August 2010

Québec: The Sicily of the North?

August 30, 2010 Politics

Capos. Cosa Nostra. Omertà. Pizzo. Compare. Just some of the things the Italian Mafia is known for, but Québec society, business and politics as well as labour unions seem to share in some of that Italian “tradition”. Unfortunately, it is no exaggeration at all to make that Italian connection, because the Italian mafia is heavily [...]

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Sometimes taxes are a necessary evil

August 27, 2010 Business

Raising or introducing new taxes is almost always political suicide, as the recent examples in British Columbia and Ontario demonstrate following the introduction of the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). But there are also plenty of examples that teach valuable lessons about what can happen when voters and their elected representatives decide to forgo necessary taxation: [...]

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What happened between Tories and HRC?

August 24, 2010 Politics

Health Resource Centre (HRC) is a privately-operated clinic specializing in knee and hip replacements. The clinic was on a retainer with the provincial government to provide private, yet publicly-funded, services to Albertans in order to reduce excessive wait times in this field. But now HRC is in receivership, and the government washes its hands of [...]

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Every illegal immigrant is by definition a criminal

August 23, 2010 Politics

When people’s hearts start to bleed, their brains usually switch off and go into hibernation. This is what happened to freelance writer Jeremy Klaszus when he wrote his contribution for the Calgary Herald. In it he writes: In April, Arizona passed a law cracking down on undocumented migrants, making it a crime for them to [...]

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Challenging oneself can lead to long life

August 21, 2010 Society

It’s the age-old question: How can we live longer? For as long as humankind has been around, we have tried to find ways to prolong our life spans. Ideally, we hope, there will be some special remedy or drug that will allow us to live forever. But with longer life expectancy comes the issue of [...]

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Rob Ford: Toronto is full!

August 19, 2010 Politics

Rob Ford, who is running for mayor in Toronto, is in trouble. His opponents are calling him names and telling him to withdraw from the race. Why? Here’s why:

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Galloway must really hate Jews and the entire West

August 19, 2010 Politics

Disgraced and former British MP George Galloway, like all radical lefties, must really have a lot of hatred for Jews and the entire Western world. How else could you explain his constant dealings with known terrorist organizations, his repeated giving money to such organizations in full violation of international laws? And to top it all [...]

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Globe and Mail application is an utter failure

August 18, 2010 Media

As I always say, leave it to a Canadian company to mess up where others, especially American or British companies, have already excelled. I’m talking about the Globe and Mail’s standalone application for the iPad. From the first day I got my iPad, I changed my print subscriptions to e-paper, and I have been reading [...]

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All guns should be registered

August 18, 2010 Politics

For a government that claims to be all about law and order, the Conservatives and Stephen Harper seem blithely unconcerned about guns in this country. Nothing screams law and order louder than a solid system to register and license all types of firearms. In fact, even the tiniest gun, small enough to fit in a [...]

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Good: No more legal aid for refugees scamming the system

August 18, 2010 Politics

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper wears the label “Conservative” proudly, but he’s no conservative. I don’t know what he is, but a conservative acts and thinks differently. This is why I have enjoyed watching the new government in Britain. Unlike Harper, David Cameron is worthy of being called a conservative. And the Liberal-Democrats as his [...]

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