| OTTAWA — The federal government is pulling the plug on Rights & Democracy, the independent agency that monitors human rights and promotes democracy abroad, the Huffington Post Canada has learned.
BLOG POSTS  | Mark Crowley: You're Wrong, David Frum
David Frum recently published his analysis of the federal budget, and asked whether or not it definitively proves that Canada is the "best-governed country in the advanced democratic world." On a purely economic basis this budget is prudent in many ways. But as a policy document, it is a dismal failure that continues this government's disregard for the health of our democracy. |  | Elizabeth May: Election Scandals Didn't Start With Robocalls
Lately, a lot of allegations have been made that there were election irregularities and some outright crimes committed in the 2011 election. When one thinks about the election skulduggery of the last six years, it is clear that Canada does a poor job of getting to the bottom of some serious crimes. Here's a short list of the ones that still bother me. |  | Dave Jerome: Katima-Cut
It should come as no surprise that the Harper Conservatives used their first majority-government budget to kill the Katimavik program. The government did so because Katimavik's mandate is to engage youth and foster community, and the Conservatives don't support these goals. |  | Charlie Angus: Why I'm Saying Goodbye to Twitter
Last weekend, I sent my last Twitter message: "Dear Twitter - Adios. Free at last. Free at last, Great God almighty I'm free at last." Since then I've had a number of politicians come up to me and say they can't believe I actually did it. |  | Christopher Sands: The Three Amigos: The Sequel
Barack Obama hosts Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon in Washington for a North American Leaders summit today, the theme of which is trilateralism. The U.S. remains doggedly committed to trilateralism, while Harper is diffident. Canada's view of the U.S. is as its BFF, that does not have room for Mexico in it. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.CA |
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