Last night, former Reform and Independent MP Chuck Cadman lost his battle with cancer. MP Cadman fought hard for what he believed including reforming the young offenders act and for victims rights. Although many partisan Conservatives will have sour…

In a report released by the Fraser Institute this month, it was revealed the Adscam was much larger than Sheila Fraser realized. Relationships were grown between the Liberal Party of Canada and various advertising agencies in Quebec and Ontario…

Ipsos Reid released a poll today describing the influence of blogs on the news, the media and upon public opinion. In short, 58% of online Canadians believe that blogs influence public opinion, 45% believe that blogs influence the MSM and 41%…

Tony Blair: “It is through terrorism that the people that have committed this terrible act express their values, and it is right at this moment that we demonstrate ours. I think we all know what they are trying to do – they are trying to use the…

Paul Martin puts it into the global context: “Our collective freedom has come under attack today by those who would use violence and murder to force extremism upon the world. We must and we will stand against these terrorists. We will do so…

Anger. Sadness. Shock. Little surprise. In the political context, it is clear that today, terrorism has changed nothing, save to strengthen the resolve and the unity of civilized nations everywhere who fight to defeat it.

What do you get when you take Google Maps, integrate it with satellite data and then build a software platform (based on the Keyhole architecture) around it? You get Google Earth of course and it’s this week’s/month’s/year’s killer app. Google Earth…

I don’t remember how I found it, but it soon popped up on Nealenews and everyone started to talk about it. It’s a great resource for Canadian democracy and it sheds light on some interesting facts that would otherwise remain buried. Howdtheyvote.ca…

As most of you have probably heard by now, Elections Canada released the figures of the submitted 2004 returns of the Conservative Party, the Liberal Party, the NDP and the Bloc. The report noted that the parties raised $10.9 million, $5.2 million,…

Today is Independence Day in the U.S. and I wish a happy 4th to all of my American visitors today. I’ve done something that is truly Canadian on this American holiday. This post will both compare Canada to America and will do so in order to help us…