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Monthly Archives: June 2011
MacParland: MPs defend their $804 million in pension benefits, but attack PM over hockey ticket (2)
As a study in selective rage, you can’t much beat this: MPs are upset that Stephen Harper took his daughter to Boston to watch the Vancouver Canucks play (if you can use that word) the Boston Bruins. Meanwhile, MPs discover … Continue reading
Afternoon Update June 9th, 2011 (10)
CANADA #1 — CNews | Judge spanks AWOL lawyer OTTAWA – A Superior Court judge stripped an Ottawa lawyer of his practice and assets Tuesday amid allegations he vanished overseas with hundreds of thousands of his clients’ cash. [...] #2 … Continue reading
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Hanson: Europe Is Warning Us
ROME — If Americans think fuel and food prices are high, they should try Europe, where both can nearly double those in the United States — while salaries here are often lower. Italians, like most now-broke Southern European countries, are … Continue reading
Worries grow that U.S. could default on debt
SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON — The possibility that the United States could default on its debt — if only for a few days — is starting to alarm the global community even as the idea gains favour among Republicans as a way to … Continue reading
Greece Needs a New Bailout (2)
The troika of the European Commission, European Central Bank and IMF has prepared a sobering report on Greece’s efforts to combat a debt crisis. The document, which has been obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE, concludes that Athens will not be able to … Continue reading
U.S. Is Intensifying a Secret Campaign of Yemen Airstrikes
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has intensified the American covert war in Yemen, exploiting a growing power vacuum in the country to strike at militant suspects with armed drones and fighter jets, according to American officials. The acceleration of the … Continue reading
Steyn: Blank Page
If you’ll forgive me going all Bagehotian for a moment, in a country such as Canada, the post-election Speech from the Throne is the defining act of constitutional monarchy: the Queen or her viceroy comes to parliament to read words … Continue reading
Libin: Trudeau and Liberals killed liberalism
There was once a Canada where a vast part of the country believed deeply in the virtues of Big Government. Where the public rallied behind a man named Pierre Trudeau who promised he could, by force of will and policy, … Continue reading
McCann: OPEC does it again
In another (to quote the most overused word in the English language) “unexpected” move, OPEC today in a meeting in Vienna has failed to agree on an increase in production in spite of oil prices staying above $100.00 per barrel. … Continue reading
Editorial: Running scared from safe nuclear power
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster seems to be having a bigger impact on energy policy in Europe than in Japan itself. While the Japanese say they are sticking with nuclear power, Switzerland and Germany both are moving to phase it … Continue reading
Morning Update June 9th, 2011 (10)
CANADA #1 — CNews | Canada Post cuts mail delivery to 3 days a week Canada Post will only deliver letters three days a week to save on labour costs. Beginning next week, mail will be delivered on Monday, Wednesday … Continue reading
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