Michael Den Tandt writes
up the Auditor General's report on the Senate expenses. He recommends we burn down the Senate, so clearly it's not as bad as it seems.
This article is a familiar
one, a college professor is concerned if modern liberals have become too
focused with silencing speech and put a chill in the halls of academia. Putting
that aside I though the author made a really interesting point that modern
social justice/progressive critics would rather examine the latest Avengers
film for gender bias rather than discuss meaningful social problems, like
unemployment. That
point alone made it worth sharing.
Aaron Wherry reports on an
undercovered issues inside Bill C-59. The Conservatives have inserted a clause
to escape a Access to Information violation and court case. Another sad commentary on our parliament.
After too many years of
delay the Premier of Ontario has announced a plan to expand the Ontario legislature by 15 seats along the same lines the federal government did after the 2018
provincial election. I am concerned about this, especially for how disproportionate seats will be in
2018.
It is curious that many of
Harper's most prominent appointees to the Senate are also those with the
greatest violations in the Senate scandal. Chantal Hébert writes about the connection here.
As we get closer to
breaking ground on the Hurontario LRT in Brampton and Mississauga opposition is mounting. Some of the alternative ideas are absolutely ridiculous.
Picking up from Paikin a
few weeks ago Martin Regg Cohn argues that its time to replace Ontario's flag
with something that better fits its modern identity.
Finally, enjoy this piece
of satire from the National Post mocking the boycott of Tim Horton's.
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