Turns out Canadians do appreciate and understand the value of institutions like Statistics Canada And as for law and order as an issue, spending more than $1 billion dollars on security for the G8 and G20 summits while preaching austerity, and talking about spending $10-$13 billion on new prisons when crime rates are descending will not win you the approval of Canadians.
The funniest news I read all day was Stephen Harper stating that the economy was too fragile for a fall election. Me thinks his poll numbers are too fragile but that's not how democracy works, is it Stephen? Needless to say, The sudden disappearance of 139,000 full-time jobs across Canada will add to the speculation of a possible fall election.
Helena Guergis is acting like she may well be a thorn in Harper's side in the near future - one can only speculate what this is all about as she says, “I know that I’m not being 100 per cent complimentary, but I think you know I could say a heck of a lot more. If I were inclined to be that kind of person, I could be on the attack, I really could."
An initial look at the first 76,000 records in the "Afghan War Diary" leaked by Wikileaks yields some important information. On the subject of Afghanistan, NATO air-strikes have killed 32 civilians.
Here in Montreal, angry Mohawk protesters faced off today against a property developer in Oka, after the latter showed up to mark trees to be felled on disputed land
I'm on vacation for a week but my partner will be re-posting stories that went down the memory hole far too quickly. Until then, I hope it all goes your way! Cheers!