| OTTAWA — The Conservative government's first majority budget focuses on business-friendly incentives aimed at creating jobs while reducing the size of the public sector and eliminating or cutting many programs that don't jibe with the party's ideology.
BLOG POSTS  | Tim Knight: Why CBC Budget Cuts May Yield Better News
If the CBC budget is cut by 10 per cent on Thursday, a frightening future faces Canada's only national public service broadcaster. Quality will drop everywhere. But it would also be a chance for the CBC to re-think its entire approach to news. |  | Rene Ross: A Night in the Life of a Sex Worker
The date took a turn for the worst. He raped her, punched her repeatedly, and beat her to the head with a stray two-by-four he found in the alley. Abigail slipped in an out of consciousness, yet, she was able to scream loudly enough to alert someone in a nearby building who called 911. |  | Josh Horwitz: What the NRA's "Founder" and George Zimmerman Have in Common
If Harlon Carter, Ted Nugent, and other NRA peddlers of vigilantism wanted a poster boy for their ideas about justice and the "rule of law," they have certainly found one in George Zimmerman. |  | Zach Paikin: Can Mulcair Really Keep the Quebec Vote?
There seems to be consensus among political commentators that Thomas Mulcair is better placed than the leadership candidates he defeated to keep Quebec in the NDP fold. However, how much of the ability of the NDP to keep its Quebec seats is in Mulcair's hands? |  | Claude Carignan: The Budget Must Take Old Age Catastrophe Seriously
With the budget coming up, we need to talk Old Age Security (OAS). The cost of the OAS program will explode, going from $36 billion in 2010 to $108 billion in 2030. Refusing to deal with this problem for partisan reasons would be completely irresponsible to future generations, if not shameful. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.CA |
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