| With speculation about Justin Trudeau's leadership ambitions reaching a fever pitch (again), we decided to take a look at some of the more surprising facts about Canada's perpetual PM-in-waiting. BLOG POSTS  | Peter Worthington: Why it Was Right to Shoot Down the Long Gun Registry
By abandoning long gun registry, the federal government is saving the taxpayer considerable billions. It was a foolish law from the start, in that it made criminals out of farmers and people in rural areas who didn't trust government assurances, or simply couldn't be bothered to register their rifles and shotguns. Instigating the gun registry in the first place created a prejudice that lingers today. There must be something sinister about wanting to own a gun -- or even owning one. |  | Tim Hudak: Light Bulb! How to Fix Ontario's Power Problems
Ontario has lots of advantages. We have a skilled workforce and hungry entrepreneurs. But to get our economy moving again, we need energy policies that will keep prices under control for entrepreneurs, industry, and households alike, while ensuring that the system is reliable and sustainable. The good news is that Ontarians have a lot of expertise and ideas to offer that can help put our power sector on the right path. But we need to start making some tough choices now, including significant changes as to who owns the electricity sector, a return to competitive bidding for power-generation and ideas to save consumers money. |  | June Carbone: 5 Ways Conservatives Are Destroying the Institution of Marriage
The idea of marriage held by those who are financially secure no longer fits large numbers of working-class couples who conceive children together. That's because the foundation for their relationships has been destroyed by the very people who accuse Obama of a war on marriage. |  | Aviva Rubin: He, She, It -- Does It Really Matter What our Gender is on Passports?
Passport Canada is looking into policy changes to the gender requirement on passport, and introducing a "genderless" passport for transgendered peoples. But the question isn't whether we should introduce a third "gender" to passport policies, but rather, should there be gender at all on passports? |  | Daniel Alexandre Portoraro: Why Learn, When You Can Protest?
Due to a recent court injunction, students -- once protesters, maybe still protesters -- have gone back to attend the classes they pay such supposedly high rates for. And, of course, in the name of solidarity, how did those still striking respond? By storming the Université du Québec à Montréal on Wednesday. The sorry fact of the matter is that with only one third of students in Quebec left on strike, we should hope these vandals would stay out of university. After all, that would increase the likelihood of actual students finding employment after graduation. Students who instead of donning cowardly, immature masks, actually want to be working. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.CA |
If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please safely unsubscribe.
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar