Those who bought into the slogans 'Hope' and 'Change' last fall should have read the fine print. We were warned. - Scott Horton, March 4, 2009 [1] "WHAT BETTER GIFT TO EMPIRE?"
The promoters of this legislation claim that this bill will provide health insurance to 96% of the population. But, they fail to note that doesn't mean it provides health care to 96% of the American people.
A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.
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Finally. Some great news. It's been pretty hard being a Canadian of late. Not only do we have a right-wing buffoon for a prime minister, but the progressive majority here has been left with no attractive, electable alternative.
Nothing depresses me more than reading newspaper accounts of adults sexually abusing children. I try not to read them but it's like driving past a car crash -- you look even though it twists your insides and makes you worry about your loved ones.
No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks. At least not because kids didn't do their homework -- because there isn't any at one Ontario school.
The best way for any government to positively contribute to prosperity is to stay away as much as possible from the economy. Governments should focus on what they are meant to be there for; the protection of life and freedom, period.
A British Columbia first nation that made history a decade ago in signing the province's first modern treaty has come up with another first, passing a land use law allowing its members to own, mortgage and re-sell individual parcels of treaty land.
Pay equity is a relatively cheap, reasonably easy-to-apply mechanism to rid the workplace of historic, systemic wage discrimination against women.
A Calgary couple who fought their children's school to stop homework is just the tip of the iceberg. Parents across the country are weighing growing evidence that homework may hinder more than help
Canadians has not initiated any private discussions.