Venezuelan government angry about Stephen Harper’s remarks on the death of Hugo Chavez
The Venezuelans have responded angrily to Stephen Harper’s official statement on the passing of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Here is their letter (rough…
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The Venezuelans have responded angrily to Stephen Harper’s official statement on the passing of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Here is their letter (rough…
Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada: “I would like to offer my condolences to the people of Venezuela on the passing of President Chávez. Canada looks…
A one state solution tweet that could have come from Hamas. Amazingly, it came from the United Nations. The @UN later corrected their tweet: On Day of…
These young women were protesting the “illegal occupation of Afghanistan” on Remembrance Day. They waited until the moment of silence to unleash this tirade…
One month ago, a wayward bureaucrat (or rapporteur as he is styled) found himself in Canada and decided to tear a strip off our country on the topic of food…
News from last week included the opposition finding outrage in an apparent discrepancy of cost estimation of the Canadian mission in Libya by Defence Minister…
From the Vancouver Sun, Twelve of the world’s poorest countries – including Afghanistan, Pakistan and seven nations in Africa – are going to be hit as the…
Maariv via The Weekly Standard, A short time after UNESCO, the UN’s organization for education and science, accepted the Palestinian Authority as a full member…
Reaction from world leaders: Barack Obama (United States): Stephen Harper (Canada): Julia Gillard (Australia): I welcome the death of Osama bin Laden, I…