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Editorial: The Liberals are talking pension reform

Ah, pension reform. If European and American experiences are anything to go by, it is one of the most scorching hot potatoes around. Talk of raising the retirement age and reducing benefits this year provoked riots in Greece and France, … Continue reading

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Editorial: Through the UN looking glass

Just when you think it’s impossible for the United Nations to get any more ridiculous, it finds new ways to outdo itself. Consider that this week alone, Iran and Saudi Arabia ascended to membership on the UN women’s rights panel; … Continue reading

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Editorial: Quebec nationalists at war with their own dependency

If it is possible, Quebec nationalism is becoming even more intellectually inconsistent. It has always attempted to sell its followers on its ability to achieve two diametrically opposed outcomes at the same time — insisting that it can win Quebec … Continue reading

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Editorial: Stick with the F-35s

The firefight over the F-35 exploded last week, as Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff declared that should his party form the next government, he would cancel Canada’s commitment to purchase 65 of the new fighter jets. His main reason? The government’s … Continue reading

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Chiefs living large (1)

Last year, the average Canadian premier cleared just under $110,000, after taxes. According to Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) research, released Monday, there were at least 30 Aboriginal chiefs across Canada who made more, often for overseeing communities of 2,000 or … Continue reading

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Accountability on reserves

Canadian taxpayers pay close to $10-billion a year to finance on-reserve programming for natives. Yet whenever it is proposed that we impose some accountability about how that money is spent, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) –a lobby group representing … Continue reading

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Absence of malice

On Tuesday, Canadian army Captain Robert Semrau was demoted and kicked out of the military as punishment for disgraceful conduct on the battlefield — namely, firing two shots at a Taliban who’d been mortally wounded in an American helicopter attack. … Continue reading

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Don't blame our doctors

According to a new federal-provincial report released yesterday, Canada’s family doctors may be over-prescribing medications and ordering more expensive diagnostic tests than are actually needed or useful. That should not come as a shock. Under the current system, physicians have … Continue reading

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A disgrace to Iran

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared at the podium of the United Nations on Thursday for his semi-regular opportunity to promote conspiracy theories and lecture the world on the evils of Western freedom and democracy. As usual, he took an opportunity … Continue reading

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