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MLAs busted in cookie jar caper

by Kevin Potvin

Turns out it's easier to get laws passed than we thought, and it's easier to overturn them too

It is possible to imagine that if the public feels strongly enough about an issue, it can if it wants refuse to accept a vote in the House and force MLAs back to change their decision.

Fallout from a bad election

by Reed Eurchuk

The left is shattered and leaderless, but can it rebuild?

Louis is a man who 'exudes a prickly self reliance and enormous strength of will.'

Paul Martin praises nightmare

by Michael Nenonen

Years after the Argentine free trade miracle was revealed to be a horrific nightmare, Canadian PM Martin is still pressing for more hemispheric free trade

Sam he is

by Kevin Potvin

In letting slip that he’s a Milton Friedman disciple, the new mayor reveals a dark pedigree

Civic election post-mortem

by Kevin Potvin

An independent’s experience leads to a simple reform everyone can support

Instead of allotting each voter ten votes, why not one vote? Gone would be the confusion over too many names to remember, gone would be the act of voting for people one never has heard of, and gone would be the wall called the 'slate voter effect,' opening up real chances for quality independents.

Only justice can set the US free

by Kevin Potvin

Options are rapidly narrowing for US forces in Iraq and its rescue calls for a spectacular demonstration of commitment

Staying in Iraq is not an option anymore. The US war and occupation have obviously failed completely. They lost.

Federal election won’t change anything

by Kevin Potvin

There are great issues that could generate an interesting campaign. But there is nobody to articulate them, and the press won’t do its job

There is always the Green Party. If only it made a stab at the limelight it has legitimately earned during recent election campaigns.

Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang

by Junius

Nothing holds post-modern “classics” together and the audience is worn out doing it for the director

Turner's Movies

reviewed by Scott Turner

The Corpse Bride and Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Letters to the Republic

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