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Gunter: A province stuck in neutral

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Jack

As I read the Toronto Star’s editorial about Statistics Canada’s recently released 2011 census population data, it was hard for me not to imagine a plump, aging diva reclining on a brocade covered chaise wailing, “I’m still beautiful! Really, I … Continue reading →

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Gunter: Provinces plead to be saved from health care innovation

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Jack

Albert Einstein famously said that insanity was doing the same over and over and expecting different results. By that definition, Canadian politicians’ approach to health care is insane. When the Liberals resumed office in 1993 after the end of the … Continue reading →

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Gunter: The Tories haven’t changed us (1)

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Jack

A hat-tip to my colleague Kelly McParland for suggesting earlier this week that Stephen Harper and the Conservative government are not so much changing Canada as simply demonstrating how much Canada has moved away from the elite blueprint the Liberals began using … Continue reading →

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Gunter: Attawapiskat wants the money, not the manager (1)

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Jack

Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan and his parliamentary secretary, Greg Rickford, met with leaders from the James Bay Cree community of Attawapiskat on Thursday. They promised short-term emergency shelters and supplies, repairs to a clinic in the remote community, plus a … Continue reading →

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Gunter: Welcome to Hotel Kyoto (2)

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Jack

After federal Environment Minister Peter Kent announced Monday that Canada would be withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol on carbon emissions, the head of the UN agency that administers the protocol said she would not permit Ottawa to do so. Christiana … Continue reading →

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Gunter: Too little, too late from industry and Nebraska on Keystone?

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Jack

Last week, the U.S. State department, at the behest of the White House, somewhat unexpectedly postponed until after next November’s presidential elections a decision on whether or not to permit the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to the Texas Gulf … Continue reading →

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Gunter: It’s not for the government to decide who ‘needs’ a gun

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Jack

On Tuesday morning, members of the National Post editorial board — a group that includes me — got into a fascinating email debate regarding the federal government’s decision to decommission the long-gun registry. We then segued into a discussion of the possibility … Continue reading →

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Gunter: Seat-allocation merry-go-round spins

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Jack

Before I dive once again into the House of Commons representation pool, let me quickly explain why it is impossible to achieve rough parity among the seats each province has by redistributing the existing number of seats (308). It’s the … Continue reading →

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Gunter: Mothball ‘dud subs,’ buy nukes

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Jack

Boy did the Brits ever see us coming in 1998 when the Chretien Liberals pulled up to Honest Nigel’s Used Submarine Shop looking to buy four underwater patrol boats.  The quartet they sold us for the unbelievably low price of just $750 million … Continue reading →

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