Economy and Budget
Name the budget!
The annual federal budget in previous years has had bland, generic corp- gov-speak titles applied to their card stock-bound covers. In 2006, scoring another…
Barack Obama
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US Politics
The inauguration of the 44th President of the United States
I’ve been back in Ottawa for about 36 hours after making the trip to Washington DC to observe the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
Bill Ayers denied entry into Canada. So why the shock?
Today, American radical William Ayers was denied entry to Canada. Here’s the an excerpt from the article on the story in the Globe and Mail: William Ayers, a…
Election Financing
Flaherty to end campaign welfare
On November 7th, I argued that we should end government-subsidized campaign welfare in this country and follow the example set by President-elect Barack Obama…
Conservative Party of Canada
Jim Flaherty at the Fraser Institute
Last night, supporters of the Fraser Institute gathered in the Adam hall of the Chateau Laurier to listen to federal finance minister Jim Flaherty deliver an…
Conservative Party of Canada
Obama sets example for Canada
The election of Barack Obama is historic in many ways, most significantly in the progression along the troubled history of race in the United States. On…
US Politics
US Election 2008: Live results
Newest 11:00pm: CNN declares Barack Obama President-elect 10:01pm: Democrats are +4 in the senate. 10:00pm: stephentaylor.ca decision desk calls the presidency…
US Politics
US Election 2008: Linkstream
Newer Electoral College: Data from electoral-vote.com: Obama 353 | McCain 174 | Tied 11 Candidates vote: Palin, Obama, McCain, Biden Electoral College:…
US Politics
Obama takes early lead
…and a very small lead at that. In the county of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire polls open on election day at midnight and close one minute later. This year, 21…