Now that the NDP convention has wrapped, the Liberal leadership race is set to catch fire. But even after Canada's two opposition parties have leaders, Liberal scion Justin Trudeau doesn't see them coming together the way the right united last decade.
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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. Politicians are slaves to Twitter. We're junkies for immediate news and instantaneous feedback. But as one MP confessed to me, "I feel like I'm watching graffiti in a bathroom all day." He told me his dream was to one day retire and ditch Twitter forever. Why wait, I asked? |  | Elizabeth May: Why the 2012 Budget Is the Worst in Canada's History
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I was thinking of my grandfather on March 29 when the Conservative government announced in the budget that it will raise the Old Age Security (OAS) benefits from age 65 to 67. We do have a looming pension crisis in Canada, not because people are retiring too early, but because their combined pension and investment income will still see them retiring into poverty. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.CA |
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