Federal judge blocks high-capacity ammunition ban in California High-capacity gun magazines will remain legal in California under a ruling Friday by a federal judge who cited home invasions where a woman used the extra bullets in her weapon to...
ListenFederal budget offers first-time home buyers a break with $1.25 billion in mortgage relief Potential home buyers in cities with white-hot real estate markets got some relief in Tuesday’s federal budget with an incentive program that could lower mortgage...
ListenJustin Trudeau ‘doesn’t deserve to be the prime minister any longer,’ says Lisa Raitt Jody Wilson-Raybould’s testimony about the SNC-Lavalin affair proves that Canadians can no longer trust their prime minister, says Conservative deputy leader Lisa Raitt. The former...
Listen“Democratic Socialism” Is a Contradiction in Terms Why are so many young Americans suddenly calling themselves democratic socialists? I think many of them simply want to distinguish themselves from socialists who might have supported dictatorial regimes such as the...
ListenJason Kenney outlines ‘fair deal’ and warns Ottawa of Alberta separatist sentiment Jason Kenney warned Ottawa that one reason he’s fighting hard for a “fair deal” and promising a potential referendum is because separatist sentiment in Alberta could be...
ListenDozens of MPs also collecting government pensions A CBC analysis of the ethics filings of Canada’s 338 MPs found that 36 MPs reported receiving pension income on top of their salaries. Nearly 20 per cent of those MPs were...
ListenSpecial Counsel Investigation Finds No Trump Campaign Collusion with Russia Attorney General William Barr announced to Congress in a letter on Sunday that the Special Counsel investigation found no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, vindicating President...
ListenPrairie Freedom The West will never be equally represented Federal election campaigners will always appease those in the East simply because it is strategic. With 34 seats in Alberta & 14 seats in Saskatchewan, and 14 seats in Manitoba...
ListenThe Invasive Species We Can Blame On Shakespeare There are 200 million European starlings in North America, and they are a menace If you live in North America, you probably recognize European starlings, those little black birds with white...
ListenCapitalism and Democracy One immediate problem we face discussing democracy and capitalism is that both terms have different meanings for different people. For some people “capitalism” is synonymous with “corporatism” or “crony capitalism,” which combines nominally private enterprises with...
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