I just found out from my friends in the Prime Minister’s office (and at Google) that the Prime Minister will be using YouTube to livestream his reaction to the Speech from the Throne and will use Google Moderator to take questions from Canadians…
“We offered to hear from Canadians on this issue and they have already spoken loud and clear. They overwhelmingly do not want to open the issue. The Government will not proceed any further to change our national anthem.” “Nous avons consulté les…
National Citizens Coalition Instead of fixing the job crisis as it promised in yesterday’s Throne Speech, the Harper government appears to be coasting on last year’s stimulus budget, offering no meaningful new initiatives to get Canadians working…
Yesterday, when tweeting the throne speech, I was puzzled to find the line “Our Government will also ask Parliament to examine the original gender-neutral wording of the national anthem”. I almost glibly tagged the tweet #wtf but this one seemed…
If you can read faster than the Governor General, here is the Throne Speech: Honourable Senators, Members of the House of Commons, Ladies and gentlemen, We are a country whose citizens do not turn back when confronted by obstacles, whatever they…
The Governor General will deliver the speech from the Throne today in the Senate outlining the government agenda for the 3rd session of the 40th Parliament. The main focus of the throne speech will be the economy, jobs and growth. Out of the 6,000…
measured by Facebook It was quite a game yesterday and one of those defining moments sure to be included on an updated version of the Canadian immigration quiz. I awoke yesterday hearing Foster Hewitt’s classic cry “Hennnnnderrrsssson” from the…
During the last provincial election in Nova Scotia, I wrote a story about a large transfer of money to the NDP on a single day, The provincial NDP has been caught in a funding scandal during this election regarding a massive influx of money on a…
