in an authoritarian household. And when they took steps to break free, a [...]

My 96 year old grandmother, after selling the old family farm late in her life, doesn’t need to worry about money. Yet, she worries about it constantly going to great lengths to save every possible penny. She is a child of the depression – which she…

My 96 year old grandmother, after selling the old family farm late in her life, doesn’t need to worry about money. Yet, she worries about it constantly going to great lengths to save every possible penny. She is a child of the depression &#8211…

Dear Mr. Janssen; In reply to your article about the transgendered being allowed into the Girl Guides, I am almost 65 and I am a post-op transsexual and have been female for almost 15 years. I make that clear and the fact that I fathered 3 children and still live with my spouse of over [...]

  Dear Readers; Now that the case has gone to the jury, I feel it is time to comment on this trail where most of a family were wiped out! There is still debate among some people as to the true facts behind this murder / accident, so we p…

After a protracted battle over the issue of whether so called ‘gay-straight clubs’ must be allowed in Catholic schools, many LGBT allies thought a legitimate victory had been attained when Queen’s Park ruled that such groups must be tolerated. Delay…

After a protracted battle over the issue of whether so called ‘gay-straight clubs’ must be allowed in Catholic schools, many LGBT allies thought a legitimate victory had been attained when Queen’s Park ruled that such groups must be …

Dear Readers At first I was going to go into one of my “The world is going to hell in a hand-basket” rants, but after a bit of sober second thought, I really don’t know how to react to this story! I guess I will just have to decide for yourself, because I really don’t [...]

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Meanwhile, on the other side of the fence! Rebuttal; What an utterly condescending, self serving, intellectually bankrupt video. So from earliest beginnings, mankind’s drive to reach for something greater, beyond the confines of what is quantifiable to the human eye, is evidence of fear? Really? It’s funny, tripe like this video is nothing new, it’s [...]

Dear Readers; A Canadian female libertarian wrote a lot of letters to the Canadian government, complaining about the treatment of captive insurgents (terrorists) being held in Afghanistan National Correctional System facilities.   She received he following reply: —————————————– National Defence Headquarters M.Gen George R. Pearkes Bldg. 15 NT  101 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa , ON [...]

  Dear Readers; Are BJs Giving You Cancer? ————————- By Caity Weaver: The Canadian Cancer Society reported recently that the rate of oral cancer tumors possibly caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) is on an increase…