Is outsourcing work at Veterans Affairs bad for vets?

Published December 7, 2013

Veterans Affairs has been in the news a lot these days — proving “there’s no such thing as bad publicity” isn’t always true. The department is under pressure from veterans for slashing services, including the planned closure ofnine offices across the country. According to Public Accounts of Canada, Veteran Affairs, responsible for delivering benefits and aid to hundreds of […]

Is Wright-Duffy the Grey Cup of Tory scandals?

Published November 25, 2013

It’s hard to get football out of the brain after Sunday’s Grey Cup, so we figured we’d bring football to politics to help make sense of the ever-growing Senate scandal. First, though, congratulations to the Saskatchewan Roughriders, winners of the 2013 Grey Cup. It must have been sweet, after the team’s too-many-men-on the-field penalty that robbed […]

Lest we forget the government record

Published November 11, 2013

It’s Veterans’ Week, and Conservative ministers have been talking up how much their government supports veterans as the country prepares to mark Remembrance Day. Here’s a comparison of what they say, and what they do: What they say: “Our Veterans show us every day the meaning of patriotism. We remember and honour their sacrifice & service […]

10 new Conservative Party policies to worry about

Published November 4, 2013

Now that the dust has settled, here’s a roundup of 10 new policies of the Conservative Party that passed at the party’s weekend convention in Calgary — and why they’re bad for Canada. The party wants the government to: 1. Bring in a less progressive taxation system to cut taxes for the rich and have less tax revenue overall […]

Top 10 howlers in Stephen Harper’s convention keynote

Published November 2, 2013

Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivered some head-scratchers in his speech to the party faithful on Friday night at the Conservative Party convention. Here are 10 of them, starting at the beginning of his speech and working down from there. 1. “In this party, we say what we will do, and then we do what we […]

Buttoned up at #CPC13

Published November 1, 2013

The Conservative Party convention has brought out people’s button A-games. Here’s a sampling: http://storify.com/PressProgress/buttons-aren-t-just-for-the-left-wing-anymore/embed?header=false [View the story “Buttons aren’t just for the left wing anymore” on Storify]